Male Violence September 2013
According to data based on reports in local and national newspapers and news agencies, a compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 24 women, 5 children and 5 men dead, 14 raped and 9 battered September 2013.
It turned out that 3 women were slain even though they filed for protection and another was forced to marriage at the age of 14.
One men killed his wife despite a court restraint order and another left his wife severely wounded.
While 83 percent of women were slain by their husbands, 53 percent of women were raped by their acquaintances.
Overall in 2013, male violence left 146 women dead, 132 raped, 155 battered and 117 sexually harassed.
In August, male violence left 24 women and 1 teenager girl dead, 21 women (including teenager girls) raped, 19 battered, and 7 sexually harassed.
1 September
Murder
* In Istanbul province, Ş.H. shot his wife Nazliye Sincar whom he got divorced with, in her chest to death. It turned out that Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Küçükçekmece Women’s Council member Nazliye Sincar got out of her house to go to the 1 September World Peace Day meeting.
* In Urfa province, Y.B. (31) killed his wife Fatma Büyükertaç (25), his daughter Rojda (3) and her son Devran (4) by shooting them in their heads. The family, living in Germany, had come to visit their hometown Urfa. Y.B. killed everyone after they were asleep. When he was brought to the courthouse, Y.B. made a suicide attempt in the restroom.
* In Izmir province, O.D. (20) murdered Zerrin Canol (50) with a knife. Zerrin Canol’s husband S.C. was wounded.
2 September
Rape
* In Antalya province İ.K. has been arrested for raping his former wife H.B. (26) with his friend D.K. in the woods. A lawsuit has been filed against İ.K. and D.K., requesting 6 to 21 years of sentence. It turned out that in their marriage, İ.K. battered the woman and broke her arms so as not to call the police.
* In Adana province, N.G. (45) attempted to rape E.S. (11), who was sleeping in a parked car. As he was stopped by the bystanders, N.G. was arrested by the court he stood trial. A lawsuit was launched against the suspect for “sexually harassing children” with a request of 12 years of sentence.
Battery - Assault
* In Erzurum province, A.K. went to the house of S.G. (whom he divorced with 11 years ago), he force-opened the door and started insulting the woman. A.K. and S.G.’s daughter G.K. stepped in to break up the fight. A.K. took the fruit knife from the kitchen and wounded his daughter from the stomach.
4 September
Murder
*In Aksaray province, M.A. (44) killed his mother Durdane Acun (69) by shooting her head on the entrance of the house they lived together.
5 September
Battery - Assault
* In Antalya province, R.Ö. (36) battered his wife M.Ö. (26). M.Ö., having been unable to tolerate more violence, ran into the forest and stood here for 3 days. Found unconscious by the Gendarmery, M.Ö. settled at her father’s house because she didn’t want to return to her husband. M.Ö. stated that particularly for two months, she’s being harassed by her husband, she can’t tolerate longer ve she demands protection.
6 September
Rape
* In Bursa province, a patient raped A.Ç (16) who were in the same floor of the hospital. Suspect was released by the court, pending trial.
7 September
Battery - Assault
* In Mersin province A.A. beat his girlfriend S.A. (30), whom he lived with a year and a half and his daughter N.Y. (9) up. N.Y. had brain hemorrhage and bruises related to battering and her mother said that she was also harassed and battered in case they called the police.
9 September
Murder
* In Bursa province, V.Ü. murdered Özlem Taşoğlu’nu (16) with a knife, whom he forcibly married and harassed. Özlem Taşoğlu returned to her parents’ house after being harassed and she lived here for a while. V.Ü., with the intention of reconciling, killed the young woman in the olive grove of the house.
* In Nevşehir province, F.U. (24) murdered Japanese tourist Mai Kurkiharac (22) with a knife, and gravely injuring H.T.. It turned out that Kurkiharac was raped after her murder.
Rape
* In Samsun province, O.B. (42) raped his daughter E.B. (18). E.B. was requested to be seen to a doctor after being noticed that she was no longer a “virgin”. She confessed to being raped by his father 1.5 years ago. O.B. was arrested by the court, E.B. was brought to women’s shelter.
10 September
Murder
* In Zonguldak province, A.E. (53) killed his daughter Funda Ercan (16) with a handgun when she wanted to get out of the house. Funda Ercan’s mother M.E. stated that they were financially and emotionally challanged and she was harassed by her husband. M.E. continuously filed complaints about and sought divorce from A.E., was always forced to come back.
* In Burdur province, H.K. (36) firstly killed his divorced wife Gamze Kaya, then Dudu Erez who wanted to break up the fight and her physically disabled father Mustafa Küçük with a shotgun. G.T. (29) was also injured as he was passing by. H.K. committed suicide afterwards and gravely injured.
*In Adana province, Y.S. (30) stepped up on his balcony and fired two shots with his hunting rifle as he seemed to be disturbed by the noise outside. Ayşe Dal (61) was hit and died.
Battery - Assault
*In Edirne province, F.C. injured M.C. on her chest with a knife, who had an ongoing divorce case. M.C. moved in a new house with his daughter as his divorce case was still going.
*In Tekirdağ province, T.K. battered his wife A.K., leaving her arm broken. Next day, T.K. assaulted A.K. from her head with a stone.
11 September
Murder
*In Muğla province, V.A. murdered his break-up-seeking girlfriend Catherine Anna Bury with a shotgun. It turned out that V.A. was working as a boat captain at the villa Bury lived.
Rape
*In Samsun province, G.Ç. (27) was arrested for raping his girlfriend Z.Ş. (35) at her home.
12 September
Rape
* In Istanbul province, O.T. and H.A. brought T.M. (16, whom they met on Facebook) to a construction site and raped her. O.T. and H.A. who recorded the rape on film, threatened T.M. to share it online unless they had slept with her at their house. M.A. (17), M.T. (17), İ.Y. (16), HA. and S.G., who were at the house, raped T.M.
Harassment
* In Istanbul province, F.B. was filed a compliant after he sexually harassed and threatened his co-worker B.P.. After the incident, B.P. quit her job and took an “disfunction report” for 10 days from a psychiatrist.
13 September
Rape
* In Tekirdağ province, practitioner T.A. drugged A.U. with anesthesis and raped her. Denying the allegations, T.A. was sent to prison by the court for “sexual harassment”.
*In Edirne province, O.Ö (24), E.A. (37), S.G. (41), S.K. (40) and M.Ö. (28); were brought to courthouse for drugging, sexually harassing and forcing Y.Ç. (16) to prostitution. Y.Ç. was taken under state protection. When all suspects at the courthouse were released pending trial, Family and Social Policies Minister objected. Due to this, suspects were arrested.
14 September
Rape
* In Adana province, police officers D.T. (38) an H.İ. (37) raped H.P. (16, who requested help) after going around in the patrol car for 3 hours. After the incident, D.T. brought H.P. to his friend A.K.’s house. After escaping the apartment, C.G. (24), who promised to help H.P., raped her in a secluded place. D.T., H.İ., A.K. and C.G. were arrested. As being released pending a trial, the four suspects had lawsuits filed against them for “sexual child abuse” and “deprivation of freedom”.
15 September
Murder
* In Diyarbakır province V.T. (40) murdered his wife Canan Tanış (36) with a knife. V.T. surrendered by calling the police and told them that he murdered her on the claim that she was cheating.
*In Muğla province, L.S.B. shot his separated wife Sedef Berberoğlu’nu (26) dead with a weapon. L.S.B., who previously served a 20 days sentence for harassing and threatening his wife with death, attacked with a hunting rifle to O.D. (31), A.T. (18) and Sedef Berberoğlu as they were in the same car.
Harassment
*In Giresun province, two employees who work at an intercity bus sexually harassed E.Y. (11). The two employees were taken under custody after E.Y.’s mother’s complaint. Suspects, who were taken into custody for child molestation and deforce, were released on nolle prosequi. The company reported that they have cut ties with their former employees.
17 September
Battery - assault
*In Istanbul province, M.A. tried to set his separated wife N.A. on fire by pouring gasoline on her. M.A. pointed his gun at her and shot, as he couldn’t set her on fire. N.A. was injured and sent to hospital. M.A. committed suicide with his gun.
*In Kocaeli province, E.Y. beat his wife N.Y. and his daughter C.Y. during an argument. Battered women were slightly injured.
Harassment
*In Afyon province, 22 personnel including mostly women filed complaints to Governorship, claiming that they were under verbal harassment and mobbing by institute director E.Ü. and officers C.K. and M.K.. Officers C.K. and M.K. were suspended from duty.
18 September
Murder
*In Antep province, H.K. (75) killed his daughter Ayfer Önen (46) with a pistol. H.K. later on committed suicide by shooting himself from the head.
20 September
Murder
*In Mardin province, in the armed attack by two people, Emine İpek (24) and her children Mirza İpek (4), Narin İpek (11), Süleyman İpek (5) and Ayşe Süer (45) died. It was reported that the murder took place because of vendetta. As murder suspects, A.S., C.S. and M.İ. were sent to prison by the court where they stood trial.
Suicide
*In Bartın province, E.A. (22), who was raped by his boyfriend, committed suicide by drinking rat poison. She was sent to hospital, her treatment still ongoing. After E.A.’s complaint for rape, it was reported that the aforementioned filed were to be sent to police authorities in Bartın province.
22 September
Murder
*In Izmir province, S.M. stabbed his wife Elif Muhammed (35) in her heart with a bread knife, killing her. It turned out thar the couple moved to Izmir from Syria a while ago.
Rape
*In Samsun province, H.H.Ö. a sauna and a beauty saloon owner, has arrested for harassment and rape charges on E.G (32).
*In Şırnak province, İ.A. (23) and M.F. (24) raped H.T. (17) after forcefully getting her into the car, going to a empty area and having her take drugs. After the incident, İ.A. and M.F. were arrested for forcing H.T. into prostitution. H.T. was under protection.
*In Istanbul province, K.D. tortured his wife E.D. (34) repeatedly raped her. E.D. filed a divorce case for her husband’s tortures but K.D. who didn’t wish to divorce, called the woman to the house, saying they must talk. After the incident, he handcuffed E.D., tortured her with tools such as baton, taser and nutcracker, cut off her hair and raped her. K.D. was arrested on a report and his trial began with 50 years of sentence request.
25 September
Murder
*In Osmaniye province, M.F. killed his daughter Emine Fırat (19) with a gun in their bathroom. M.F. was arrested by the court he stood trial.
*In Antalya province, M.H. murdered Zeynep Y. (39), the sister of his ex-wife, with a shotgun in the middle of the Street as she was waiting for the work shuttles. M.H. was arrested attempting to escape. It is revealed that newlywed Zeynep Y. was previously pressured and threatened by M.H. on not to marry someone and that she demanded protection from Subgovernorship, Public Prosecutor’s Office and Gendarmery Station Command.
Rape
*In Antalya province, A.İ.A.raped his wife Ş.A.. As the husband was arrested, Ş.A. filed for divorce. To take the statements of the witnesses and see if Ş.A.’s well-being is maintained, the case was postponed ruling that A.İ.A remain arrested. Family and Social Policies Ministry Antalya Provincial Directorate is involved in the case.
Retaliation to male violence
*In Istanbul province, a woman named N.K. (34) shot Salih Kökçü dead in the middle of a street. It is revealed that Salih Kökçü raped her and didn’t keep his promise of marriage.
27 September
Murder
*In Istanbul province, Ş.E. murdered his wife Zeynep Ertürk (44) with a gun out of jealousy and injured his daughter F.E (16).
*In Samsun province, an unidentified burglar broke into the house of Aysel Erol (32), stole her jewelry and murdered her with a knife. He battered Z.G.E.’s daughter.
*In Elazığ province, police officer S.M. (28) murdered his divorce-seeking wife Zeliha Meral (23), his mother-in-law Ayten Sönmez and his father-in-law Bayram Sönmez with his service pistol. S.M. started firing after he went to Bayram Sönmez’s house to convince his wife to come back and started an argument. S.M. surrendered to the police and it is revealed that he previously received a home suspension.
28 September
Murder
*In Diyarbakır province, Z.T., an alleged schizophreniac, injured his wife Amine Talvar and his wife’s cousin R.K. (50) with a gun. Gravely injured, Amine Talvar died six days after she is sent to hospital.
Rape
*In Aydın province, Ö.U., O.A. and H.A., T.Ö., whose ages range between 17 and 18, raped a girl named T.Ö. (14). Suspect were arrested and then sent to courthouse.
*In Aydın province, E.M. (19), E.T. (19), N.F. (27), S.A. (31), Y.M. (24), G.İ. (19), M.B. (20), H.M. (20), G.Ö. (54) and D.A. (17) were taken into custody for drugging and raping Y.K. (17) for a month. Y.K. had the permission to visit her mother on the 25th of August. Suspects were ordered to stand trial.
29 September
Battery - assault
*In Zonguldak province, Y.A. (28) gravely injured his ex-wife D.Ç. with a knife. It turned out that he previously received a home suspension.
Murder and Harassment
*In Adana province, presenting himself as a policeman, a man murdered Yusuf Doğruoğulları who was conversating with his girlfriend in his car. He made Doğruoğulları open the windows and said “I’ll have some fun with your girlfriend or I’ll bring you in. After the negative response, he murdered Doğruoğulları with a knife. On young woman’s report, gendarmery forces have begun searching the suspect.
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