Turkish riot police unleashed tear gas to disperse a large crowd of demonstrators protesting violence against women in Istanbul, as well as the government’s withdrawal from an international treaty devoted to combating it.
The massive group of protesters, reportedly numbering in the thousands, marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Thursday to mark the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.’ They met a heavy police presence in the square, which was barricaded off by officers clad in heavy riot gear, who proceeded to fire tear gas on the crowd after ordering it to disperse.
İstiklal Caddesi’nde polis, 25 Kasım Kadına Yönelik Şiddete Karşı Uluslararası Mücadele Günü’nde bir araya gelen kadınlara biber gazı ile saldırdı!https://t.co/6eQcC3219y pic.twitter.com/rvylUo9414
— BirGün Gazetesi (@BirGun_Gazetesi) November 25, 2021
Scuffles with police were captured in videos circulating online, showing officers moving in on the demonstrators to clear them from the area as tear gas wafts through the air.
On the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, state violence is practiced against women protestors by state Police. #Istanbul #Turkey
pic.twitter.com/H1pD6Z9tcT— CK (@cngzkync) November 25, 2021
Protesters were also seen carrying a colorful assortment of signs and banners, some even toting flares, while others chanted anti-government slogans and demanded an end to what’s been dubbed by some activists as ‘femicide.’ Some 345 women in Turkey have been killed in acts of gender-based violence so far this year, just shy of the 410 reported in 2020, according to ‘We Will Stop Femicide,’ a women’s rights group.
in the face of intense police presence, protesters gather on istiklal to call for an end to violence against women pic.twitter.com/xr0nRMcWmB
— Erin O’Brien (@e_h_obrien) November 25, 2021
Kadınlar Taksim’de;#KadınaŞiddeteHayır pic.twitter.com/97pOMudHBO
— Solcu Gazete (@solcugazete) November 25, 2021
The protest, which was mirrored on a smaller scale in other cities across the country, comes after the Turkish government formally withdrew from an international treaty meant to address violence against women in July. Known as the Istanbul Convention, the pact was originally negotiated in the same city in 2011, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to pull out of the deal has been sharply criticized both by local activists as well as foreign leaders, with US President Joe Biden dubbing the move “deeply disappointing.”
Ankara, for its part, claimed the convention had been “hijacked” by “people attempting to normalize homosexuality,” which it said was “incompatible with Turkey’s social and family values.” Nonetheless, the government insisted it would not “give up on its fight against domestic violence” and would “continue protecting the safety and the rights of all women.”
Polisin ikinci müdahale anı pic.twitter.com/dCX3P5OOp9
— Onur Dalar (@onurdlar) November 25, 2021
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source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
