'Expected' deaths: Dina and Gina
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The unexpected death of Gabonese Jeannah Danys Dinabongho Ibouanga, who was a university student in Karabük on March 26...
Nine-year-old Gina's dead body found on April 8 in Kilis, the city on the border with Syria in the south.
There are reports that both were abused before being killed. Two men have been arrested in relation to the killing of 9-year-old Gina.
If there were not for the "Justice for Dina" campaign organized by her friends in Turkey and in her country, maybe she would also be just mentioned as another "suspicious death of a migrant woman" reflected on the male violence monitoring reports of bianet.
Now, she is included in the monitoring report as a "suspicious death," but unfortunately she will be listed as child murder when the perpetrators come to light
Released again
According to the latest information reflected in the press, 5 of the suspects who have allegedly caused the death of Dina were released after giving their statements at the prosecutor's office and 3 were released on condition of judicial control. Karabük Chief Prosecutor's Office objected to suspect D.A.'s release. He was sent to court again and was once again released on condition of judicial control.
And all of these happened after the struggle Dina's friends waged.
Most recently, the police carrying out the investigation reached new security camera images. It was reported that these showed that D.A. who took Dina off the car went after her.
D.A. who had told that he had gone home after he left Dina home was taken into custody based on the contradictions in this statement and was sent to court. So at least one suspect was detained.
Journalist Timur Soykan shared on his social media that this suspect was released again.
Soykan wrote, "Very odd things happen in Karabük. Dursun A. who was taken into custody for the third time by the police in relation with Dina's death, was released for the third time on condition of judicial control.
Kerim Bahadır Şeker who is the lawyer of the Gabonese consulate says 'We are shocked.'"
Hatred towards migrants agitated before the elections
Dina's lawyer Şeker thinks that Dina's death is now an international issue. This means that there will be more pressure on Turkey, which is very good.
Women and children are not safe in Turkey, and migrant women, are not at all.
Most perpetrators believe that when they harm migrant women or children, nobody will stand up against them and that the investigations will somehow be closed. The death of Nadira Kadirova is a closed file for the prosecutor's office, but it is still "suspicious" to us.
One reason for these attacks on migrants is unfortunately the hatred towards migrants which some try to agitate heading to the elections.
Discourse that incites hate toward migrants systematically, even if started at various times over the Syrian migrants, are frequent and becoming widespread.
Some media outlets also spread information, which is sometimes wrong.
It is not possible to think about the violence towards migrant women and children apart from this hatred toward migrants and systematic hate speech. In fact, Dina, is talking about the racist behavior she is being subject to in her voice recordings which are now revealed.
If we want the violence toward migrant women and children to diminish, the opposition parties have to call on the citizens at once.
If those who want people to mobilize socially and psychologically continue to point the finger at the migrants, much worse violence events may be experienced. The leaders of the opposition parties can prevent this.
Turkey has signed many international conventions including articles concerning the safety of migrant women and children and that the state has to ensure such safety.
Researcher and academician Cavidan Soykan prepared a report for the Gender Monitoring Association (CEİD) on this problem and recommendations for a solution.
It is clear that the death of the university student Dina, is not an "unexpected" but "expected" one with hatred toward migrants agitated by many.
The opposition parties have to speak up urgently in order to stop such hostility. They have to declare that they are against the violence toward migrant women and children, not fearing anything.
There are 198 suspicious deaths recorded in the 2022 male violence monitoring report of bianet. At least 13 are women who are not citizens of Turkey.
The numbers are crying out about male violence, crying out that women and children are not being protected, the women's movement is crying out, and the opposition speaks out even if in a low voice. Those governing the country are quiet as a mouse!
We do not accept this, we are watching. You have to protect migrant women and children!
Let it be a week when the fight for equality grows up...
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Deaths of women and children who were not citizens of Turkey reported in 2022 bianet male violence monitoring report * Valeria N. (28), a citizen of Ukraine was found dead in the apart she was staying in Antalya. An investigation was started into the cause of her death. * A woman, who was not a citizen of Turkey and whose name was not reflected in the press was found dead in the hotel she was staying in Trabzon. The police started an investigation. *Mzia Okriashvili (48) who was a citizen of Georgia was found dead in her house in Samsun. Her boyfriend H.H.Y. (52) was taken into custody. An investigation has been started. *Suat S. (42) who was not a citizen of Turkey was found dead in her house in Adıyaman. An investigation was started. *Irene K. (47) who was a citizen of Norvey died falling from the window of her boyfriend İ.B.’s house. İ.B. who was taken into custody was released. * Sümeyye A. (28) who was a citizen of Bangladesh was found dead and hanged in the room she was staying in a hotel in İstanbul. The police took her husband R.İ. (33) into custody, with whom they had quarreled the night before. R.İ. who said he found the woman dead at home was released on condition of judicial control. * Sofia T. (60), a citizen of Russia was found dead in her house in İstanbul. The police started an investigation *Foombank Manuela D. (50), a citizen of Germany was found dead in the hotel room she was staying in Aydın. *A woman who was a citizen of Russia died falling down from a hotel room in İstanbul. *A 22-year-old woman who was a citizen of Somalia died falling from the 5th floor. *Hadel Alhadad (32) who was a citizen of Saudi Arabia died falling from the third floor of a building in İstanbul. She was first taken to the hospital severely injured and died in the hospital. Her brother Ş.D. who was at home when the woman fell was taken into custody. * Almaz Taguieva (54) a citizen of Azerbaycan who was staying in a hotel for six years in Malatya was found dead in Malatya. *Naisette M. (40), a citizen of Haiti, was founded dead in her house in İstanbul. |
The photographThe Feminist Collective at Universities hung a poster at Boshorous University which read, "From Gabonese Dina to Syrian Gina, let us shake the world with our feminist anger." "The university student Dina and 9-year-old Gina were killed violently. We are fed up with murders covered up, with the verdicts of the male judiciary! We will be calling those responsible to account for all women murdered." Photo: Sendika.org |
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