Activists speak out against rising violence towards women in Turkey Dozens of women protested on Saturday in Istanbul against the rising violence against women and the government's failure to stop brutal attacks across the country. Some 100 women gathered in the Kadikoy neighborhood on the Asian side of Istanbul, recounting harrowing stories of the women recently murdered across the country including Emine Bulut whose murder by her ex-husband in August sparked outrage. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES