Turkey Honor Killings

GlobalPost Reports: Honor Killings Target Turkey's LGBT Citizens

Posted 12.12.2011

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By Jodi Hilton ISTANBUL -- On the walls of buildings and along the back alleys of the trendy Tunel neighborhood here in an old part of the c...

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A Practical Approach to Talking About Honor Killing

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many in the West misunderstand and conveniently condemn honor killing as a practice of Islam.

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Turkish Girl Buried Alive For Talking To Boys

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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The body of a 16-year-old girl who police say was buried alive by relatives in an "honor" killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys has be...

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'Honor Killings' Have Morphed Into 'Honor Suicides' in Turkey

The Independent | Ramita Navai in Batman, eastern Turkey | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Elif's father told her she had to kill herself in order to spare him from a prison sentence for her murder, she considered it long and hard. "I l...

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