´He Loves You, He Beats You´, HRW

“He Loves You, He Beats You”
Family Violence in Turkey and Access to Protection
May 4, 2011, HRW 

Available in Turkish

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.

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