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02-29-2004, 03:33 AM
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Join Date: 10 Jan 2003
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honour killings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3494270.stm
"Turkish single mother in 'honour killing'
A Turkish woman has been murdered in an Istanbul hospital where she was already being treated for injuries sustained in a so-called honour attack.
Hospital sources told BBC News Online that Guldunya Toren, 24, was being treated after being shot and left for dead, when the second attack happened.
After the first attack, which happened on Wednesday, she told journalists she feared for her life.
Early on Thursday morning a man claiming to be a relative told staff he wanted to visit her, before shooting her dead.
Inquiries launched
It is thought the "honour killing" may have been carried out because Ms Toren had had a child out of wedlock, according to Turkey's semi-official news agency, Anatolia.
Police are now looking for Ms Toren's two brothers, aged 20 and 24, the agency says.
They have also launched an investigation as to why she was not given protection after the first attempt on her life, Turkish reports say.
Interviewed in hospital shortly after the first attempt, she asked for police protection.
"I know they won't want me to live. I'm scared," she told reporters.
Conservative village
But she declined to give away the identities of her attackers.
Ms Toren came from a small village in the conservative south-east of the country.
Turkish media said she was sent to Istanbul to live with relatives while she had the baby.
She gave birth to a baby boy two months ago. "
  ok we know it's a whole different culture and this doesn't sound so terrible to some of them but a country who wants to join the EU at least should stop practising honour killings. because it is something very common there. also check this out;
"Men who kill because of honour are regarded very highly in prison and their feet are washed by inmates.
Mother’s who kill babies which were conceived out of wedlock only gets 4-8 years. If a mother kills a baby which was conceived in marriage, she gets a life sentence without parole or the death sentence.
Honour killings are not recorded in the judicial statistics but men who kill in the name of the honour get reduced sentences - usually 1\4 or1\8th less than the regular homicide.
The choice of weapon is usually associated with economical status, eg. a gun for richer families etc. Traditionally, they were thrown into the well. "
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