He Loves You, He Beats You: Family Violence in Turkey and Access to Protection

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Author:

Human Rights Watch

Asia

Western Asia

This report documents brutal and long-lasting violence against women and girls by husbands, partners, and family members and the survivors' struggle to seek protection. Turkey has strong protection laws, setting out requirements for shelters for abused women and protection orders. However, gaps in the law and implementation failures by police, prosecutors, judges, and other officials make the protection system unpredictable at best, and at times downright dangerous.

Table of Contents:

* “He Loves You, He Beats You”
* Selvi T.
* Summary
* Methodology
* I. Background
* II. Legal Reforms and Gaps
* III. Failings in Implementing the Protection Law
* IV. Inadequate Shelters
* V. Turkey's International and Regional Legal Obligations
* Acknowledgments

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He Loves You, He Beats You: Family Violence in Turkey and Access to Protection

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