Four Honor Killings in One Day Across Turkey
Who fail to take the necessary legal and administrative measures, are responsible for the deaths of women in honor killings, protest the IHD. Four women were killed by male relatives in Bursa, Adana, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa in the same day, for honor.
Human Rights Association (IHD) protests the murder of four women, victims of honor killings, in the same day in Bursa, Adana, Urfa and Antep provinces.
The IHD calls on state officials take necessary measures to stop honor killings.
"The perpetrators are not only those who committed the act of murder. The authorities who failed to take the necessary legal and administrative measures in time are also responsible for these murders, says the IHD in a written statement.
IHD underlines the necessity to guarantee women's right to live. They also call on the state establish women's shelters and take all the administrative measures to protect women.
All four were killed by their male relatives: Elmas S. from Bursa by her brother-in-law; Kadriye A. from Sanliurfa by her male relatives; Ayfer C. from Adana by her husband; and Kadriye U. from Gaziantep by her brother.(BB/EA/YE)