The discussions about the Istanbul Convention are endless! The murder of Emine Bulut, murdered by her ex-husband in front of her 10-year-old daughter, brought violence against the woman and the Istanbul Convention again on the agenda!
While some circles claim that the Istanbul Convention protects women, the figures show that women's murders have increased exponentially after the Istanbul Convention ratified in 2012.
Some groups are arguing that the figures that protect the woman's Istanbul Convention in 2012, after the Istanbul Convention approved in Turkey reveal that murders of women endure.
With the incidents of violence against women in recent days, the fate of the Istanbul Convention has started to be discussed again! While some sections make explanations and studies for the continuation of the Istanbul Convention, a large part of the agreement says that the agreement has destroyed the family institution! However, the figures show that the Istanbul Convention, which was signed for the purpose of preventing violence against women and domestic violence, prevents and increases violence against women and prepares the ground for the fragmentation of the family institution. After Turkey in the last 10 years, 2,702 women were killed in violence exposure Convention ratified by Turkey in Istanbul on 14 March 2012, it draws attention to fold this number every year.
Discussions on the Istanbul Convention are endless! Opened for signature on 11 May 2011 in Istanbul, violence against women and domestic violence in order to prevent Turkey from Istanbul Convention was approved on March 14, 2012.
While this agreement is aimed at the so-called domestic discussions and violence against women, it is reflected in the figures that the agreement does not work and incites violence even more!
According to the data of the Platform for Stopping Women's Murders, between 2,337 women lost their lives between 2008 and 2017, while in 2018 only 440 women were killed. Women killings each year when folding the previous year in 2012, the Istanbul Convention approved in Turkey is seen as a remedy.
In the last 10 years, 2 thousand 702 women have been victims of violence, while 80 women's murders in 2008 were up to 440 by 2018. Istanbul Convention 201 female homicide victims in 2012, the year the way it is approved in Turkey, according to this year's figures; There are 237 in 2013, 294 in 2014, 303 in 2015, 328 in 2016, 409 in 2017 and 440 in 2018.
According to the figures, the Istanbul Convention cannot prevent violence and murders against women, but it also shows that the murders were higher in the years when the Convention was in effect.
THE CONVENTION DOES NOT HAVE THE TURKISH FAMILY STRUCTURE
On the other hand, it is stated that the Istanbul Convention breaks down the family institution.
Some of the arrangements made with the contract, the removal of men from home, not seeing their children and foresee indefinitely child support. These arrangements are said to cause the fragmentation of the family institution.
Experts, the house removed for a long time or not allowed to see their children do not want to return to the house again and therefore said that the nest is destroyed. It is stated that some of the regulations in the Istanbul Convention are contrary to Turkish customs, customs and values, and that if the agreement continues, the Turkish family institution will face extinction.