According to news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites, and news agencies, men killed at least 14 women and two children in May.
Men injured at least 46 women, abused at least 13 girls and boys, and harassed 18 women in May. Men forced 106 women into sex work.
Men killed 112 women in the first five months of 2026.
In May, the deaths of 43 women and seven children were “suspecious” cases where it could not be definitvely determined whether they were gender-based or not.
Suspicious deaths of women reported in the press in May
Aksaray (1), Ankara (1), Antalya (2), Aydın (2), Bartın (1), Bilecik (1), Bursa (2), Burdur (1), Çankırı (1), Çorum (1), Denizli (1), Elazığ (1), Gümüşhane (1), Hakkari (1), Isparta (1), İstanbul (6), Karabük (1), Karaman (2), Kocaeli (1), Konya (1), Malatya (1), Mardin (3), Mersin (1), Muğla (1), Samsun (2), Urfa (3), Van (1), Yalova (1), Zonguldak (1)
Suspicious child deaths reported in the press in May
Antalya (1), Balıkesir (1), Denizli (1), Diyarbakır (1), Kastamonu (1), Samsun (1), Urfa (1)
Femicide
Men killed at least 14 women in May. Last year, this number was 26 for the same month.
Names of women killed by men in May
Alev Y., Amine Bozkurt, Arzu Özden, Ayten Öztürk, Demet B., Derya Ç., Fatma Karakaya, Gülden K., Kübra Yapıcı, Leyla K., Maya Ülker, Nazife Çiğdem D., Nurgül A., Zehra Aydın.
Men killed five women because they refused to reconcile. They also killed one woman out of jealousy. The excuses given by the men for killing eight women were not reported in the press.
Nine women were killed by their husbands, boyfriends, or ex-husbands, and four women were killed by family members such as their sons and fathers. The identity of the man who killed one woman was not reported in the media.
Men killed 11 women inside the home and three women outside the home.
Men killed 10 women with firearms, three women with sharp objects, and one woman by beating her to death.
Provinces where men killed women
Ağrı (1), Antalya (2), Aydın (1), Çanakkale (1), Elazığ (1), Hatay (1), İstanbul (1), Kayseri (1), Kırklareli (1), Konya (2), Malatya (1), Sakarya (1)
Legal proceedings
Kadınları öldüren en az 15 fail vardı. 11 fail erkek tutuklandı. Üç fail intihar etti. Bir fail kaçtı.
Femicides solved in May
Muazzez Bayhan (43), a woman who went missing last year in Konya, was shot in the head and killed by her ex-husband, M.T. (46), who had escaped while on leave from prison, and her body was buried in a riverbed. It emerged that the arrested man has over 40 criminal records and a 22-year prison sentence that has been finalized.
Farkhondeh Ghaem Maghami (68), an Iranian citizen who had been reported missing in Istanbul since April 11, was found dead in Kırşehir. Three suspects—E.B., M.A., and S.G.—were taken into custody in connection with the incident. The investigation is ongoing. It was determined that a man named E.B. (49), who had a relationship with the woman, strangled her to death following an argument and then dumped her lifeless body on a piece of land in Kırşehir.
Ayşen Aycan B. (21), a woman who went missing in Denizli in 2016, was found to have been beaten to death by her ex-husband, T.B. (40), and buried in an empty field. The man, who confessed to the murder, was arrested.
Child murder
In May, men killed at least two children. Last year, this number was one for the same month.
One child was killed by his father, who strangled them inside the home. The degree of acquaintance between the man and a child he killed was not reported in the media. He killed the child outside the home with a sharp object.
Names of the children killed by men
Poyraz Tekin T., Doruk Efe B.
Provinces where men killed children
Hatay (1), Elazığ (1).
Legal proceedings
There were two male suspects who killed the children. They were arrested.
Harassment
In May, men harassed at least 18 women. This figure was 16 in the same month last year.
Men harassed one woman inside her home and 17 women outside the home.
One woman was harassed by a cleaning worker, one by a relative, one by a government employee, and nine by a man staying at the same boarding house. The degree of acquaintance between the man and at least six of the women he harassed was not reported in the media.
Provinces where men harassed women
İstanbul (3), Samsun (1), Zonguldak (2), Diyarbakır (1), Muğla (9), Bolu (1), Yozgat (1).
Legal proceedings
There were 11 male perpetrators who harassed women. Three perpetrators were arrested. Three perpetrators were taken into custody. Legal action was initiated against five perpetrators.
Sexual assault/Rape
In May, two men raped two women. One woman was raped by a relative, and the other by her ex-boyfriend.
Province where men raped women
Ankara (1), Artvin (1).
Legal proceedings
There were two perpetrators who raped the women. Both perpetrators were arrested.
Child abuse
Men abused at least 14 girls and boys in May. Last year, this num…
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