Police in Turkey detain demonstrators seeking more protection for women against violence

ISTANBUL — 

Police detained dozens of radical successful Istanbul who tried to articulation a rally Monday calling for greater extortion for women successful Turkey, wherever much than 400 women person been murdered this year.

The demonstrators tried to participate the main pedestrian street, Istiklal, to people the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, successful defiance of a prohibition connected each protests successful the area.

Earlier, constabulary barricaded each entrances to Istiklal and to the city's main square, Taksim, portion authorities unopen down respective metro stations to forestall ample gatherings.

Many demonstrators were protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's determination successful 2021 that withdrew Turkey from a landmark European statement known arsenic the Istanbul Convention. The treaty, which aims to support women from violence, was signed successful Istanbul successful 2011.

Erdogan's determination came aft immoderate members of his Islamic-rooted ruling enactment accused the pact of promoting LGBTQ+ rights and different ideals they said were incompatible with Turkey's accepted household values.

On Monday, Erdogan dismissed calls for Turkey's instrumentality to the normal and reiterated his government's committedness to protecting women.

The section advocacy radical We Will Stop Femicide says 411 women person been murdered successful Turkey successful 2024.