In the case of the 16-year-old Turkish girl who was buried alive, Medine Memi, whose body was found at the end of last year in a box behind her parents’ home (PI reported), it turns out not to be an honor kiilling, but rather failure on the part of the authorities. Thomas Seibert of the Nürnberger Nachrichten educates us regarding this theory.

The journalist of quality writes:

The case of Medine Memi, the 16-year-old from East Anatolian city Kahta, has made headlines in the Turkish press for many days. Her body was found at the end of last year in a box behind her parents’ home. Medine died suffering from suffocation or starvation.

The suspicion was quickly spread that she was killed because she had spoken to men who were strangers, thereby soiling her family honor. A typical honor killing, or so it seemed. But the case seems to be something else. The murder of Medine had nothing to do with the concept of family honor. It was much more. She had to die because she had turned to the police about her grandfather’s brutality and his illegal activities — and made the mistake of depending on the protection of the authorities.

Inhabitants of the region appear shocked at the headlines of the alleged “honor killing.” There hasn’t been an honor killing in the area for years, the newspaper Milliyet wrote, citing citizens of Kahta. The Turkish public reacts sensibly about reports of the alleged breach of honor that many Turks consider as symbols of backwardness and brutality.

In Germany also, the label of “honor killing” is applied too quickly and without justification, according to a study at the University of Freiburg.

Hmm! Just peanuts to me…

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(Translation of German PI-article by Anders Denken)

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