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Murderer of Academic Ceren Damar Sentenced to Aggravated Life Imprisonment

Murderer of Academic Ceren Damar Sentenced to Aggravated Life Imprisonment

Law professor Ceren Damar Şenel was stabbed and shot dead by a student in her room at the university.

21 February 2020

Penalty for Defending Murder with "Tradition"

Penalty for Defending Murder with "Tradition"

The Diyarbakır Bar Association decided for a warning penalty for the lawyer who referred to 'honour' regarding the murder of Gülitan Gümüş and said "The killed woman was not innocent". Lawyer Kanar appreciated the decision although it came with delay.

27 March 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Protests Against the Coverage of a Woman Killing

Protests Against the Coverage of a Woman Killing

Journalists and women organisations were outraged about the Friday front page of the Habertürk daily that showed a drastic picture of a woman killed by her husband. The Press Council launched official procedures.

10 October 2011

Prime Suspect of Woman Murder Absent at Court

NECLA YILDIZ TRIAL

Prime Suspect of Woman Murder Absent at Court

Necla Yıldız was stabbed to death in the middle of the street. Prime suspect Gazi Baltacı was not taken to the first hearing because a report about the "mental situation" of the defendant was still lacking.

20 July 2011 Göksun Yazıcı

International Women's Day Overshadowed by Violence

International Women's Day Overshadowed by Violence

According to a joint announcement of the Turkish Medical Association and the Turkish Psychiatry Association made on International Women's Day on 8 March, women murders in Turkey have increased by 400 percent during the past seven years.

Prison "Forgot" about Prime Suspect's Sanity Report

AYŞI PAŞALI MURDER CASE

Prison "Forgot" about Prime Suspect's Sanity Report

The third hearing on the murder case of Ayşe Paşalı revealed that the prison failed to send detained defendant Yetkin to the Forensic Medicine Institute for an examination of his sanity as it had been decreed in the previous hearing. The ÇHD was not accepted as co-plaintiff.

Women Protest PM Erdoğan in Women's Meeting

Women Protest PM Erdoğan in Women's Meeting

Women protested PM Erdoğan at the International Women's Istanbul Meeting for having said that "men and women are not equal". Pointing to women murders they said, ""More of us are being killed when you say we are not equal".

8 November 2010 Burçin Belge

"Those Leaving Women to the Hands of Murderers Should be Punished”

"Those Leaving Women to the Hands of Murderers Should be Punished”

Turkey cannot protect women, who take shelter in the state. Women are dying. Coordinator Hacisalihoglu of the Hurriyet Campaign to End Domestic Violence is underlining the inadequacy of capacity in institutions. "Police officials, who take women from shelters and send them back to a violent environment, should be punished,” says Lawyer Arin.

4 August 2010 Burçin Belge

WOMEN MURDERS

The Common Reason for "Honourable" Men to Kill

28-year-old nurse Dilek Daştanoğlu has been killed by her husband Tahir Daştanoğlu. The reasons: "unjustifiable provocation" or "honour". In the first hearing of the case SES Union will request to be accepted as joint plaintiffs.

6 November 2009 Özge Gözke