Gülhan and Abdullah Born: 1978, 1944
stabbed: 12 February 2010
Residence: Cologne-Mühlheim
Origin: Turkey
Children: 1 daughter (age 4), 1 son (age 5)
Perpetrators: Erkan, her husband and his son (at the time of the crime 33 years old)
Erkan is considered violent. He has beaten his wife Gülhan several times on the street. On February 12, 2010, there is such a loud argument in the family's apartment that the neighbors call the police.
Erkan stabs his wife and runs out of the house. The police immediately arrest him. Not entirely unusual for an honor killing, he says, "I love my wife, but she cheated on me."
The perpetrator also stabbed his father, 66-year-old Abdullah, in the apartment. He may have been trying to help the woman. The children witnessed both acts.
In September 2010, Erkan is permanently admitted to the psychiatric hospital due to schizophrenia and religious delusion. The children go to live with the perpetrator's mother.