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Aug 5, 2020

A demonstrator wearing a protective face mask holds up a placard reading "Stand up against violence towards women" during a demonstration for a better implementation of the Istanbul Convention and Turkish Law 6284 for the protection of the family and prevention of violence against women, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 5, 2020. — Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey is considering quitting an international treaty on violence against women, amid a nationwide debate accusing the government of failing to do enough to protect women and girls.

Officials in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) told Reuters they will decide by next week whether to withdraw from the Council of Europe's 2011 Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women.

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