Şerife Tekdal

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Patriarchal patterns persist in Turkish society
13 January 2011

On Dec. 7, Ayşe Paşalı became a victim of her ex-husband’s rage when she was stabbed 10 times before being left to die in agony because the authorities to whom she had pleaded for protection and safety did nothing to help her.
The story does not begin here; Paşalı was beaten on a regular basis. In March 2009 the couple made headlines for the amount of abuse and violence that Paşalı was subjected to at the hands of her brutal husband. On one occasion Paşalı’s daughter, Burcu, called the police in (...)