At least 34 women and 8 children murdered in Turkey in May

JINNEWS stated that at least 34 women and 8 children were murdered and 18 women and 2 children died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey last month.

According to JINNEWS' violence tally for May, at least 34 women and 8 children were murdered, while 18 women and 2 children died under suspicious circumstances. The highest number of femicides occurred in Istanbul with 7 murders.

According to the report, the distribution of femicides by cities is as follows: 7 in İstanbul, 3 in Ankara, 3 in Adana, 3 in Manisa, 3 in İzmir, 2 in İzmir, 2 in Samsun, 2 in Çorum, 2 in Elazığ, 1 in Kilis, 1 in Kayseri, 1 in Tekirdağ, 1 in Antep, 1 in Urfa, 1 in Aydın, 1 in Muğla, 1 in Kocaeli, 1 in Osmaniye, 1 in Erzurum, 1 in Diyarbakır.

The report said that 11 of the slain women were married, 3 women were in the process of divorce, 2 women were divorced. 6 women were murdered by acquaintances, 1 woman by her father, 3 women by their children, 1 woman by her son-in-law and 1 woman by her brother.

While the perpetrator of one woman could not be identified, the relation of 2 women with the perpetrator could not be identified.