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Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention on women&#39;s rights, which aims to protect women against violence.</p>
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The decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was published in the country&#39;s official gazette on Saturday morning, reports dpa news agency.</p>
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Established in 2011, the Istanbul Convention, a treaty developed by the non-EU organisation Council of Europe, aims to create a legal framework to prevent and fight against violence against women and domestic violence.</p>
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Erdogan had personally signed the convention in Istanbul when he was Prime Minister.</p>
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It was later ratified in Turkey, but according to the country&#39;s &#39;We Will Stop Femicide Platform&#39;, it was never applied. The organisation seeks to stop femicide and ensure that women are protected from violence.</p>
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Following the decision to withdraw from the convention, &#39;We Will Stop Femicide&#39;s&#39; leader took to Twitter to call for protests. The organisation&#39;s general secretary, Fidan Ataselim, said the government is endangering the lives of millions of women by leaving.</p>
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She called on Turkish leaders to reverse the decision and apply the convention. According to the organization, at least 300 women were murdered by men in Turkey last year alone.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>
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