Turkey: Women Confronting Family Violence

Amnesty report: The concept of honour has been degraded to such a degree that it is used as a justification for a wide spectrum of violent crimes against women. Women can be locked in their homes, ostracized and murdered for being victims of rape.

Amnesty ınternational - London

07-06-2004

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