Turkey withdraws from the European treaty against sexist violence

Turkey abandons the European treaty against sexist violence because «normalizes homosexuality«

GAYLES.TV.- It sounds paradoxical but Türkiye has left the Istanbul Convention against sexist violence. The reason? The Turkish government has justified its withdrawal in a statement in which it argues that this agreement «has been kidnapped to normalize homosexuality«, Something incompatible with national values. The truth is that the Istanbul Convention it does not mention homosexuality and only clarifies in one point that the measures should not discriminate «by sexual orientation«.

«El Istanbul Convention, initially conceived to promote the rights of women, has been kidnapped by a group of people who try to normalize homosexuality, incompatible with the social and family values of Türkiye»Explains the communication office of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The abandonment of the treaty was published in the early hours of Saturday in the State official newsletter and received with protests by feminist associations and the political opposition, which were demonstrated in many cities of the country.

Promote homosexuality

An ultra-conservative sector close to the Islamist government of Erdogan last summer demanded the withdrawal from the Convention because «promotes homosexuality«, But he ran into open opposition from important sectors of the AKP, the president's party.

Some conservatives argue that the goal of the agreement is "end the traditional family«, Since some articles talk about cohabiting people and sexual orientation.

In this German originally signed in May 2011 at Istanbul by fourteen member countries of the Council of Europe, entre ellos TürkiyeWhen Erdogan he was prime minister. In 2012, Türkiye It was the first country to ratify an agreement that obliges the signatory states to promote measures to prevent all types of sexist violence against women.

Since then, it has come into force in 34 countries of the 47 partners of the Council of Europe. Russia y Azerbaiyán they are the only countries in that group that have not signed or ratified the pact. The European Union, United States, United Nations y the Council of Europe have lamented the abandonment of Türkiye of the agreement.