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Women in Istanbul protest against violence and femicide

Police in Istanbul used force to break up the peaceful protest of several hundred women denouncing violence against women and femicide. Advocacy group "We Will Stop Femicide" claims 440 women were killed in Turkey in 2018, many by their own spouses.

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