Turks demand protection after woman killed with sword
In the wake of a headline-making femicide in Istanbul, activists and politicians have revived calls to return to the Istanbul Convention.
Six months after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scrapped the Istanbul Convention with an overnight decision, a brutal femicide in a white-collar neighborhood of Istanbul spurred calls for return to the international anti-domestic violence accord.
Known as “the Samurai sword murder,” the femicide instantly became still another symbol of an environment that leaves women vulnerable to harassment, abuse, violence and murder.
