Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :38 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 11 % (2)

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :14.7 % (3)

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Gender Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :65 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :124 (5)

Turkiye Search Data

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Protocol on the Empowerment of Women and Institutional Capacity Building and Increasing Cooperation and Coordination for Combating Violence against Women

Turkiye | 2019

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Violence against women and girls


Action Plan on Combating Early and Forced Marriages 2019-2023

Turkiye | 2019 | 2023

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage


Joint Work Plan 2018-2020 (Prevent Early Marriages)

Turkiye | 2018 | 2020

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage


Womens Support Phone Application

Turkiye | 2018

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Working Group on the Analysis of Acts of Violence against Women Resulting in Death

Turkiye | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide


Training of Trainers on Combating Early and Forced Marriages

Turkiye | 2018 | 2019

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage


Regulation on Combating Human Trafficking and the Protection of Victims

Turkiye | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Action Plan on Combating Violence Against Women

Turkiye | 2016 | 2020

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Audio Surveillance Systems for Combating Violence against Women

Turkiye | 2015

Type of Measure : Perpetrators Programme

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey

Turkiye | 2015

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


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(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-59 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2015. Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-59 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2015. Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey.


(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.


(4) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.


(5) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.