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What We Know

Apart from violence towards humans, animal violence is also a big problem in Turkey.

Enough actions are not taken by government to stop violence from happening.

Anyone who is exposed to violence should get help from a professional and know that they are not alone.

What We Want to Know

Is violence towards women higher than other developed countries?

What is the main root of being violent in Turkey?

Is educational level related to violence?

What We Learned

There are a lot factors such as social, cultural and psychological and we cannot talk about a single main reason.

The higher a person's educational level is, the less likely he will do a violent action.

According to the data released by OECD, Turkey's rate of women violence is 13.3%, rated less than most of the other countries while the highest rate is 92.2 in Guinea.

REFERENCES

Domestic Violence and Education: Examining the Impact of Domestic Violence on Young Children, Children, and Young People and the Potential Role of Schools

Violence against women

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What We Know?

Other than the different kinds of violence such as physical, emotional, verbal, a person can also self-violate.

Regardless of every possible scenario, violence is not the remedy.

Violence cannot be ignored.

What We Want To Know?

Why would anyone count violence as a solution?

Why women are more likely to be violated in Turkey?

Why doesn't the government take precautions against possible cases of violations? If any are taken, what are they?

What We Learned?

According to studies, using violence to solve things is a sign of trying to take control and maintain control above the other. However, it doesn't solve things, making it even worse.

Sadly, there are still people who believe one gender has more power than the other. This is the foundation of why women are more likely to be abused in our country. They are seen as a symbol of weakness while the case is totally the opposite.

There might be some laws as a procedure, everyone knows that in our country either the violence cases are neglected or forgotten the next day.

REFERENCES

https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2018/justice-and-protection-women-victims-domestic-violence
https://www.apa.org/topics/gun-violence-crime

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What We Know?

Our people are prone to solving arguements with violence rather than compromise

Most of our people say they are against violence, most of them do watch it as an entertainment source

We have to be able to protect ourselves in order to survive in this chaotic, violent environtment

What We Want To Know?

What do people say/do causes violence most

What is the reason Turkish people choose violence over other methods of fixing a problem

What precautions can we take to protect ourselves and our loved ones from violence

What We Learned?

According to a blog post of Sheri Jacobson, a psychotherapist and founder of Harley Therapy, common causes of violence are frusturation, exposure to violent media, violence in the home or neighbourhood and the tendency to see others actions hostile

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Theraphist Stefan Waschlewski says that men can resort to violence to cover their frailty or to make the victim obey them.

Seeking support from authorities or people able to help you like therapists or call centers, keeping yourselves away from possible dangerous situations and people

REFERENCES

https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/causes-of-violence-how-to-respond.htm

https://hawcdv.org/get-help-now/safety-tips/protecting-yourself-from-violence/

https://www.dw.com/tr/erkekler-neden-şiddete-başvuruyor/a-41559767

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What We Know

Unfortunately, there are lots of violence in Turkey in every part in our lives.

Not only physical but also psychological, verbal, economical, emotional sexual or every kind of violence are can be seen in Turkey.

People are trying to do something in order to stop those violences, but we can't say that these things are far from enough.

What We Want To Know

What type of violence is seen in Turkey the most?

What can we say about economic violence in Turkey?

Which city in Turkey has the highest/lowest number of violence?

What We Learned

Unfortunately, all types of violence are seen in Turkey. But if we have to say the most common one , we can say, sadly, violence against women.

Turkish women spend almost 19.2% of their time on wageless domestic work in contrast to the 3.7% of the time that men spend on unpaid domestic work. That makes women bounded to the men and this is clearly an economic violence.

The city with the highest crime rate in Turkey is Istanbul when the lowest one is Bingöl.

REFERENCES

ali yilmaz.doc (live.com)
Economic Violence Against Women in Turkey - The Borgen
Project
Crime in Turkey. Safety in Turkey (numbeo.com)

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- What We Know

In Turkey, women are more exposed to violence than men.

Violence is not just physical. In domestic violence, there is emotional abuse, verbal abuse, social abuse.

After being exposed to violence, people can't trust anyone else, lose self-confidence, are ashamed and scared.

-What We Want To Know

What are the violence statistics in Turkey?

What is the least being voiced type of violence in Turkey?

What is the common cause of violence in Turkey?

-What We Learned

75 percent of divorced women are victims of physical violence. In addition, approximately 4 out of 10 women are victims of violence. According to 2019 data, 15.2 percent of 206 thousand 498 children who came as victims of crime were victims of sexual abuse.

Sexual violence is the least being voiced type of violence.

It is expressed that anger is the common cause of violence in Turkey.

/RESOURCES/

1. Child abuse data

2. Violence against women research

3. Hacettepe research presented to the TBMM