Many victims of domestic violence in the Middle East are brought up with families who normalize gender-based violence and are forced to remain silent about what they endure.
This makes it incredibly hard for women to report cases of assault. However, that wasn't the case in Turkey this week.
A Turkish man physically assaulted his wife in public as they were walking down a street in Istanbul.
People who witnessed the assault did not treat the matter as a "private" one, instead, approached the man and gave him a taste of his own medicine.
The bystanders beat up the man for laying a hand on his wife.
A video of the vile incident was posted by English Turkish daily, Hürriyet Daily News
The vile incident took place on May 30 in Istanbul's Kağıthane district.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the man assaulted his wife following a divorce court hearing.
At first, one bystander attempted to intervene, head-butting the man. Soon after, other people approached the scene and held down the abuser, refraining him from escaping before the police arrive.
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