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This Wednesday, October 9, in central Turkey, opens an emblematic trial of violence against women. A man is tried for having killed his ex-wife Emine Bulut on 18 August under the eyes of passers-by and his own daughter. A murder that shocked the whole country and is far from isolated.
With our correspondent in Istanbul, Anne Andlauer
" I do not want to die ": the last cries of Emine Bulut, this Turkish murdered stabbed by her ex-husband under the eyes of her 10-year-old daughter, still resonate in the heads of those who heard them.
The murder was filmed by a passer-by. A few days later, the video was spread on social networks, giving this news item an unprecedented impact in a country where, however, every day, men kill their spouse or ex-spouse.
" The video has increased the impact of this murder tenfold," says Zelal Ayman, a women's rights activist. The images are terrible, but on the other hand without such images people do not see, do not fully grasp the cruelty of these crimes. "
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For the past five years, the Turkish authorities have not published statistics on violence against women. Militants like Zelal rely on newspaper articles. And they are unanimous: murders are increasing. At least 225 women killed in 2018. At least 261 since the beginning of the year. Unceasingly, NGOs repeat their demands.
" The priority is to enforce the laws," adds Zelal Ayman. The Penal Code, the law against violence against women, the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women. If Turkey applied these texts, a large part of the problem would already be settled. "
NGOs also claim that women murderers no longer benefit from any remission. Emine Bulut's ex-husband should try to explain to the judges, as he did to the police, that she had " provoked " him. The prosecution has demanded against him an incompressible sentence of life imprisonment.