"Killing women in the name of 'love'
18/05/2011
Women protest impunity and the rise in murdered women, blaming state institutions.
By Cigdem Budayci for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 18/05/11
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Women activists carry a mock coffin of Ayse Pasali that reads, “The state didn’t protect, the state is an accomplice,” during a demonstration in central Istanbul in April. [Reuters]
Ayse Pasali, 42, was a victim of the increasing male violence against women in Turkey. She was stabbed to death by her ex-husband, Istikbal Yetkin, in the middle of an Ankara street on December 7th 2010. Her case has received considerable attention from the media, raising questions about the responsibility of state institutions, police, prosecutors and judges."
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