The extent which violence against women has reached in Turkey has driven even NGO's to make proposals which express their despair. Ultimately nobody in Turkey believes anymore that the policies regarding women, who are in need of protection, practised by the state so far, are sufficient. Moreover, everybody complains that none of the state's units fulfils its duties regarding the protection of women adequately As a result of this, at the end of February 2014, the "Survival Guide 2014" prepared by Şefkat-Der, who provides shelter for women under violence, suggested to women who face violence and who are under risk: "[...] in order to defend yourself, wound your partner. [... ] neutralize the potential killer before he kills you." Furthermore, the woman who faces violence and can not escape was suggested - after consulting an attorney - to commit a little crime that does not harm others, but leads to a short-time imprisonment, which is to be safer tha
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