nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210323-031237-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210322s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210323-031237-0 doi eng 342 23 Kula, Ayşegül Author aut An Unconstitutional Setback - Turkey’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention Kula, Ayşegül Verfassungsblog 2021-03-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After almost 10 years after ratification, President Erdoğan issued a decision on Saturday, 20 March, withdrawing Turkey from the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. This withdrawal constitutes an unconstitutional setback, not only in the protection of at risk women, but also in terms of President Erdoğan’s usurpation of legislative powers. CC BY-SA 4.0 Erdogan Istanbul Convention Turkey Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/erdogan-istanbul-convention/ raw object