[Photo Credit: ilerihaber.org]
The news has been visited this past week by Turks and non-Turks alike time and again under fiery captions since the murder of the young woman in the picture above. Terms like “brutal” or “cruel” are, to me, overused, hence unfortunately, misused referents. I, therefore, opt out from relying on such language. In fact, I choose to leave it up to you, dear readers, to form your own opinion through a synthesis of related information – some of which I provide below. I, myself, remain in grave sorrow over the strikingly intensified violence against and the rapidly increasing numbers in homicide of women in Turkey. I thus join countless others, living in or outside the country, in their equally fast growing disgust and outrage over the Turkish government’s approving silence in the face of primal dismissals of a woman’s right for a life.
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you probably were as unique of a soul as donned by your name of birth
not merely distinctive but a daredevil as well
it is being said you resisted being raped: what a feat…
yet three men ambushing you is not even for a man a fair defeat
the word is out now: the entire country is crying over your death
a preposterous claim!
what fairy tale can dare to allege a country is made of the female alone?
besides…
even a fantasy land would have to have a leading hand
© hülya n. yılmaz, February 22, 2015
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Related Links:
Turkey’s Murder Rate of Women Skyrockets
BBC News – Turkey rallies over murder of woman who resisted rape
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