Gullu said the association has sent a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about debates on violence against women.

She advised the government to deal with the issue in terms of education, and changing the judicial mindset.

"Those who commit these crimes must be excluded from the possibility of reduced sentences. The penalties given for such crimes should be in line with our feelings," Erdogan has said.

For Turkish women, they are also planning to cry out disapproval of their disproportionate participation in the male dominated work force, as only 34 percent of women in Turkey are employed, much fewer than women in other industrialized countries, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Experts argue that what Turkey most needs to do is not to make more women enter the workforce but to make sure that they do not leave it once they get married.

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