He explained that he could not protect her unless she was injured. "My mother had asked the prosecutor for protection. The mother of the family turned to the prosecutor, who chose not to apply the disciplinary sanctions provided for by the law, such as a short period of detention, "due to lack of evidence." However, he went on to repeatedly violate the injunction, approaching and threatening his wife on several occasions. Between February and June 2021, the courts issued four restraining orders against the abusive husband, who was forbidden to enter into contact with her, to be in the places she frequented, including the home he had been forced to leave, and the tea factory where she worked. She finally managed to get through the door of the police station located near her home. That morning, the Turkish mother was on her way to work when her husband burst in with a gun.Ī few months before her death, Yemen Akoda had sought protection from the authorities. ZEYNEP KURAY / AFPĪ repeated victim of domestic violence, Yemen Akoda, 38, had initiated divorce proceedings when she was shot dead by her husband, Esref Akoda, on June 24, 2021, outside her home in Aksaray, Central Anatolia.
Subscribers only Demonstration against violence against women in Istanbul, Turkey, November 25, 2021. Femicides draw attention in Turkey as government 'fails to protect victims'Īlthough a fairly sophisticated legal arsenal exists in Turkish law to combat femicides, hundreds of Turkish women die every year at the hands of their husbands and partners.īy Marie Jégo (Istanbul, correspondante) Published on Jat 11h53
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