Men Kill 23 Women in July
According to media reports, in July, men have killed at least 23 women. Six women died suspiciously. One woman was found home, shot in her chest with a shotgun. Her relatives claim that she committed suicide. Seven people including two children were injured because they happened to be in the scene of crime.
At least 20 women were injured in July. Nine children and nine women were raped. 27 people - 20 of whom were children - were victims of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Last month, at least 79 men and boys were detained, arrested, tried, or started living as a fugitive.
According to the tally bianet prepared based on news reports, men killed 10 women in June, 16 women in May, 25 women in April, 20 women in March, 14 women in February, 16 women in January; in 2009, 198 women were killed.
N.A. (29), who allegedly abused the women in a workplace where he introduced himself as an auditor, has been arrested. It has been revealed that N.A., who is married with two children, tried to swindle 2 thousand euros at another workplace he went as an assistant mufti.
3 July
Murder
Three people, who broke into a house in Bursa, killed homeowner Leyla Oguz (57) and robbed the house. It was revealed that suspect N.S. (31) was the tenant of the Oguz family 10 years ago.
Sexual abuse
M.G. (32), who was invited over by F.R. (26) whom he had been harassing over the telephone in Konya, was attacked by F.R.'s husband D.M. and brother-in-law D.R. M.G. was hospitalised and then detained.
4 July
Sexual abuse
Three women police officers at the Antalya Police Department filed a complaint against 4th class chief constable and police department chief S.T. saying that he harassed them. S.T. was appointed to somewhere else while an investigation was opened.
5 July
Sexual abuse
M.K. (27), who harassed N.A. (42) on a public bus in Samsun, was detained. After the questioning at the police department, M.K. was referred to a local court to testify. He was then released on condition of judicial control.
Sexual abuse
I.C. (24) was arrested for forcing his nieces I.A.(8), M.A.(11) and K.A.(13) to watch pornographic films and abusing them. He is currently on trial. The children did not attend the hearing. I.C. did not accept the charges.
Injury
In Samsun, Y.A. (34) and his brother M.A. (41) were arrested last month for stabbing and injuring their relative I.O. whom they accused of raping their sister. They are currently on trial. The raped woman stated that I.O. took her naked photographs and blackmailed her after the rape.
Murder
A woman's body was found in Bolu in a field near the Golkoy Reservoir. Police determined that the body belonged to H.M.
6 July
Injury
In Antalya, a woman, H.B. (32), was stabbed and injured by an unidentified assailant, who broke into her house at night.
Suspicious death
F.T., who went to gather wood in Manisa was found drowned in the stream.
Rape
In Samsun, M.H. (23) was detained for raping a girl, S.A. (15). M.H. said: "In fact, I was planning to marry S.A. I took her home to speak with her but I changed my mind after she told me what happened to her. S.A. claimed that she was raped by a friend of her father last year, and then by M.H. The girl, who stated that she could not possible continue to live with her family under these conditions, was placed in a hostel.
Murder
In Karaman, K.F. (28) shot and killed his wife with a pump rifle. The couple had previously filed for a divorce. K.F., who ran away after the incident was arrested in the Mut district of Mersin.
Violence against women
In Tekirdag, M.B., beat up his daughter B.B. (17) hanging out with her friends after work instead of going out. B.B. who asked the police officers on patrol to help her was taken to hospital. M.B. was detained and then released after testifying.
Murder
In Eskisehir, S.C. (28) was detained for strangling her six-year old daughter and then killing her by hitting her head with an adze. S.C. applied to the police department and reported on her daughter's death. She stated that she has been receiving psychological treatment and that she had asked her husband two months ago to take her to a doctor.
7 July
Sexual abuse
In Samsun, C.Y. (32) was detained and then arrested for sexually abusing a 13 year-old girl.
8 July
Sexual abuse
In Eskisehir, school principal M.D. (55) was detained for sexually abusing two sixth grade elementary school students. The prosecutor's office has finalised the investigation on the incident. M.D., who has been suspended by the National Education Directorate, will stand trial.
9 July
Murder
In Ankara, retired colonel T.E. (65) shot and killed his wife G.E. (57) and his daughter O.E. (40), while seriously injuring his daughter C.E. (27). T.E. called the police and reported on the incident. He stated that he has a credit debt of 50 thousand TL (25 thousand euros), he was thinking of committing suicide and killed his family so that they would not be indebted. T.E. attempted to commit suicide but allegedly his gun was jammed. C.E. who was taken to hospital died after two days.
Murder
In Bursa, S.A. (46), killed his wife by stabbing her 25 times. The couple were separated. S.A., who escaped the crime scene was arrested as he went to the babysitter's house to see his 2-year old child.
Rape
In Aydin, E.C. was arrested for raping the eight-year old daughter of the woman he had been living with.
Rape
In Zonguldak, C.O. (32) was arrested for raping his eight-year old cousin. The incident was revealed when the girl's grandfather filed a complaint against his son for raping his granddaughter.
11 July Murder - Suicide
In Karaman, O.K. (24) shot and killed his wife O.O. (24), who had left home seven months ago. He then committed suicide.
12 July
Murder
In Istanbul, A.K. (24), who had separated from her husband a year ago was found strangled at the house she had been living in with her four-year old daughter. Her hands and feet were tied up. A.K.'s boyfriend E.K. confessed the murder and said he killed the woman because she wanted to break up with him.
12 July
Sexual abuse
In the Macka district of Trabzon, school principal C.A. is standing trial for abusing the elementary school students. The district governor A.M.K. also testified in the trial. Principal C.A. had been arrested on a letter sent to the district governorship which said that he had sexually abused 10 girl students.
Rape-Murder
In Amasya, two-year old E.F. was raped, killed and thrown in a water well. Her brother V.F. (14) and her cousins S.F. (19) and M.F. (16) were detained.
Rape
In Corlu, M.G. (19) was arrested for beating up and raping his girlfriends A.T. (16) and C.M. (13).
13 July
Sexual abuse
In Mersin, a father of seven, M.A.S. was arrested for sexually abusing his 12 year-old daughter E.S. for the last 2.5 years. The incident was revealed when E.S. spoke to her cousin about the case. M.A.S. has allegedly also abused his three other daughters.
Injury
In Izmir, S.A. (25), who was subjected to violence by her husband, was hospitalised. S.A., who is a mother of two, told police that her husband H.A. (30) had beaten her up. S.A. said she would file a complaint against her husband.
14 July
Murder
In Ankara, K.G. (50) attempted to commit suicide after stabbing his wife S.G. (43) to death.
Rape
In Tekirdag, A.C. (24) claimed that Y.H. whom she had been seeing for a while, raped her. Y.H. is married with four children. Y.H. who rejected A.C.'s accusations, was arrested.
15 July
Injury
In Sivas, H.A. (55) and I.A.(58) stabbed each other during an argument. The hospitalised couple are recovering.
16 July
Murder - Injury
In Adana, M.O. (35) killed his father-in-law S.K. (52) by running over him with a tractor. S.K. had taken M.O.'s wife and children home because they were subjected to violence by M.O.
Rape
In Bursa, S.D. (19) was detained for raping M.S. (16), who had ran away from a hostel. Police are searching for the other two people who were with S.D. at the time of crime.
Injury
In Erzurum, three sex workers filed a complaint against the Erzurum Deputy Chief of Police A.S., for subjecting them to violence.
7 July
Murder
In Konya, T.B. (37) was detained for raping a 13 year-old. The child is hospitalised.
Murder
In Istanbul, A.C.N. (35) from Turkmenistan was found dead. She had received a blow to her head. Four people have been detained. It was revealed that A.C.N had been raped before being murdered.
Rape
In Antalya, S.T. (19) was arrested for raping E.N.C. (16).
Sexual abuse
In Adana, S.A. (50) was arrested for sexually abusing three children.
18 July
Injury
In Van, F.P., who had beat up his wife S.P. and cut her ear off, subjected the woman to violence yet again. S.P. had been sent back home by a court decision after last year's incident. She is currently in hospital in the intensive care. F.P. has run away.
Rape
In Antalya, E.Y. has been arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl.
Injury
In Eskisehir, E.A. beat up his wife H.A. The woman was hospitalised while E.A. was released after being interrogated by the police.
19 July
Rape
In Kastamonu, H.Y. (70) applied to the gendarmerie saying that she had been raped by someone who broke into her house. S.Y. (24) was arrested for raping H.A.
20 July
Rape
In Bursa, T.S. is being charged with blackmailing his girlfriend M.A. (17), drugging her and attempting to rape her. T.S. faces up to 18 years in prison.
Suspicious death
A woman's body was found in a water channel in the Carsamba district of Samsun.
Murder
In Mersin, M.T. (24) was found shot and killed at her home. Her relatives claimed that she committed suicide. There is an ongoing investigation.
Murder
In Antalya, Y.S. (22), who could not convince her wife, who had left him, to come back home, raided his father-in-law's house. He shot and killed his wife E.S. and injured his father-in-law B.S. (54) and brother-in-law R.S. (23). He turned himself in.
Murder
In Izmir, T.A. (47) killed his wife S.A (44) with a knife and cleaver. He injured his daughters R.A. (17) and E.A. (20) who tried to stop him. T.A. is under detention.
21 July
Murder
In Izmir, C.K. stabbed and killed N.A. (39), with whom he had been together for the last three years.
Rape -suicide attempt
In Adiyaman, O.S., who said she was raped by her brother, got pregnant and had to have an abortion, attempted to commit suicide.
Rape
In Kastamonu, S.A. (40), stabbed and killed his wife S.A. (41).
Attack
In Denizli, K.A. (51), took his wife R.C. (33) hostage for making a lot of demands during the divorce trial.
Injury
In Istanbul, Y.A. who subjected F.E. whom he was living with, and her four-year old son Y. to violence, was detained. Y is in critical condition.
22 July
Murder - seizure
In Bursa, H.O. (28) was detained for raping G.K. (29) and seizing her handbag.
Injury
In Trabzon, F.T. , who was on a restraining order for beating up his wife, beat and stabbed the woman. He is under arrest.
Injury
In Istanbul, M.D., who is married with two children, shot and injured his lover M.D. (23). M.D. wanted to break off with him.
25 July
Injury
In Erzurum, O.D. was detained for subjecting his wife T.D. to violence.
Murder-injury
In Adana, A.T. (32) shot his ex-girlfriend G.S. (20) and her sister S.A. (27) while they were sleeping at home. S.A. is dead. G.S. is in hospital. The women had three siblings aged seven, 11 and 14 and two children aged three and four. They have all been placed in a hostel.
Rape
In Gaziantep, H.K. (18) was arrested for attempting to rape a five-year-old girl.
26 July
Injury
In Bursa, O.D.(31), stabbed her husband A.D.(34), who scarred her face with broken glass. The couple is hospitalise. Police is investigating the case.
Suspicious death
In Antalya, police found a woman's body in the sea. She only had underwear on.
Murder
In the Bolvadin district of Afyonkarahisar, a woman's body was found in a field. She had been stabbed 14 times.
Murder
In Adana, it was revealed that M.D. (29), who was stabbed to death last March, was killed by her friend I.C. (31). I.C. said he killed M.D. for sexually abusing his wife. He faces a lifetime in prison.
27 July
Rape
In Eskisehir, a retired civil servant F.C. (58) and a retired officer M.O. (53) were arrested for raping R.K. (13).
Sexual abuse
In Bursa, O.O. (48), who allegedly sexually abused E.K. (15), has been released pending the outcome of the trial.
Murder
In Isparta, G.B. (16) turned himself in confessing that he shot and killed I.B. (25).
Abuse
S.G. (38), who was working in a hospital in Batman, was caught abusing a woman. He is under detention.
28 July
Murder
In Usak, D.C. stabbed his wife V.E. (40), who refused to go back to him, to death.
Rape
In Kahramanmaras, F.T. (24) was detained for raping his girlfriend K.C. (19).
Murder
A woman's body was found in the forest in the Denizli village of Gebze.
Sexual abuse
In Antalya, waiter E.A. (17) was arrested for stopping and kissing British tourist Leanna Warmingt in the middle of the street.
Violence
In Trabzon, M.Y.(35) took his wife O.Y.'s clothes off, beat her and defecated on her. M.Y. had previously been sentenced to two years in prison for beating his wife.
29 July
Murder
In Eskisehir S.E. (44), stabbed his wife N.E. (46), who wanted a divorce, to death and injured his son H.C. (16), who tried to stop him. N.E. had previously been hospitalised due to being subjected to violence by her husband.
30 July
Rape
In Istanbul, A.U. was arrested for raping S.C.
Sexual Abuse
In Adana, hearing impaired O.B. (33) met another hearing impaired Greek health worker T.B. (29) on the Internet. He took 58 thousand euros from T.B. to divorce his wife. He was later detained for blackmailing T.B. with recordings during sexual intercourse.
Seizure - Injury
In Istanbul, O.U. (16), M.S. (21) and A.Y. (21) were arrested for breaking into a house, beating S.S. and N.E. up and seizing their mobile phones, money and golden necklaces.
Rape
In Istanbul, physically handicapped K.B. (25) claimed that B.S. raped her in a friend's house. B.S. was arrested. (BB/EA)
