Violence against women is an important public health problem that affects women all over the world, at every socioeconomic and cultural level. Violence against women/partners describes aggressive and coercive behavior towards a person's current or past partners (UNICEF 2006). Domestic violence is seen as physical, sexual, emotional, economic violence and combinations of these. According to World Health Organization 2013 data, 35% of women are exposed to sexual or physical violence at least once in their lives by their spouses or non-spouses. Spouse, relationship, engagement, dating, ex-spouse, ex-lover should all be evaluated within this scope.
In our country, where 49.8% of the population is made up of women, according to TUIK data, this problem is lasting both now and for future generations and social structure. It is extremely important. General literature shows that boys and girls who have witnessed violence between parents in their childhood have an increased risk of becoming victims and perpetrators of violence in the future.
Sleep disorders, fear of being alone, attachment disorder, maturity below their developmental level, and physical complaints in young children. While sleeping, regression in language development, tantrums, aggression, crying and inability to calm down, anxiety can be observed, focusing problems, anxiety and sleep disorders, aggression and defiance behaviors, etc., and violent behaviors towards their peers can be observed in school-age children. In adolescence, problems such as substance use, early pregnancy, and aggression may be observed. The extent of the problem is worrying, as it affects both current and future generations.
According to the results of the Domestic Violence Against Women Research in Turkey, 37.5% of women have been exposed to physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives. (TUIK 2014). Research on domestic violence against women conducted by the Prime Ministry General Directorate on the Status of Women (2009); In Turkey, 39 percent of married women have been exposed to physical violence, 15 percent to sexual violence and 42 percent to one of these two types of violence. 73% of divorced/separated women have experienced physical violence, while 9% of single women have experienced physical violence. It showed that she was subjected to physical violence by her boyfriend.
Another important aspect of this violent crime against women is that it is a repetitive crime. Some of them show a course of increasing violence, even leading to murder. According to the research conducted by Umut Foundation, it is reported that 397 femicide news were reported in national and local newspaper news in 2016. 80% of the murders of women are committed with weapons (cutting tools such as rifles, pistols, service weapons, knives, cleavers, axes, adzes) and 20% are committed by beating, strangulation, or throwing from a height. It is reported that there are lovers from whom they want to break up.
The figures given regarding the frequency of violence against women reflect only the tip of the iceberg due to the often hidden nature of violence against women. In fact, the real number is thought to be much higher. A significant portion of women do not complain because they are ashamed or the situation is normalized by their families and themselves during the years they have been subjected to violence, and a significant portion of them explain their physical injuries to other reasons such as accidents or falls when applying to hospitals, etc.
Another part of the cases is due to safety reasons. units and legal applications are followed up, or withdraw their complaints. original The "crime of not reporting the crime" mentioned in TCK 278-280 is valid for all crimes (naturally, the crime of violence against women is also included). While there is a separate article for some professionals such as doctors and nurses to be aware of a crime as part of their duties, there is a regulation for citizens to be informed of a crime and to be a witness. Both our conscientious responsibility and our legal responsibilities require us to be sensitive to violence against women, whether it is our neighbor on the site, our patient, or an incident we witness on the street, and report it to the relevant units.
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