President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has said that a new reform plan to protect women from
physical and sexual abuse will be rolled out by Turkey's government in the
coming months.
Speaking to a
large crowd at an event yesterday marking the International
Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Erdogan called violence
against women a "betrayal to humanity".
Erdogan also highlighted the importance of women to society. Turkey's Family and Social Policies Ministry has investigated 20,000 cases of violence against women, he said. The United Nations says one-third of all women suffer physical or sexual violence during their lifetime.
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