türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 January 2024)
The question remains: why is a 15-year-old being married off?!
In Aksaray on 3 December Melike Arıbaş (15!) went with her family in
a convoy for a "kına gecesi" (the night before a wedding when the bride-
to-be is taken to a public bath and her fingers and toes are tinged with
henna). However (!), as Melike alighted from a car she was shot in the
head by Muhammet Kılıç (22) to whom she had been engaged a year ago
for 3 months. Her father Doğanay Arıbaş (42) was hit in his neck by the
gunshots.
Kılıç's gun jammed but he had another, with which he resumed firing on
the guests but none of them were hit. Melike was taken to a hospital where
she died and her father was treated and released. Kılıç was taken into
custody by police and at his subsequent trial he "explained" that "I wanted
to marry Melike but her family wouldn't give permission so I got mad and
did some wrong things like putting Melike's semi-obscene pictures on the
internet (!). On the day of the incident, I encountered the convoy by chance
and followed it. Since I have a flock of sheep and enemies, I always carry
a gun. When Melike got out of the car I tried to turn away but I succumbed
to my anger. Then, when the guest cursed me, I got even madder and shot
at them."
During the court hearing, father Doğanay Arıbaş screamed "child killer" at
Kılıç, prompting a rain of curses from Kılıç, which prompted Arıbaş's
relatives to get rowdy and police to intervene. Kılıç was removed from the
courtroom but will appear in court henceforth by video link.
Arıbaş noted that "Kılıç was roaming around our house armed with a gun
and with his family members. A bit later they fired on our house. Before
this incident (Melike's death) we had logged 10 complaints against them
and tried to get this resolved for 7 months, without success. They wanted
not just to kill Melike but to wipe out our entire family."
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