Women's rights advocates were shocked when Turkey's President Erdogan announced unilaterally that Turkey would withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Since the Convention was drafted in Istanbul, Turkey, and Turkey was the first country to sign it, it became known as the Istanbul Convention. A leaflet produced by the Council of Europe explains what the Convention does and does not say, to combat misinterpretations of the Convention's language. Read more about the Convention or download the leaflet here.
Source: Council of Europe