Seven women in Turkey ‘savagely killed’ by current or ex-spouses in single day

Rise of femicide follows country’s 2021 withdrawal from Council of Europe convention on preventing violence against women

Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk.

“In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,” Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities.