Hundreds of femicides sorted as suicides

Thursday 4 March Last year in Turkey, 300 women were murdered, but this number could be higher because a lot of femicides are sorted as suicides. Women’s murders frequently happen in Turkey but most of the time, murderers are not punished. In 2018, Sule Cet’s murder shocked the country. An important pressure on social networks during the trial made it possible to condemn the culprit and his accomplice to a heavy prison sentence. But it was a rare case. Often, to cover the femicides, a lot of culprits claim the death was suicide, even if it is not consistent with the facts. To fight against those injustices, female lawyers who are members of women’s associations denounce the flaws of the Turkish judicial system dominated by men who do not react well to femicides. Five years ago, Turkey passed a law to prevent the violence against women but the law has not been applied. Des centaines de féminicides qualifiés de suicides Jeudi 4 mars L’année dernière en Turquie, 300 femmes ont été assassinées, mais ce nombre pourrait être plus élevé car beaucoup de féminicides sont classés comme des suicides. Le meurtre de femmes arrive fréquemment en Turquie mais la plupart du temps, les meurtriers ne sont pas punis par la loi. En 2018, le meurtre de Sule Cet avait bouleversé le pays. Une importante pression sur les réseaux sociaux durant le procès avait permis de condamner le coupable et son complice à une lourde peine de prison, mais cela reste un cas isolé. Souvent, pour couvrir les féminicides, beaucoup de coupables déclarent que ce sont des suicides, même si ce n’est pas cohérent avec les faits. Pour se lutter contre cette injustice, des avocates membres d’associations de femmes dénoncent le système judiciaire turc dominé par des hommes souvent indifférent aux féminicides. Il y a cinq ans, la Turquie a adopté une loi pour prévenir la violence contre les femmes, mais elle est rarement appliquée. Héléna Source : https://www.dw.com/en/how-many-femicides-in-turkey-are-covered-up-as-suicides/a-56752194

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