Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a legal act, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader said on Tuesday. "The implementation of the Istanbul Convention alongside other international standards had resulted in positive changes at the national level." The Istanbul Convention is an important tool for that. News Turkey quits Istanbul Convention on violence against women. No legal problem in withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: Erdoğan ISTANBUL. Turkey will officially withdraw from an international convention that aims to combat against domestic violence on July 1, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette. UN Women reiterates the concerns expressed by the United Nations in Turkey and other partners regarding Turkey’s announced termination of being a party to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (the “Istanbul Convention”). Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a decree early on Saturday annulling Turkey’s ratification of the Istanbul convention, a landmark European treaty … Thousands protested in Turkey on March 20, 2021, calling for Turkish President to reverse his decision to withdraw from the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. Anger, condemnation after Turkey exits treaty to protect women. The Istanbul Convention covers 34 European countries and is widely regarded as the gold standard in international efforts to protect women and girls from the violence that they face every day in our societies.. In May, it will be ten years since the convention was signed. EU chiefs called out Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday over his decision to withdraw Turkey from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty on preventing violence against women. Turkey withdrew from a European treaty on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, according to the country’s Official Gazette early Saturday. The Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is the first legally binding instrument to provide a comprehensive framework to combat gender-based violence. We await the decision that had been announced for today. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention that was signed in 2011. This move is a huge setback to these efforts and all the more deplorable because it compromises the protection of women in Turkey, across Europe and beyond.” It is a groundbreaking legal text and an inspiring document. It was opened for signature in Istanbul in 2011, hence it being known as the Istanbul Convention. Turkey severed ties from the landmark Istanbul Convention, which intended to tackle violence against women, midnight Saturday (20 March) because it “normalises homosexuality”. As @POTUS said, Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the @coe Istanbul Convention is deeply disappointing. No state has ever withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention but, like Turkey, others are considering to do so. Among them is Poland, where conservative politicians have described the Convention as “endangering” to the traditional family. Leaving the Istanbul Convention on women’s rights by a presidential decree was a legal act, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters on Friday, responding to criticism by the opposition as well as leaders of Turkey's Western allies. With his Istanbul Convention withdrawal, Erdoğan has once against shown Turkey exists in the same camp as Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, and China than any European aspirant. This treaty is a unique legal instrument to tackle violence against women. It is the first internationally binding instrument to take a broad approach to …