CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Bozkurt, Hazal |
|---|---|
| Title | Finding the Man in the Court: A Critical Legal Approach to Good Conduct Abatement |
| Summary | The deterioration of women’s rights and an acute increase in gender-based violence have become evident in Turkey. The sudden withdrawal from Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women by the AKP government has further revealed the government’s insistence on abstaining from effectively combatting gender-based violence. One of the primary instruments for state-induced gendered violence as pointed out by feminist circles, is the good conduct abatement. Good conduct abatement is a legal term that refers to the reduction of sentences in cases where the offender demonstrates good behavior. In the Turkish context, this practice has been said to be systematically used in cases of femicide in favor of the offender. Thus, feminist circles have long criticized the good conduct abatement for sustaining the male privilege in front of the law. Unlike previous studies which analyze the combat with gender-based violence through policy perspectives, this study aims to extend the literature by examining the constitutional obstacles for addressing gender-based violence from a feminist legal theoretical framework. Namely, to what extent the good conduct abatement may privilege offenders in cases of femicide? I defend good conduct abatement is necessary as a modern legal right, however, through such inquiry we may estimate its effects on sustaining gender-based violence. |
| Supervisor | Miklosi, Zoltan |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/bozkurt_hazal.pdf |
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