The Amed (Diyarbakır) Network Against Violence and the Dicle Amed Women's Platform reacted to the murder of six women by men in the country in the last 24 hours. The women made a statement in front of AZC Plaza in the Ofis neighbourhood of Yenişehir district. A banner reading "Women's murders are political" was displayed during the statement.

 

Adalet Kaya, Amed MP for the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, stated that the killings of women were not isolated incidents, saying, "We have said millions of times that the murders of women are political. They are the result of the government's and the state's policies. Six women were torn from life within 24 hours. These are not just numbers, they are names. It is now necessary to know this, to understand this. We are very angry."

 

'MALE-CENTRED MINDSET FUELS VIOLENCE'

 

Zeynep Sipçik, President of the Rosa Women's Association, said: "Last year, 294 women were victims of murder, while 297 women died under suspicious circumstances. It is only the second month of 2026, and in the last 24 hours alone, six women have been torn from life. At the root of femicide lies the climate created by male-dominated mindsets and the government's anti-women policies. Instead of preventing violence, the male mindset feeds and legitimises this violence with its discourse targeting women's lives. Three of the six women murdered in the last 24 hours were in the process of divorce and had sought protection from the state, yet they were still murdered. The other three women were targets of violence even though they were divorced."

 

Emphasising that it is "vitally important" for women to express themselves in their mother languages, Zeynep Sipçik said: "The language barrier leads to the invisibility of violence and deepens impunity, especially for Kurdish women." 

 

"The policies of impunity and good behaviour discounts that are applied encourage femicide rather than deterring them, paving the way for new murders. As women's organisations, we consider defending women's right to life to be our fundamental principle. We will continue our struggle in the streets, in the courts and in all areas of life until violence ends," she said. 

 

DEMANDS

 

Zeynep Sipçik listed the steps that need to be taken as follows: 

 

"* Policies must be developed to eliminate the social gender inequality that lies at the root of violence against women. Concrete and lasting steps must be taken in every area, from education to public policy, based on equality and guaranteeing the existence of women as free and independent individuals.

 

* Legal regulations protecting women must be implemented promptly and without compromise. 

 

* The Family Year policies and judicial packages that target our acquired rights must be abandoned, Law No. 6284 must be effectively enforced, and we must immediately return to the Istanbul Convention."