The role of act No. 6284 on The Protection of the Family and the Prevention of Violence against women in the prevention of violence against women in Turkey

The Act No. 6284 on the Protection of the Family and the Prevention of Violence against Women was adopted on 8 March 2012. Despite the fact that many preventive measures have been introduced in detail in favor of women, the number of violence against women and killings of women increases day by day. Throughout the adopting period and during the procedure of legislation in the General Assembly, the bill was widely discussed in general assembly commissions and by non-governmental organizations and media platforms. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights on Turkey, particularly regarding Opuz, non-governmental organizations efforts along with provisions of the Council of Europe Convention of Istanbul played an active role in the adopting this resolution. In this study, all these discussions in conjunction with the respective legislation and the opinions and recommendations of the implementers and other stakeholders pertaining to the respective law, i.e. family court judge, prosecutor who is in charge of domestic violence, the relevant police department, violence prevention and monitoring centre, women issues counselling office of the municipalities, representatives of shelters and non-governmental organizations, were analysed. Conceptual applications such as persistent pursuance against the victim, unjustified incitement reduction, forced imprisonment and detailed applications such as identity change, electronic tagging, close protection, inter-institutional coordination were included as well. Homo sacer figure, patriarchal patterns, dominant power, law and violence, the power of laws were discussed in terms of the effectiveness of the law.