Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Turkey pushed to face 'virgin suicides' - Europe - International Herald Tribune

"Turkey pushed to face 'virgin suicides'
By Dan Bilefsky International Herald Tribune

BATMAN, Turkey For 17-year-old Derya, a waif-like woman, the order to kill herself came from an uncle and was delivered in a text message to her cellphone. "You have blackened our name," it read. "Kill yourself and clean our shame or we will kill you first."

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