Biden calls Turkish exit from women’s treaty 'disheartening step backward'
The Biden administration has rebuked Turkey's "unwarranted" withdrawal from the landmark Istanbul Convention.
US President Joe Biden on Sunday forcefully condemned Turkey’s “deeply disappointing” decision to pull out from a landmark European convention aimed at protecting women.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a presidential decree on Saturday announcing the withdrawal from the 2011 Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. Turkey, which was the first country to ratify the treaty, is now the first of 35 signatories to abandon it.
