Twenty-nine-year-old Ayşe - an alias to protect her identity - who has survived domestic violence by her husband in central Turkey, said: "He was threatening me with death, but I never thought that he wanted me to become permanently disabled."

Ayşe, a mother of six, was shot in her legs and arms by her husband last year. Her legs were eventually amputated and she cannot use her arms as they lack sensation. She is now living with family after staying in a hospital for over two months.

Her husband, who is in prison for raping a mentally challenged woman, pulled a gun when Ayşe pushed for divorce and refused to care for the woman her husband had assaulted, she said.

"OK, be divorced, but disabled," Ayşe quoted her husband as saying moments before he pulled the trigger in their home.

"Then, he shot at me many times," she said.

This harrowing case is just one among thousands of incidents where women have been subjected to violence by their husbands in Turkey. Many of them have not survived this brutality.

On Feb. 16, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said that his government was preparing a thorough action plan to fight violence against women in Turkey.

Ayşe also thinks existing punishments are not always sufficient, but women's strong stance is also important.

"I want all of those who use violence against women to be heavily punished or to be executed," she said. "Men are resorting to violence by thinking ‘I will be released from prison anyway' and they can resort to violence very easily."

"Women should not make the same mistake as me. They should not stand for husbands if they use violence against them."