Thursday, December 18, 2008

Turks turn blind eye to 'honour killings' - The National Newspaper

"Turks turn blind eye to 'honour killings'

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

ISTANBUL // When a Turkish man rescued his daughter after she was abducted by a gang that forced her into prostitution, he was hailed a hero by many in the country. But people in his own home region of south-eastern Anatolia turned against him, because he refused to do what traditional laws of family honour say must be done in a case like this: kill the girl."

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