"Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl they say was buried alive by relatives in an "honour" killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys.Murdered by being buried as punishment for talking to boys; what a wonderful tradition "honour killing" is.
The girl, who has been identified only by the initials MM, was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman.
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The informant told the police she had been killed following a family "council" meeting.
Her father and grandfather are said to have been arrested and held in custody pending trial. It is unclear whether they have been charged. The girl's mother was arrested but was later released.
Media reports said the father had told relatives he was unhappy that his daughter – one of nine children – had male friends. The grandfather is said to have beaten her for having relations with the opposite sex.
A postmortem examination revealed large amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, indicating that she had been alive and conscious while being buried. Her body showed no signs of bruising.
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Official figures have indicated that more than 200 such killings take place each year, accounting for around half of all murders in Turkey."
Friday, 5 February 2010
Buried alive for talking; the wonders of Islamic honour killings
The Guardian report that:
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She has been named as Medine Memi, so she is Kurdish, not Turkish. Not that it excuses anything.
What a shame Turkey abolished capital punishment in its abortive attempt to join the EU.
Ataturk will be spinning in his grave.
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