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Europe & Turkey - The Burqa - Several Countries Prohibit or Regulate
The burqa is usually prohibited by local ordinances on behalf of the need to see the faces.
Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
Run Date: 05/18/09
By Anna Louie Sussman
WeNews correspondent
Ayse Onal shines light on Turkish 'honor' killings
Journalist Ayse Onal's work, which got her blacklisted, has ranged from Kurdish separatism to Turkish Hizballah.
Top court lenient on 'honor killing'
ISTANBUL - The top appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to be lenient on those who are found guilty of honor killing because the two families in Diyarbakır involved in the case faced s
Blood feuds plague Kurdish regions
A massacre in the village of Bilge was the bloodiest example to date of the barbaric way in which disputes between rival clans are settled.
Author Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
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Author Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
05/18/09
By Anna Louie Sussman
WeNews correspondent
Feudal tradition still causing reprisal killings in Southeast Turkey
The country and the people of the southeastern village of Bilge in the province of Mardin, where a massacre took place, killing 44 people in an engagement party, mourn the deaths as they question what
Turkish law replaces honor killing with suicides
Unreported World travels to Turkey to investigate honour killings, which have now reached record levels, with more than 200 girls and women killed in the past year alone.
Media help escalate honor killings, study reveals
A study titled "Honor Killings in the Media and Their Impact on Students and Parents" conducted by the Ministry of Education has revealed that parents believe the media play a role in increasing the n
Women’s Platform against Sexual Violence Formed
The Women’s Platform against Sexual Violence aims to create deterrents against harrassment and rape, as well as putting an end to victimisation.
Bıa news centre - İstanbul
18-03-2009