Hundreds protest against Turkey’s withdrawal from landmark women’s treaty

Hundreds of women across Turkey on Saturday took to the streets for the second weekend in a row to protest against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the world’s first binding treaty to combat violence against women.Erdogan last weekend sparked anger with his withdrawal from the 2011 Istanbul Convention that conservatives claim is hurting family unity in Turkey.Justifying the decision to withdraw, the presidency last week claimed the treaty had been “hijacked by a group…