Turkey: Honour killings and suicide linked

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ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 24 - In the past four years, a total of 158 women from Turkey's eastern and southeastern Anatolia region contacted the Women's Centre (KA-MER) saying they were threatened with honour-killings. Among the group, three could not be assisted and subsequently died, while another 23 were forced to commit suicide to execute their "verdict", demonstrating a link between the number of suicides and so-called 'honour killings' ...