Protests were held after the violent murder of Ozgecan Aslan across Turkey earlier in 2015CAIRO – 26 November 2020: Turkey's opposition party leaders have criticized the government for "not doing enough to prevent violence against women." The main issue that we should be discussing is how to stop such incidents," Kemal Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People's Party told a meeting of his party's parliamentary group. He further added that Turkey has been turned into a semi-open prison, adding that women were not considered important in the country anymore. Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli told his party's parliamentary group meeting that violence against women had increased in the country over the last 10 years. He also accused the government of giving inferior treatment to women and undermining gender equality.

Source: Egypt Today November 26, 2020 10:41 UTC