Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Husband cuts off wife's nose in Turkish village

Here we go, this is just what the EU needs: Importing 7th century savages.

FROM HURRIYETDAILYNEWS.COM:

Husband cuts off wife's nose in Turkish village


Monday, April 5, 2010
Mukadder YARDIMCIEL

Yosma A., 40, mother of six and Kars resident, was mutilated by her husband and brother-in-law on Sunday.

The woman whose nose was cut off took shelter in her father’s home and filed a complaint against the abusers. A similar incident occurred in May 2009 in A?r?, when a 23-year-old woman was stabbed in the stomach, her nose and ears cut off and was left for dead in a desolated area, following the decision of a “family council.”

Yosma A. and her husband Mirsevdi A., 43, who is also her relative, live in the Ç???rgan village. The couple had an argument at noon on Sunday and Mirsevdi’s elder brother Recep A., 45, got involved in the fight. It was reported that the two brothers beat the woman and cut off her nose. Yosma ran away from the house and took shelter in her father’s house. Then, she went to the gendarmerie in the Kümbetli village where she filed a complaint against her abusers.

A gendarmerie officer took the woman to the Kars State Hospital where she received medical attention at the ER. In the hospital, Yosma A. reportedly said that she was also abused by the gendarmerie officer during the drive to the hospital. According to her claims, the gendarmerie officer hit her with his fist and threatened her to not file a complaint about her husband and brother-in-law.

“I was beaten by my husband and my brother-in-law. Just to make things worse I also was beaten by the gendarmerie officer as he threatened me. I filed a complaint against all of them. There is not safety for my life in this village,” she said.