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Historically, Turkey has always had a strong women\u2019s rights movement, stemming from the days of the Ottoman Empire through to the emergence of the Republic of Turkey into the present day.\n \nAt the top of the movement\u2019s agenda now is the fight to protect women against violence from men. It\u2019s three years since Turkey pulled out of the Istanbul Convention, the Europe wide treaty on combatting violence against women and girls. The Turkish Government has its own version of domestic violence law, but there are concerns that this doesn\u2019t offer the same protection as the Convention.

Campaigners say that femicide and violence against women continues to plague society and that there is an increasingly anti-gender rhetoric within mainstream politics.

So, this week on The Inquiry, we\u2019re asking \u2018Is Turkey getting more dangerous for women?\u2019

Contributors: \nDr. Sevgi Adak, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, The Aga Khan University. \nProfessor Seda Demiralp, I\u015f\u0131k University, Turkey. \nDr. Ezel Buse S\xf6nmezocak, International Human Rights Lawyer, Turkey \nDr. H\xfcrcan Asl\u0131 Aksoy, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin.

Presenter: Emily Wither \nProducer: Jill Collins \nResearcher: Katie Morgan\nProduction Co-ordinator: Liam Morrey

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