Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has withdrawn his country from an international treaty to protect women through a presidential decree issued in the early hours of Saturday 20 March 2021.
The move has sent shockwaves through a country that has been reeling from high-profile domestic violence cases and femicides.
Turkey was the first country to sign the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in 2011. The Istanbul Convention, named after Turkey's largest city, seeks to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, and bring an end to legal impunity for perpetrators.
It is unclear why Erdogan made the decision to pull out of the convention. Turkish women's rights defenders have protested against the withdrawal, while some conservatives argue it harms traditional family values.
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