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A protester, left, confronts police officers preventing the group from marching against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from the landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won't be a step backwards for women. Women, LGBT groups and others have been protesting the decision, saying the convention's pillars of prevention, protection, criminal prosecution and policy coordination, as well as its identification of gender-based violence, are crucial to protecting women in Turkey. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/AP Photo)
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