According to a new report by We Will Stop Femicide Platform, 27 women were killed in Turkey in November 2017.

All of the women who were murdered are aged between 25-35 and 75 percent of them were killed because they wanted to divorce their partners. 12 women were killed at their homes.

Istanbul, Sakarya and Mersin topped the list for women murders.

There were 39 cases of violence against women and 29 children were subjected to sexual abuse.

The platform also warned of efforts to amend the law no 6284 to protect the family and prevent violence against women and said that the law saves lives of 42 thousand women annually.