PodcastTurkish grocery workers demand implementation of Istanbul Convention after male customer attack
A Twitter account representing grocery workers urged the proper implementation of Istanbul Convention in an incident where a male customer attacked two female employees. The male customer is seen hitting two grocery workers repeatedly in a security video footage shared by the relevant Twitter account.
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A Twitter account representing grocery workers have called for the proper implementation of the Istanbul Convention after a male customer inflicted violence upon women workers at an Istanbul grocery shop.
"We call for the perpetrator's arrest and the implementation of Istanbul Convention in the incident involving male violence in Istanbul's Sancaktepe Hakmar Market," the grocery workers account tweeted on Aug. 31 and shared the relevant video footage showing the incident.
İstanbul Sancaktepe hakmar markette yaşanan erkek şiddeti karşısında failin tutuklanması ve İstanbul Sözleşmesi'nin uygulanması adına emniyeti göreve çağırıyoruz. Hiçbir market işçisi kadın yalnız değildir! @EmniyetGM@ailevecalisma
— Marketİscileri (@MarketIscileri) August 31, 2020
#istanbul #hakmarmarketi pic.twitter.com/fparpH5i7O
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