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In the literature, the discussions on women’s shelters are based mostly on those shelters that are directed by women’s/feminist groups or other NGOs. The case of Turkey enables us to conceptualize another regime of shelters that I propose to call the “regime of public-run women’s shelters.” In other words, establishing and managing women’s shelters is primarily perceived to be a “public responsibility.” The aim of this article, then, is to put forward the dynamics, i.e. the demands of feminist groups and the authorities’ responses, which led to this configuration.