"‘Honour Killing: Stories of Men Who Killed’
Honor killings are amongst the most shocking crimes in Turkey today. When a girl's behavior has been deemed to besmirch the family's honor, she may be killed by a male relative.
Often this is not a heat-of-the-moment crime: the family members may gather together to form a family court, pass the death sentence on the young woman and nominate a young male relative to carry out the deed. He faces ostracism from his family unless he follows through."
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