Turkey ranks first among OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries in terms of violence against women. Thousands of women were murdered during the 20-year AKP government.

This time, news about femicides came from Ankara's Sincan district and Antalya's Kepez district.

In Sincan, a district of Ankara, a man, S.K., attacked a woman, Edanur K. (28), with a cutting tool after an argument with her on the street. The young woman suffered injuries in many places and died in the hospital where she was taken. A woman named Nur G., who tried to prevent the attack, was also injured and taken to the hospital. It was learned that Nur G. is in good health.

The attacker, S.K., was caught and detained by the police.

A Pakistani woman, A. A. Q. (59), was murdered by an unidentified person or persons on the ground floor of a four-storey apartment building in Antalya's Kepez district, around 11pm on the night of 2 May. After the murder, the woman's son was questioned and taken into custody. The woman had just moved into the house on 8 April. Her body was taken to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute Morgue for autopsy after the prosecutor's examination. The investigation into the incident continues.

Hundreds of women are murdered every year

According to the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, at least 315 women were murdered in 2023 alone, and 248 of them died suspiciously. JinNews found that at least 320 women were murdered in 2023. During the AKP government, which tries to eliminate women's rights at every opportunity, the policy of impunity continues to prevail.