Dying To: Divorce

In Turkey, the act of seeking a divorce has become a life-threatening defiance. Statistics cited by IKWRO highlight that over 400 women were killed in a single year, with the vast majority targeted simply for wanting to leave their husbands. The film follows survivors like and Kubra , who endured catastrophic physical violence after requesting separations, personifying the "perfect storm" created when women's demands for equality clash with deeply entrenched masculinist restoration. Legal and Political Failures

: Perpetrators often receive reduced sentences by arguing they were "provoked" by their wives' desire for independence. Dying to Divorce

: The film connects rising gender-based violence to the broader political climate in Turkey, where conservative shifts have weakened protections for women and silenced activists. In Turkey, the act of seeking a divorce

: Lawyer Ipek Bozkurt is portrayed as a critical bulwark against this tide, navigating a system characterized by police indifference and violent intimidation to secure convictions for survivors. A Call for Global Awareness Legal and Political Failures : Perpetrators often receive

Critically acclaimed by outlets like The Guardian and Variety , transcends being a mere legal drama. It acts as an educational tool for an international audience, exposing the gap between official policies that nominally promote equality and the brutal reality of a state that remains socially conservative and structurally skewed against women. By documenting the "great rehearsal of public politics" through private tragedy, Fairweather’s film underscores that the right to divorce is, for many, a fundamental fight for the right to live.