MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli called for a thorough evaluation on whether the government should withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. “We should evaluate well whether or not to abolish it.
We should consider what it will bring and take within the framework of objective criteria. If we cannot prevent the murder of women, we will all be buried under an avalanche,” he said, speaking to A News broadcaster on July 22.