"Turkey must get tough on violence against women-EU
Mon 10 Jul 2006 10:48 AM ET
ANKARA, July 10 (Reuters) - Turkey must do more to combat violence against women as part of its bid to join the European Union, the European Commission's representative in Ankara said on Monday.
Some 58 percent of women in Turkey's less developed southeast say they have experienced violence within their families, according to a study by the Diyarbakir Women's Education and Counselling Centre.
In a recent example, a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed by her brother in the southeastern city of Gaziantep earlier this month because he suspected she was pregnant and he believed she had dishonoured the family."
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