Emine Dirican looks out from her home in Istanbul, Turkey September 30, 2019. Picture taken September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Cansul Alkaya
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Emine Dirican's husband shot her in January and was released from jail pending appeal in May, leaving her in fear of being attacked again in a case that underscores the vulnerability of women to violent attack and murder in Turkey.
Last year men murdered 440 women in Turkey, unofficial data show, more than doubling from 2012 when Ankara passed a law on preventing violence against women - a rise which some women's groups attribute to the failure to implement the legislation.
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