Welcome to 'Islamist' Turkey - Women should not laugh in public, Turkish deputy PM says.

Welcome to 'Islamist' Turkey - Women should not laugh in public, Turkish deputy PM says.(HD).

Women should not laugh out loud in public, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said while complaining about “moral corruption” in Turkey.

People needs to discover the Quran once again, Arınç said, adding that there had been a regression on moral grounds.

“Where are our girls, who slightly blush, lower their heads and turn their eyes away when we look at their face, becoming the symbol of chastity?” he said.

Targeting women once more, Arınç said women talk about unnecessary things on the phone. 

“Women give each other meal recipes while speaking on the mobile phone. ‘What else is going on?’ ‘What happened to Ayşe’s daughter?’ ‘When is the wedding?’ Talk about this face to face,” he said.Hmmm......As Khomeini said, “There is no fun in Islam”.Read the full 'story' here.

Number of murders and violence towards women rose at the same pace as the AKP.

Istanbul women will meet on 8 August to "publicly laugh at loud" in Mr. Deputy PM's face pic.twitter.com/OuZxXh3tv8 v @deniz_incesu
— Merlinka (@Meralink) July 29, 2014

Laws don't prevent out-of-control violence against women in Turkey.

Laws don't prevent out-of-control violence against women in Turkey.(TZ).

Since its foundation, the Turkish Republic has always taken steps to strengthen the position of women in the social and political spheres, giving women the right to elect and be elected before many Western countries.

However, violence against women continues to be a source of embarrassment to Turkey, with large numbers of women falling victim to honor killings each year despite the official introduction of Law No. 6284 in March 2012 -- passed in accordance with a European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) convention on preventing and combating violence against women.
On Jan. 31, 2014, 19-year-old Hacer was buried. She had been strangled with a rope and thrown into a well by her two brothers because she was pregnant and unmarried. At the time of her death, she had lived in a Diyarbakır women's shelter until her family members brought her home, claiming that they weren't going beat her again. This proved to be tragically incorrect. Hacer was taken immediately to a deserted area and murdered. Afterwards, Hacer's family told those who knew Hacer that she had gone missing.Hacer's case is far from unique in Turkey.

In light of this situation, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy has initiated a national action plan to continue until 2015 with the goal of eradicating violence against women. The policy includes activities such as reaching out to young men during their compulsory military service with presentations about honor killings and women's human rights and training law enforcement officers, healthcare personnel and clerics.

The ministry's website states that so far, 71,000 police officers, 65,000 healthcare personnel and 17,000 religious officials have been offered guidance on how to better serve women facing violence.And yet, activists say the ministry's work neither desires nor achieves equality between the sexes, nor is it effective in creating awareness and or changing opinions.

The İstanbul Bar Association's Center of Women's Rights vice president, Afet Gülen Köse, told Sunday's Zaman that “even after passing Law No. 6284 after the European Court of Human Rights pronounced Turkey to be unwilling and unable to protect women, the Turkish state is still protecting the family, not women, who are not perceived as separate individuals.” 

Furthermore, Köse criticized the state for not opening sufficient numbers of Violence Prevention and Monitoring Centers (KOZA). “There is only one KOZA in İstanbul and two others in Bursa and İzmir. This is not enough to accommodate all the women who need protection and assistance,” said Köse.

Gönül İşler, president of the Association of Women's Rights Protection, shared a similar perspective with Köse, claiming that there is a big problem with law enforcement. “Even if the judge is a woman, she decides in a male-centric manner, supporting the man's side.

Women's rights activists have stated that the prevention of violence against women begins with acceptance of the idea of gender equality -- and believe that the recent legal support for women's rights has not succeeded precisely because it does not stem from this recognition in Turkey.

Zelal Ayman, a coordinator from Women for Women's Rights-New Ways, says the attitudes of Turkey's leaders -- especially of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan -- are especially unsupportive.

“He [Erdoğan] first advocated three children per family and spoke against abortion. Erdoğan considers women to belong to their families instead of themselves.”

In 2011 the Erdoğan government replaced the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs with the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, despite having received more than 3,000 signatures against the change. “We are a conservative democratic party. Family is important to us,” was the explanation. 

Commenting on the subject, Ayman says that during a meeting with representatives of women's organizations in 2010 at which she was present, Turkey's prime minister told participants that he didn't believe in gender equality. 

So Ayman asks: “How can we expect the police and the court to help us eliminate violence against women when they see a lack of women in leadership positions and get the message from authorities that there is no such a thing as gender equality?”Read the full story here.

Turkey - 'Violence against women' increased by 50% since Parliament passed a law to address the issue

Turkey - 'Violence against women' increased by 50% since Parliament passed a law to address the issue.(TZ).

The number of female victims of domestic violence increased by about 57,000 in the 19 months since Parliament passed a law to address the issue in March 2012, compared with the 19 months before passage of the legislation.

The National Police Department has taken an inventory of domestic violence cases from 2010 to 2013 and found that a total of 98,079 incidents of domestic violence were reported in the 19-month period between September 2010 and March 2012, when Law No. 6284 on the Protection of the Family and the Prevention of Violence Against Women was passed.

That period saw 94,313 female victims of domestic violence and 21,039 male victims, and 162 women and 131 men were killed in domestic violence incidents.

The report shows that the incidence of domestic violence rose by around 50 percent in the 19 months following the law's passage on March 8, 2012.

A total of 153,031 domestic violence incidents were reported from March 2012 to October 2013.

A total of 151,088 women and 30,448 men were exposed to domestic violence in that period, when 171 women and 128 men were killed in domestic violence incidents.

In a Monday report, the Bugün daily attributed the increase in domestic violence cases reported since the new law was passed to improved awareness among women about the issue.

The number of women seeking state protection against domestic violence has increased fivefold since March 2012, according to a report by the Hürriyet daily in June 2013. Under the law, women have the right to demand police protection or request that their husbands or partners be removed from the house.

Hmmm.....Please God for the women their sake, keep Turkey out of the European Union!

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Turkish Men able to justify domestic violence and abuse with trivial excuses.

Turkish Men able to justify domestic violence and abuse with trivial excuses.(HD).

A local NGO has revealed the results of a long-running research investigation into how men justified domestic violence, based on interviews conducted with over 20,000 female victims of abuse, between 1995 and 2013.

The report prepared by Şefkat-Der, a civil association founded to help marginalized segments of society, showed that men would use a variety of excuses to justify both physical and psychological abuse toward their partners.

According the report quoted by daily Taraf, victims said that reasons ranged from them wanting to have an abortion to the defeat of the football team supported by the husband.

The report also cited “going outside without asking permission,” “calling the national domestic violence hotline,” “asking to continue their studies,” “refusing to give the salary to the husband” and “the meal not being prepared at fast-breaking time during Ramadan” as other frequent reasons used by men to justify violence against their wives.

Violent acts towards women included beating, strangling, burning with boiled water, burning with cigarettes, cutting with blades or wounding with knives. Psychological violence, including insults, threats and blackmail, was also frequently used.

Domestic violence remains one of the most salient social problems in Turkey as, according to the data released on Nov. 25 for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 802 women have been killed by their husbands in the past five years. More than 50,000 women have been protected from their husbands or partners with precautions such as restraining orders, mostly in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

Experts also warned that official numbers only reflected the tip of the iceberg as thousands of women did not report violence for fear of the reactions of their families and relatives.Hmmmm....Keep Turkey out of Europe.

Violence against women still rampant in Islamist Turkey, 802 women have died over the last five years.

Violence against women still rampant in Islamist Turkey, 802 women have died over the last five years..(TZ).

Monday, Nov. 25, was International Day to Stop Violence Against Women, and women's groups across Turkey marked the day, but statistics indicate that violence against women remains a major issue in the country.

According to official data, 802 women have died in Turkey over the last five years as a result of domestic violence. In 2013, there were 28,000 reported cases of violence against women.

The number of women who were given state protection from abusive partners or relatives this year was 4,500. Women's groups blame government policies for the worrisome figures.

Records indicate that 171 women died in 2009 as a result of violence against women. In 2010, there were 177 such deaths, while there were 163 deaths in 2011, 155 in 2012 and 136 in the first nine months of 2013.As of January 2013, more than 50,000 women were receiving some sort of legal protection, such as restraining orders.

The highest number of preventive measures against abusive relatives or partners were issued by courts in İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir, Turkey's most populated provinces.

The provinces where the highest number of police officers were assigned to protect potential female victims of violence were Adana, İzmir and Kayseri. No protective measures were enforced in five provinces: Bilecik, Bolu, Kars, Kastamonu and Siirt.Women's groups say Turkey's latest Law on the Prevention of Violence Against Women, adopted in March 2012, has failed, but it should be noted that there has been a 5 percent decrease in the number of reported cases of violence and cases with fatalities since the law's adoption.

In 15,000 reported incidents, offenders were forced to hand over firearms they own to security forces. Panic buttons -- emergency systems to alert police authorities in danger of potential violence -- introduced as part of prevention efforts, are being tested in pilot projects in Bursa and Adana. Currently, 22 women in Bursa and 16 in Adana have been given panic buttons by the police.

Gov't responsible for violence toward women.

Dozens of women's organizations across the country held demonstrations on Sunday and Monday to mark International Day to Stop Violence Against Women. Women's rights groups were highly critical of government policies regarding women. In İstanbul on Sunday, a large group of activists from the Women's Solidarity Platform met at İskele Square in Kadıköy, marching and chanting slogans critical of the government. Some of the protesters were wearing make-up that made them look like they had black eyes and facial bruises.

In Antakya, also on Sunday, a group of about 150 members of the Antakya Women's Platform gathered at Ulus Square where they were preparing to read a press statement. However, they were prevented from doing so by police.

The women later walked to the Yunus Emre Park. In Şanlıurfa, women from the public servants' union KESK organized a march where they protested against Turkey's high rates of violence against women. In Bodrum and several other provinces, there were many demonstrations against violence against women.

Protesters in Bodrum, who gathered at Belediye Square, wore shrouds protesting deaths caused by violence against women. A group of about 100 women, supported by KESK and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), protested on Sunday in Elazığ carrying banners against “gender and class based exploitation” at the Hozat Garage Square.

In a statement she made on behalf of the group, Birsel Dağ, a member of the Elazığ Kadın Platform, said: “The AK Party [Justice and Development Party] government's sexist policies that generate discrimination and inequality are pushing the whole of society into a spiral of violence. Today, the patriarchal oppression that thrives on the 11-year rule of the AK Party shows its darkest face in the form of violence, assault, rape, abuse and murders committed against women.”

On Monday, the Republican People's Party (CHP) Adıyaman Women's Branch issued a similar statement, accusing the government of promoting policies that contribute to violence against women. “As long as women are not free, as long as they are not adequately represented in the decision-making mechanism, this society will not move forward,” it said.In Izmir's Urla district, the Urla City Council's Women's Commission made a public statement, supported by Urla Mayor Selçuk Karaosmanoğlu. The statement condemned violence and called for an end to the physical, sexual and psychological abuse of women.

A spokesperson for the Nevşehir Bar Association's Women Rights Commission, Sema Yurtbilir Yavuz, said International Day to Stop Violence Against Women is a day to stand in solidarity against gender inequality, discrimination, domestic abuse and the mentality that treats women as if they do not exist. The Human Rights Association's (İHD) Hakkari branch also held an event.

In Manisa, members of the We'll Stop Murders of Women Platform submitted “instructions” to Manisa Governor Abdurrahman Savaş, demanding more efforts for the prevention of violence against women in the province. “Prime Minister [Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan doesn't instruct [security forces] to prevent violence against women. Women are being killed everywhere in Turkey. Governors are not the governors of the prime minister, but of the people,” the group said and continued: “We are giving the order to protect women that Erdoğan hasn't given. We tell the governor: ‘Protect women.' You will have to confront us every time a woman is killed.”

In Didim, there was a panel discussion on Violence Directed Against Women, organized by the Didim Women's Platform. Sibel Özbudan, one of the speakers, accused the government of trying to deny the existence of women outside a “family context,” noting that inside the family is where women are abused most.

The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) in a statement to mark the day called on society to fight in solidarity against violence against women. “The public authority has enacted rules and regulations that ignore women's identity and dignity,” the association said, criticizing the government's family-oriented policies.

It also said reported acts of violence against women over the past 10 years during which the AK Party has been in power have increased by 1,400 percent.Man murders wifeIn a tragic irony, 18-year-old Mehmet Emin Ç. on Monday allegedly strangled his wife, whom he had only married in a religious ceremony, to death. The victim, Songül Malkoç, was found dead by her sister after being strangled with a headscarf. The Diyarbakır Police Department has detained Mehmet Emin Ç. as the prime suspect.Hmmm....One more reason to keep Turkey out of Europe.

Erdogan's 'Morality police' strikes - Student house in İstanbul raided by police following PM's remarks.

Erdogan's 'Morality police' strikes - Student house in İstanbul raided by police following PM's remarks.(TZ).

The first instance of a police raid of a student house took place in İstanbul's Tophane neighborhood one day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said dormitories and houses where students from opposite sexes live together will be inspected, according to a story in the Radikal daily on Friday.

Özge Altın, a student at İstanbul-based Şehir University, told Radikal that her house in Tophane, which she is sharing with another female friend from the university, was raided by police the day after Erdoğan made the statement on student housing.

She said since she and her friend were at school, a group of policemen asked neighbors questions about her and her friend, including personal questions such as how frequently they visit their families and whether they have any problems with the neighbors.
Altın also said the incident even frustrated her landlord, who is a strong supporter of Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AK Party).

“How can they file complaints against you? We are neighbors. You have been living here for five years. We are like a sister and brother. … What kind of a mentality is this? How can police come here?” Altın quoted her landlord as saying.

In the meantime, according to a report in the Radikal daily on Friday, the problem of accommodations for students in the western province of Denizli is not related to male and female students living together; rather, it is the fact that due to insufficient available housing, students are often forced to live in the approximately 2,500 “unregistered” apartments in the province that are subject to no oversight.

The accommodation difficulties of students in Denizli came to public attention early this week when Prime Minister Erdoğan complained about the lack of dormitories for students and said there will be inspections of dormitories and houses where male and female students stay together, citing the accommodation problems of students in Denizli as an example.

Radikal obtained a copy of the report submitted to Erdoğan by the Denizli Police Department concerning the accommodation problems of the students in the province. Some of these apartments are rented daily and used for prostitution or by drug dealers, according to the report. The complaints made to police by the people living in the surroundings of these apartments have nothing to do with the students, according to the daily.

According to this report, there are around 2,500 “unregistered” apartments in the province. They are considered unregistered because their owners do not inform the police about who has rented them out nor do they pay any taxes on them. There are 45,000 university students in Denizli; the state-run dormitories in the province have the capacity to house only 5,000 students.Real estate agents in Denizli also have complaints about these apartments.

In the meantime, students from Boğaziçi University criticized the government plans to inspect dormitories and students' houses where female and male students stay together, according to a story in the Milliyet daily on Friday.

A.T., a male student who studies literature at the university, said the government's plan is completely polarizing and critical of female students.
“When the prime minister describes himself as a social-democrat, he needs to keep in mind that I may not be so. … This is an open violation of personal life,” he said.

A female student, B.I., who studies in the English language department, said that at a time when there are various problems for students such as insufficient accommodation, high tuition fees and a lack of equal opportunity access to education that await to be addressed, the prime minister's interference in dormitories is terrifying.
“The problem is not inside the houses or dormitories. What the government wants to do is to meddle in our lives,” she said.Hmmm.....The 'man' Obama consults for tips how to raise his two daughters.

Saudi 'Mutaween' religious police.

Turkey : "40,000 women were victims of domestic violence in the first nine months of 2013."

Turkey : "40,000 women were victims of domestic violence in the first nine months of 2013."(TZ).

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen had harsh words for the perpetrators of domestic violence, a bleeding wound in Turkish society that has worsened in recent years.

Gülen commented on the issue in a recent speech broadcast on herkul.org. “If I could, I would first ask for forgiveness from God and say astaghfirullah [God, forgive me] 1,000 times and then give such a strong [Ottoman] janissary slap in the face to those who treat their spouses violently that they couldn't stand back up,” Gülen said, expressing his anger with perpetrators of domestic violence.

Domestic violence is a growing concern in Turkey. According to data from the Interior Ministry, 40,000 women were victims of domestic violence in the first nine months of 2013. Of these, 105 were murdered. On average, a woman was subjected to violence every 10 minutes, and 69 women and their 50 children had to change their identities over safety concerns.In the same period more than 2,000 women were hospitalized after being attacked with weapons, knives or blunt objects.

These incidents continued despite some promising steps Turkey has taken to address the issue of domestic violence, which has attracted more media attention and a greater reaction from the public in recent years.In March 2012, Parliament introduced a new law to protect women from domestic violence.

The new law provides protection not only for those exposed to violence but also for those who are under the threat of violence. Courts now grant protection orders shortly after the victim's request, without first looking for evidence to verify the claim, to avoid delays that might allow violence to occur.Hmmm......40,000 more reasons to keep Turkey out of Europe.

Turkish Male violence left 24 women and one child dead in August.

Mark the rise in Islamism and Women abuse

Turkish Male violence left 24 women and one child dead in August.(Firat)

A compilation made by bianet has revealed that male perpetrators left 24 women and one teenager girl dead, 21 raped (including young girls), 19 injured and 7 harassed in August 2013.

It turned out that 83 percent of women were slain by their husbands or lovers. 84 percent of women were battered by either their current or ex-husbands in August 2013.

The murderers were aged between 20 and 72 years old; while female victims' ages differed from 17 to 73 in August 2013.
Female murder cases were reported in the provinces of Adıyaman, Afyon, Ağrı, Aksaray, Ankara, Antalya (2), Diyarbakır (2), Erzincan (2), Iğdır, İstanbul (5), İzmir (3), Kocaeli, Mersin, Ordu, Samsun and Trabzon.
In August, men raped/attempted to rape 21 women and teenager girls across 9 cities in Turkey. 34 percent of women were raped by their acquaintances.

Following the incidents, one woman got pregnant. One rape victim woman was previously forced to prostitution and reportedly left the women’s shelter briefly before the incident.

August’s rape perpetrators included strangers (14), relative (2), family friend (2), customer (1). The rapists were aged between 21 and 53 years old; while female victims' ages differed from 14 to 45.

Most rape cases were reported in Istanbul. August rape cases were reported in the following cities: Antalya, Balıkesir, Çorum (2), İstanbul (11), İzmir, Karabük, Kocaeli, Manisa ve Muğla (2).

In August, 19 male violence against women cases were reported across 10 different cities in Turkey.
Under a court restraint order, a man assaulted his wife with a knife, while another man was released after standing trial for assault.
84 percent of women were battered by either their current or former husbands in August 2013. Other perpetrators included husband on divorce stage (3), husband (13), ex-husband (3), lover (1), father (1) and stranger (1).
Violence instruments/methods included: knife (9), battering (9), run over with a car (1), abduction (1).
Most male violence cases were reported in Kocaeli province. Other cases were reported in the provinces of Adana (2), Adıyaman, Antalya, Batman, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir (2), Kocaeli (5), Konya, Muğla, Samsun, Trabzon (2).
In August, 7 harassment cases were reported across 5 different cities in Turkey.
August harassment cases were reported in the provinces of Antep (3), Antalya, Ankara, İstanbul and Giresun, with their perpetrators aged between 19 to 39 years old; while female victims' ages differed from 6 to 35.
In August 2013, 65 cases of violence against women, murder, attempted murder, harassment, rape, injury and child abuse were reported across 25 provinces.

The distribution of 58 incidents to the regions is as follows; Marmara (26), Central Anatolia (3), Aegean (10), Mediterranean (8), Black Sea (8), Eastern-Anatolia (4) and South-Eastern Anatolia (6). Most cases were reported from Istanbul.

In 2013 so far, male violence left 122 women dead, 118 raped, 146 battered ad 117 sexually harassed.
In July 2013, male perpetrated violence had left 9 women dead, 20 women and teenager girls raped and 19 harassed. It turned out that 58 percent of women were killed by their husbands and 25 by their lovers. Murder perpetrators included husband (14), lover (6), son-in-law (2), friend (2) and stranger (1).

Hmmmm.....Another reason to keep Turkey out of Europe!

You know you're in an Islamist state when...'High school bans skirt for female students in Turkey's Antalya'.

You know you're in an Islamist state when...'High school bans skirt for female students in Turkey's Antalya'.(HD).

A high school in the southern province of Antalya has banned skirts for its female students, leaving long pants as the only option for girls to wear to school.

The Gazi Anatolian High School in Antalya forbade its female students from wearing skirts as part of the school uniform, according to daily Cumhuriyet.

Hayri Baş, the school’s principle, said that this year’s uniform was decided to be composed of gray pants and a white t-shirt for both male and female students, a decision that was also approved by the Parent-Teacher Association.

“This decision has been met according to the new statute. It has been adopted that our children wear uniforms. So we have decided that both male and female students wear pants. In this way our children will be more at ease,” said Baş.

He added that female students would find pants more comfortable. “What’s more, the students of our school are older. We think that by wearing pants they will not encounter problems while using the stairs,” Baş said.

This decision will be implemented for new students at the school, while older female students will be allowed to wear skirts.

One parent of a female student who has just started at the school, said her daughter was just a naïve girl and she could not understand such a decision.

“I do not understand the logic of forbidding a female student from wearing a skirt,” the parent said.

Hmmmm.......“Thank God Almighty,” said Mr. Erdogan in 1994, when he was the mayor of Istanbul. “I am a servant of Shariah.” 

1,411 women killed in Turkey in three years.

"RISE OF ISLAMISTS"

1,411 women DIS[honor] killed in Turkey in three years.(Firat).

Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Güler answered BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Kars deputy Mülkiye Birtane's written parliamentary question on women killings.

The Minister said that 1,411 women were killed in Turkey between 2009 and 2012. According to the minister, the main causes of the mentioned women killings were domestic violence, honor killings and blood-feud murders


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Turkey’s religious head refuses UN fund for violence against women project.

Turkey’s religious head refuses UN fund for violence against women project. (HD).

President of the Directorate General for Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Mehmet Görmez declared that the department would refuse to continue receiving loans for an ongoing United Nations-led project in Turkey. The gesture is in line with Turkey’s blunt criticism of the U.N. for its perceived lack of action regarding the turmoil in Syria.

“I will not spend a single lira of the U.N.’s money,” Görmez said on Aug. 22 during a signing ceremony for the “Cooperation Protocol for Providing Contribution of Religious Officials in Protection of Family and Preventing Violence against Women,” which was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ and Family, Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin.

The UN should care about crimes against humanity before violence against women, Görmez said, as reported by the Doğan News Agency.

“How can the organizations, institutions who cannot prevent murder against humanity, prevent subjects such as societies’ violence against women, human rights, domestic violence and the like?” he said. The remarks drew a strong reaction from social media users in Turkey, who slammed Görmez’s apparent underestimation of the fight against violence against women.

“From now on, at least on the part regarding the Diyanet, I will not spend a single penny of the U.N.’s money; I do not accept that money. I will spend it from the Diyanet foundation. They should use that money to prevent gross crimes and murders against humanity. Thank God, we have the belief, spirituality, materiality to explain to our nation the harm of violence against women, sympathy and compassion toward humanity,” Görmez added.

Related: 34 percent of Turkish men : "Domestic violence OK sometimes"