Honour killing story: Zorica H. (2011)

Honour killing story Zorica H. born: 1990 stabbed: 20/21 February 2011 Residence: Taufkirchen/Opper Bavaria Provenance: Victim: Bosnia; Perpetrator: Turkey Children: she was a child herself Perpetrator: Harun A. (18 years old, born in Germany) Zorica works in discotheques and supermarkets and gets pregnant by a career counselor and former salesman from Erding, called Harun. He […]

Honour killing story: Fathia el Q. (2011)

Honour killing story Fathia el Q. born: 1969 stabbed to death: 18 February 2011 Residence: Düsseldorf Origin: Morocco Children: 1 daughter, 1 son (both adults) Perpetrator: her ex-husband Hassan M. (42 years) Fathia marries a man and has a son with him. When the man dies, she marries a Moroccan in Spain and has a […]

Honour killing story: Sebahat K. (2011)

Honour killing story Sebahat K. born: 1973 Killed/stabbed: 12 February 2011 Last residence: Rosenheim Origin: Turkey Children: 2 (8 and 17 years) Perpetrator: her ex-husband Tamer (42 years) In June 2010, Sebahat and Tamer will separate. They have two underage children. Tamer works in a snack bar. After the divorce he threatens his ex-wife and […]

Honour killing story: Yasemin Tomak Iybar (2011)

Honour killing story Yasemin Tomak Iybar born: 1979 Assassinated: 29 January 2011 Residence: Lünen (NRW) Origin: Turkey Children: unclear Perpetrators: her brother-in-law and ex-boyfriend Adem I. (34 years old) and Salia, the wife of her new lover Yasemin is a gardener and has been married before. To get a residence permit in Germany, she married […]

Onur Kandemir

Family murder in Etten-Leur: The police arrest father Onur Kandemir

Honour killing story Grandma, mother and two children born: 1956, 1989, 2014, 2018 murdered: 28 March 2020 Residence: Etten-Leur Origin: Dutchman with Turkish parents Children: 2 Perpetrator: Onur Kandemir (33 years) On Saturday 29 March 2020 around 18.15 the police found the lifeless bodies of retired Turkish interpreter Hikmet Kandemir (64), her daughter-in-law Gulcan Kandemir […]

Honour killing in Sana’a: 3 young men force their sister Esbah (16) to drink poison

Honour killing story Esbah born: 2004 murdered: ? Residence: Sana’a Origin: Yemen Children: none Perpetrator: her brothers (25, ?, ?) and father (?) Yemen has not been a nice country for women to live in for many decades because of war, food shortages and old-fashioned guardianship laws. Yemeni women’s organizations now advocate, following Syria’s example, […]

Are attitudes to rape beginning to change?

What is an honour killing? An honour killing is a murder in the name of honour. If a brother murders his sister to restore family honour, it is an honour killing. According to activists, the most common reasons for honour killings are as the victim: refuses to cooperate in an arranged marriage. wants to end […]