Scandal response to violence against women: Minister says it’s tolerable

Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık participated in the Turkish Grand National Assembly Research Commission to determine the causes of violence against women and made a presentation. She said the increase in violence against women during the pandemic period was “tolerable”.

Based on an article in Sözcü newspaper, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanış continues her words and actions referred to as scandal in said news. The minister, whose tweets defending Fethullah Gulen were shared earlier, had made a show “presenting a protected child in front of the cameras” on April 23, national sovereignty and children’s day, just after she took office. The minister, who disclosed the child under protection, also said she could not give the child sugar because of Ramadan. The minister, whose former tweets also emerged, had soon shut down her social media account.

INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS TOLERABLE

She attended a meeting of the Commission of Inquiry on the determination of the causes of violence against women held in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The minister said there was a “tolerable increase” in violence against women during the Coronavirus outbreak.