Gülsüm Kav

As she did most afternoons, Pınar Ünlüer was waiting to collect her six-year-old son from his school in the western province of İzmir.  She was then shot dead in broad daylight only meters away from the school, by a man whose marriage proposal she had rejected.

Violence against women has been on the rise, but women have become more combatant, said Gülsüm Kav, the director of Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu (We Will Stop Femicides Platform), a women's rights activist organization that keeps track of violence against women, stressing that as long as the laws in Turkey failed to protect women, violence against them would not stop.  

The documentary called "You can do it," prepared by fellow journalist Tuluhan Tekelioğlu, promptly explains the paradox surrounding the problems women face in this country.

Women who are underrepresented, when compared to men, in politics, the workforce and social life have now come out of their shells, and they will not stop.

Turkey's official policies and rhetoric not only fail to stop women murders, they indirectly encourage the killings by acquitting the perpetrators, a representative of a women's NGO claims.

Turkey?s official policies and rhetoric not only fail to stop women murders, they indirectly encourage the killings by acquitting the perpetrators, a representative of a women?s NGO claims. ?I would prefer officials stop talking about women,? says Gülsüm Kav, from the ?We Will Stop Women Murders?