Turkish women protest Erdoğan's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention

Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on March 27 to demand Turkey reverses its decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. Amid a heavy police presence, protesters gathered in an Istanbul seafront square waving purple flags and chanting slogans including "Murders of women are political."

Reuters - Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on March 27 to demand Turkey reverses its decision to withdraw from an international treaty against domestic abuse which it once championed.

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