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No Honour in 'Honour Killings'
I've just been following the trial against Tahir Daştanoğlu that started at the Bakırköy Court House in Istanbul yesterday. Daştanoğlu supposedly killed his 28-year-old wife Dilek Daştanoğlu because she wanted a divorce. Dilek Daştanoğlu worked as a nurse in the Neurology Department of the Istanbul Bakırköy Hospital for Mental and Neurological Diseases.
Unjustifiable provocation is the defence being put forward by the murderer.
As someone from a Christian background, I find it very difficult to even comprehend these crimes against women, and they're not just confined to the poor or uneducated, or Turkey for that matter.
Here's a couple of very good articles (in relation to Turkey), which give some insight into this despicable tradition, and the 'new' rising trend of 'honour suicide'.
Arabs and Muslims Against “Honour” Crimes Turkey
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Unjustifiable provocation is the defence being put forward by the murderer.
As someone from a Christian background, I find it very difficult to even comprehend these crimes against women, and they're not just confined to the poor or uneducated, or Turkey for that matter.
Here's a couple of very good articles (in relation to Turkey), which give some insight into this despicable tradition, and the 'new' rising trend of 'honour suicide'.
Arabs and Muslims Against “Honour” Crimes Turkey
C