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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Forensic Res 2016
ISSN: 2157-7145, JFR an open access journal Forensic Research 2016
October 31-November 02, 2016
October 31-November 02, 2016 San Francisco, USA
5th International Conference on
Forensic Research & Technology
Evaluation of femicide phenomenon in settled cases about homicidal attempts and murders at
Ankara high criminal courts
Nergis Canturk1, Seren Dayi2 and Zerrin Erkol3
1Ankara University, Turkey
2Turkish Gendarmerie, Turkey
3Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey
Femicide which is considerably difficult to take under control is the most brutal dimension of violence against women which is
a very heatedly debated social problem. Murdering women is the most extreme form of women rights violation. Femicide is a
serious social problem which has been taking place all around the world throughout history irrespective of language, religion, nation,
level of education and socio-economic status. While violence that weakens the women, isolates them from social life, and trivializes
their presence in the community as individuals, is an irrepressible concern in the world, several serious measures have been taken
since 1970s in order to prevent violence against women, however, the consequences do not sustain the expectations. In Turkey, one
third of the women are exposed to physical violence. High Criminal Courts handle cases related to aggravated life imprisonment,
life sentence, and cases requiring more than 10 years imprisonment. Homicide and homicidal attempts are the most indictable
offences taken up by Heavy Panel Courts. In this study, 44 case documents of 102 settled cases directly associated with femicide and
femicidal attempts took place between 2010 and 2014 proceeded by Ankara High Criminal Courts, and decision sheets of 58 cases
whose case documents could not be reached, were scrutinized. SPSS 16.0 program was made use of to analyze the collected data. At
the end of the study, it was found that the average age of women who were the victims of femicide or femicidal attempts was 39.74
(SD=17.15), average age of perpetrators was 40.59 (SD=13.2). There is no statistically significant correlation between the difference in
the average ages of injured parties and perpetrators (p <0.05). It was shown that the proportion of injured parties exposed to violence
by their partners was %62.7, and there is a significant correlation between both parties marital status (p<0.001). Women who were
murdered or attempted to be murdered were exposed to this situation by their husband's %46.1, their boyfriend's %11.8, and their
ex-husbands %4.9. Femicide is a bleeding wound in both in Turkey and all over the world. Although, with the help of government and
non-governmental organizations, there have been persevering attempts to end it, however, the rate of femicide takes place every year
is increasing. An increase in the number of people, both males and female, who can reach qualified education all over the country,
ensuring gender equality in the society and development in the socio-economic status of individuals are required measures to stop
femicide and any kinds of violence against women.
Biography
Nergis Canturk has completed her MD from Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine and is now Assoc. Prof. in Ankara University Institute of Forensic Sciences. She
is the Director of Criminalistics Department in Forensic Sciences Institute. She has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals.
Nergis Canturk et al., J Forensic Res 2016, 7:5(Suppl)