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"The situation of women in Turkey is still difficult, as it is in a number of other countries around the world. They face discrimination and violence on a daily basis, and recently there has been an alarming resurgence of violence, in spite of existing legislation. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, 39% of Turkish women have encountered physical violence at some point in their lives, and two or three women are killed each and every day at the hands of their husbands. As in the other countries concerned, the responsibility lies with the authorities to respond and adopt restrictive, effective measures in order to prevent such acts of violence, punish the perpetrators and protect the victims. There is no doubt that education is the way to bring about gender equality, a change in mentality, the empowerment of Turkish women and their inclusion in the social, economic and political life of their country. I therefore welcome the adoption of this report, which gives an account of the situation for Turkish women and sends a message to Turkey, inviting it, as a candidate country, to make women’s rights a priority and to increase its efforts to adopt comprehensive reforms and guarantee respect for fundamental rights in order to fulfil the Copenhagen criteria."@en1
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