YK (PSG - Woman) Turkey CG

She suggests that the authorities could not give protection. However, submitted Miss Sigley, the objective evidence clearly shows that the authorities in Turkey are not only willing but also able to offer protection. She referred to paragraph 5.147 of the CIPU Report ( see above ) and to page 5 in the claimant's bundle and the section headed, "Women", in the US State Department report. It says:-

That suggests that the State do punish those involved in "honour killings". The extracts from the US State Department report clearly show that the government sponsor shelters and consultation centres for battered women. Changes in the law recently introduced make spousal abuse illegal and now acknowledge the equal roles of both men and women in the management of the marriage and household.

The same cannot, however, be said of women in Turkey. Whilst undoubtedly they still suffer acts of discrimination, they can no longer be said to be discriminated against by the law and, we find, they are not unprotected by the State. We do not find that societal discrimination against women is either condoned or sanctioned by the State in Turkey. There is clear evidence to the contrary in the claimant's bundle which, we note, was before the Adjudicator.