Femicide

A new case of femicide was reported Sunday in Thessaloniki, where a man is accused of killing his wife and injuring their son before turning himself in to the police.

According to Greek police, a 46-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday for the murder of his 60-year-old partner and the injury of her son at their home in Thessaloniki.

Determined to seek justice for his beloved cousin Efi Tsichlaki in European courts is human rights lawyer Emmanouil Athanasiou. The unfortunate woman was murdered in March 2016 in Chania by her husband. Initially, the perpetrator attempted to strangle her in their home and then took her life with a bullet to the head. The husband himself called the police and claimed it was a suicide.

Bone samples from the grave of femicide convict Cem Garipoğlu have been confirmed as belonging to him amid years of speculation about his death.

Garipoğlu brutally murdered 17-year-old Münevver Karabulut in 2009.

Experts are sounding the alarm over the rising threat of "virtual crime syndicates" involved in a range of illicit activities, such as fraud, femicide, animal cruelty, harassment and blackmail, on online platforms, urging families to take stronger measures to protect their children.

Hundreds of women gathered over the weekend around the historic walls of Istanbul's Fatih district to protest the brutal murders of two women committed there on Oct. 4, a crime that has sparked outrage across the nation.

The Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics (LSE) has been relaunched as the HO Center for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus.

Turkish authorities have ordered the exhumation of the grave of a convicted murderer, who committed suicide in prison while serving his sentence for a femicide nearly 15 years ago, following persistent public skepticism over his death, the victim's lawyer has announced.

Three women fell victim to femicide in a single night — two in Istanbul and one in Ankara— each killed by their husbands, underscoring the ongoing struggle to address this pervasive issue.

In Istanbul's Küçükçekmece district, 23-year-old Öznur Akkaya was stabbed in the street by her husband after she announced her intention to divorce.

A 67-year-old man shot his wife dead and then took his own life at their home in Lamia, Central Greece on Monday.

The shooting occurred shortly after 6 p.m. Neighbors called police after hearing gunshots. Officers forced entry into the home and found the couple deceased.

A total of 166 women in Türkiye have fallen victim to femicide in the first half of 2024, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has informed a parliamentary committee.