Men Continue to Kill: 37 Women Were Murdered in May

According to the “We Will Stop Women Murders Organization”, 37 women were murdered by men in May.

The Platform also said that child abuse and sexual violence still continues. According to the May 2018 report of the platform, while the deaths of 13 women are suspicious other deaths of 12 women are still unclear.

In May, most of the murdered cases were reported from Bursa, Edirne and Istanbul. According to the reports prepared in the line with the news reflected in the media 17 women were exposed to violence in May also in the report sexual abuse of 23 children has been noted.

Other outstanding data is as follows:

• While the murderers of 14 women couldn’t be identified; 10 of the murdered women were killed by their spouses, 6 were killed by their relatives, 4 were by their sons, 2 were by their ex’s and 1 was killed by her father.
• While 15 of the murdered women were between the ages of 36-65, 4 were between the ages of 26-35, 3 were between the ages of 19-25.
• This month 14 of the women were killed by men with firearms.