The government is working on a new reform package aiming to end violence against women, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, informing that good conduct abatement will not be automatically applied on suspects and that harsher sentences will be given in case of deliberate assaults against women.
“A drafted reform package on combating violence against women by the Justice Ministry has been completed. We will soon submit it to the parliament,” Erdoğan told at an event by the Women and Democracy Association (KADEM) on March 4 in Istanbul.
“With the new regulation, any behavior of the perpetrators that do not contain a concrete expression of regret will not be accepted as a reason of good conduct abatement in cases of violence against women,” Erdoğan said.
Many women associations and civil societies were complaining that courts were applying good conduct abatement to the perpetrators when they appear before the court in suits and good behavior.
Wearing suits and ties as well as theatrics in a courtroom will no longer lead to a reduction in sentences, Erdoğan said, informing, “If crimes such as deliberate killing, deliberate injury and torture are committed against women, penalties will be increased even more. The lower limit of penalties to be given to the crimes of threat against a married or divorced spouse will be increased from six months to nine months.”
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