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Women in Turkey have been rallying for three days in a row; the protestors now demand the restoration of the death penalty for capital crimes, Sputnik reports.

Mass protests reemerged on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey; they had started Saturday after a female student was found violently killed following a February 13 rape attempt. The situation is only becoming tenser, as the protestors have moved from accusing the government of sexism to demanding the return of capital punishment in the country.

Hundreds of people reassembled on the streets of Istanbul on Monday. The protestors, mostly women, wore black from head-to-toe, following the call of social media. The protests were prompted by an increased rate of crimes against women, including domestic violence and poor legal protection for women in Turkish courts. On Monday, the demands were very straight-forward – the restoration of the death penalty for this kind of crime, which was officially abolished in 2002.

The same day, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued an official statement. He acknowledged that the current law enforcement programs were ineffective and promised to provide a variety of new measures to protect women from violence.