Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Turkey: Erdoğan's decision to pull out of Istanbul Convention has put him in opposition to women

Turkey: Erdoğan’s decision to pull out of Istanbul Convention has put him in opposition to women March 24, 2021 3.35pm EDT Authors Devran Gulel Doctoral Candidate, University of Portsmouth Leïla Choukroune Professor of International Law and Director of the University Research and Innovation Theme in Democratic Citizenship, University of Portsmouth In a single-paragraph statement issued at around 2am on March 20, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled his country out of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and C More:Turkey: Erdoğan's decision to pull out of Istanbul Convention has put him in opposition to women