Today (Thursday July 1), Turkey has officially withdrawn from the international treaty to prevent gender-based violence. The current government has accused the treaty of undermining ‘traditional’ family values.
President Tayyip Erdogan sparked outrage in March by pulling out from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, known as the Istanbul […] The post Turkey has formally withdrawn from European treaty to prevent gender-based violence appeared first on GCN.