A man has been arrested for allegedly pushing his girlfriend off a clifftop after she denied his proposal.
Nizamettin Gursu planned to propose to his girlfriend Yesim Demir, 39 and took her to a romantic clifftop in Polente Cape, Turkey.
However, Ms Demir had planned to break up with Gursu and would not have accepted the proposal. When police arrived on the scene after Ms Demir plunged, Gursu told officers that after she had said ‘yes’ and they had been happily drinking – when he went to the car to grab something, heard a scream and then discovered Ms Demir was gone. Paramedics worked for 45 minutes to save Ms Demir’s life, but she died without regaining consciousness. Guru is being held in custody pending trial.
Femicide in Turkey
Femicide is a growing problem in Turkey, with 393 women killed by men in 2022 alone, according to data from the ‘Monument Counter’, which is a digital memorial for women killed by violence and is updated daily. This problem increased after the country officially quit the Istanbul Convention in July 2021.
The Istanbul Convention is a treaty aimed at preventing violence against women and domestic violence. Its withdrawal has sparked a backlash from women’s rights groups, who say that it will lead to an increase in femicides.
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