Police prevent women’s march in İstanbul on day protesting gender violence
By TM - November 25, 2018
Turkish police on Sunday barred women’s groups from marching in İstanbul’s Taksim and Kadıköy districts for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Turkish media reported.
Women groups gathered in the two areas around 5 p.m. local time to march to honor women who lost their lives in incidents of domestic violence.
However, police only allowed them to read their statements and used pepper spray and their shields to stop the women from proceeding.
Read more at: https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/11/25/police-prevent-womens-march-in-istanbul-on-day-protesting-gender-violence/
Repressive, Turkey is dealing with a crisis in domestic abuse, women being killed per some sources.
