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Mobilisations contre le retrait de la Convention d'Istanbul de la Turquie
Afin de satisfaire son electorat plus conservateur, le president turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a decide de se retirer de la Convention d'Istanbul le 20 mars dernier. La Turquie avait pourtant ete le premier pays a ratifier ce traite international qui vise a proteger et combattre les violences a l'egard des femmes. Mais ce texte, qui comporte un volet important de prevention et de lutte contre les inegalites de genre, est juge par le gouvernement turc comme une atteinte aux valeurs familiales traditionnelles. Pire encore, aux yeux des conservateurs turcs, cette Convention ferait la promotion de l'homosexualite en interdisant toute discrimination en raison de l'orientation sexuelle. Les associations feministes sont vent debout contre le retrait de leur pays de la Convention, alors que plus d'une femme est tuee chaque jour en Turquie. Selon les chiffres de la plateforme turque "Nous mettrons fin aux feminicides", 474 femmes ont ete assassinees en 2019. Rien que depuis le debut de l'annee 2021, on denombre 185 feminicides. Les associations feministes accusent le gouvernement de proteger les meurtriers plutot que les femmes. Certaines ont d'ailleurs porte plainte une cinquantaine de fois avant d'etre tuees. C'est pourquoi des millers de femmes a travers tout le pays se sont mobilisees contre cette decision du retrait de la Convention d'Istanbul, qui entre en vigueur le 1er juillet.
Protests against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.
In order to satisfy his more conservative electorate, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on March 20. Turkey was the first country to ratify this international treaty, which aims to protect and combat violence against women. But this text, which includes an important section on prevention and the fight against gender inequality, is considered by the Turkish government as an attack on traditional family values. Worse still, in the eyes of Turkish conservatives, this Convention would promote homosexuality by prohibiting any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Feminist associations are up in arms against their country's withdrawal from the Convention, while more than one woman is killed every day in Turkey. According to figures from the Turkish platform "We will end feminicides", 474 women were murdered in 2019. Since the beginning of 2021 alone, there have been 185 femicides. Feminist associations accuse the government of protecting murderers rather than women. Some of them actually filed a complaint about 50 times before they were killed. This is why thousands of women across the country have mobilized against this decision to withdraw the Istanbul Convention, which comes into force on July 1.
