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Turkish monitors report August statistics on gender-based violence

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Posted Sep 10, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-09-10-1400
Turkish monitors report August statistics on gender-based violence
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Rights monitoring groups in Turkey reported August data on gender-based violence, recording dozens of femicides and suspicious female deaths.

Rights monitoring groups in Turkey have published their monthly figures on gender-based violence for August, detailing persistent safety concerns for women across the country.

Data compiled from national and regional media reports by independent news organization Bianet recorded at least 25 women killed and 71 injured during the month.

Concurrently, figures from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, published by news outlet Cumhuriyet, documented 22 femicides alongside 33 suspicious female deaths in August. According to the platform, 55 percent of the recorded killings took place within the victims' residences. The report noted that perpetrators were primarily husbands, relatives, or known acquaintances, with specific motives remaining undetermined in the majority of cases.

Sources: Bianet, Cumhuriyet

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