Murder of Özgecan Aslan
Turkish President Erdo?an slams women protesting Özgecan's murder by dancing
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has harshly criticized some women?s organizations who have protested the killing of Özgecan Aslan by dancing, saying it was not a part of Turkish culture.
I would pick up a gun and seek retribution: Turkey's EU minister
Turkish EU Minister Bozk?r said that if it was his own daughter in place of Özgecan Aslan, he might feel the wish to 'take arms and seek retribution,' but added that 'the state should not react in this way' as aggravated life imprisonment would be the appropriate sentence for such criminals.
Turkey's EU minister objects to death penalty for murders
Aggravated life imprisonment would be the appropriate sentence for criminals such as those who brutally murdered university student Özgecan Aslan in an attempted rape on a public minibus, Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r said on Feb. 16, amid heated debates over reinstating the death penalty.
Explained: How Özgecan's murder united, divided Turkey
The brutal murder of 20-year-old university student Özgecan Aslan has united ?and divided ? Turkey. Here is a summary of the heinous crime and its repercussions in five questions.
Turkish women relate sexual harassment stories via social media
Turkish women started a social media campaign on Feb. 15 to help end violence against women by sharing their own sexual harassment stories under the hashtag #sendeanlat (you tell your story too), after a 20-year-old woman was brutally killed in southern Turkey.
Suspects arrested over brutal murder on Turkey's 'Black Monday'
The main suspect in the brutal slaying of 20-year-old woman Özgecan Aslan in southern Turkey was arrested early Feb. 16 with his two accomplices, as Turks showed their mourning and anger by wearing black.
Turkey debates death penalty for murders
The brutal murder of a young woman after an attempted rape in a minibus by the driver in southern Turkey has raised the debate on increasing the penalties of such crimes with ministers saying the reintroduction of the death penalty might come to the agenda.
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Turkish PM pledges to act on women killings
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu announced yesterday that he has launched an extensive campaign against violence against women across the country, in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a university student in an attempted rape on a public minibus.
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Women defy imam in murdered woman's funeral, carry the coffin
Thousands bid farewell on Feb. 14 to Özgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old woman who was murdered during a rape attempt, in a funeral ceremony held in her hometown Mersin.
Although the imam requested women to step back during the ceremony, hundreds of women attended the funeral prayer on the front lines, while they also carried he coffin of Aslan before and after the prayer.
20-year-old Turkish woman brutally murdered, body burned
The burned body of a 20-year-old female student who had been missing for two days was discovered Feb. 13 in a riverbed near Tarsus district of the southern province of Mersin.
Three suspects have been detained for stabbing Özgecan Aslan to death and later burning her remains.