![‘The only solution was suicide’: Desperation for women seeking abortions in Turkey](https://s.france24.com/media/display/9f37feac-5e07-11ee-af34-005056bfb2b6/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"TURKEY","hash":"c0e2625e3688588ab3e89ea2c3e0f88a344acae25ac0cb25fd1c8e3cec08ef60","title":"Desperation%20for%20women%20seeking%20abortions","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20230928_151220_151425_CS.jpg "‘The only solution was suicide’: Desperation for women seeking abortions in Turkey")
‘The only solution was suicide’: Desperation for women seeking abortions in Turkey
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Abortions may be legal in Turkey, but they’re increasingly difficult to obtain, and socially frowned upon. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s last 20 years in power have seriously eroded women’s ability to terminate unwanted pregnancies legally, pushing them to get abortions in underground clinics where their identities will be remain anonymous and their families will be not be notified.
