In October, Türkiye was rocked by a series of high-profile femicides, culminating in mobilizations for the endemic issue of violence against women. The femicide epidemic is the gruesome product of systems of cultural and political complicity in reproducing and upholding patriarchal structures.

For the first time since 2002, the AKP, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, did not finish first in an election. What accounts for this shift? And what lies ahead?