Another woman murdered in Antep

A woman’s body was found in an empty lot in Antep yesterday. The slain woman, who was tortured to death, has been identified as 41-year-old Neslihan Kaya.

Kaya’s body was delivered to her family after an autopsy. She was then laid to rest in the Hisar neighborhood in Nurdağı district.

On the other hand, 31-year-old Meral Mas was targeted by an armed attack by her husband and severely injured in the Oğuzeli district on Tuesday. While the woman lost her life shortly after being transferred to hospital, her husband has been taken into custody.

Feminicides are committed almost daily in Turkey and northern Kurdistan. According to research by the independent platform ‘We Will Stop Femicide’, at least 18 women were murdered in October, and another 19 women died in suspicious ways. In September, the platform found 26 murders of women, and in another 19 deaths, the circumstances were described as suspicious. Last year, 300 women were murdered by men in Turkey.