Men Kill 25 Women in March

2019-2020

In the first three months of 2020, men killed 66 women, harassed 31 women, abused 77 children, raped 20 women. Forcing at least 338 women to sex work, men also inflicted violence on at least 145 women.

In the first three months of 2019, men killed at least 68 women, harassed 20 women, abused 33 children and raped 12 women. According to the news reported in the press in this period, men injured 89 women and forced at least 72 women to sex work in this period

Women killed by men in March 2020

Anastasiya M., Bahtiyar K., Dilek K., Gamze S., Gönül G., Günay Ş., Halime D., Hatice B., Hatice K., L.K., Lale B., Latife B., Maşide Y., Melek D., Münevver Ş., Neşe O., Özlem M., Pınar A., Pınar U.B., S.İ., Sultan A., Suriye Ö., Ulviye H., Vildan A.Y., Viviant B.

Provinces where men killed women

Ankara (1), Antalya (1), Antep (1), Aydın (2), Bursa (2), Denizli (1), Diyarbakır (2), İstanbul (3), İzmir (1), Karabük (1), Kars (2), Konya (2), Mardin (1), Muğla (1), Ordu (1), Rize (1), Samsun (1), Tekirdağ (1),

Judicial process

There were at least 25 male perpetrators who killed women in March 2020. Only five of them were arrested. 14 perpetrators were detained.

Four perpetrators committed suicide. While the judicial process of one perpetrator was reported in the news as "wanted", the process of another was not reported in the press.

Feminicides previously committed, but reported in the press in March

* It was understood that Hatice B. (38), who lost her life in Antalya eight years ago, was killed by her husband B.B. (38), who buried the woman with the help of two others. B.B. confessed to the murder and his ex-wife M.T. and friend S.D. were detained for aiding. It was also understood that B.B. threatened M.T. and S.D. with harming their children to get their help and they buried the deceased body of the women in a reed fields.

* On February 10, 2019, the dead body of a woman was found in a bag on the side of a road in Düzce province. While it was understood that the woman was between the ages of 30 and 50, the works still continued to identify the woman and catch the suspect or suspects.

* It was understood that 5-month pregnant Manar A. (35) from Syria and her son Muhammed C. (5) were killed by Y.A. (30) from Syria on February 4. The incident was reported in the press as an "unidentified murder" in February. Taken into custody, Y.A. confessed that he had killed the woman and the child. It was understood that living in the same neighborhood with them, Y.A. broke into the house of Manar A. and her son for burglary.

* It was alleged that a woman was stabbed to death by a man named M.Ü. in her workplace in Manisa for rejecting his marriage proposal. The incident was reported in the news on February 19 when the family spoke to a local news website.

Provinces where men harassed women

Adana (1), Denizli (1), İstanbul (7), Sakarya (1).

Judicial process

Five perpetrators were detained and the judicial process of one perpetrator was reported in the news as "an investigation was launched." One perpetrator was released. The judicial processes of three perpetrators were not reported in the press.

Provinces where men abused children

(Adana (1), Adapazarı (1), Antalya (3), Diyarbakır (1), Isparta (1), İstanbul (1), Konya (4), Manisa (2), Sinop (2), Zonguldak (6), where one incident of abuse took place was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

There were 17 perpetrators who abused children. Only five perpetrators were arrested. One perpetrator was detained, three were released on probation and were discharged from their posts in a public agency. Investigations were opened against seven perpetrators. The judicial process regarding one perpetrator was not reported in the press.

Provinces where men inflicted violence on women

Adapazarı (1), Aksaray (1), Antalya (2),Denizli (1), Edirne (18), Elazığ (3), Hatay (1),  İstanbul (9), İzmir (1), Kayseri (3), Kocaeli (1), Manisa (1), Samsun (1), Trabzon (1), Urfa (1), Van (1).

There were at least 45 perpetrators who inflicted violence on women.

Only three perpetrators were arrested. One perpetrator was released on probation. Seven perpetrators were detained. Restraint orders were given against two perpetrators.

One perpetrator was reported as "wanted" and one was reported as "at large" in the press. Investigations were launched against at least 22 perpetrators. The judicial process regarding seven perpetrators was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

There were at least 94 perpetrators who forced women to sex work. At least 20 perpetrators were arrested. At least 74 were detained.

Explanation

The bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report only covers women who lost their lives as a result of male violence. We do not include any violence cases or crimes that are not gender-based.

Throughout the year, we keep track of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths of women in separate monthly tallies but do not add them to the number presented in the headline.

At the end of the year, we examine these cases of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths to determine whether the crimes were gender-based. We add the gender-based incidents into the report.

We do not include any murders in the reports that are committed by people with psychological disorders (such as murders committed by people with schizophrenia).

We include suicide or suicide attempt incidents in the tally only if the woman was subjected to violence/ systematic violence in her past. We cover these suicide incidents in a separate category and do not add suicide cases to the number presented in the headline.

In addition, we don't include femicide cases that occur in a mass murder in which the woman was not directly targeted under the condition that the debated incident is not gender based either.

Occupations of the offenders only included in the reports when the incident of violence is related to the occupation of the offender. For example, "Woman was murdered at home by his husband, who is a professional soldier."

We add the violence committed on children by men, to make the extent of violence visible.