They allowed the abortion as if it was a favor...

The misfortunes women have to live through in this country never end. You must have seen it, read about it or heard about it. The most recent of the disasters happened to 24-year-old Ay?e K. from the Mediterranean town of Fethiye.

Ay?e K. had two children with her husband, before the two divorced. She then had a boyfriend, Gökhan A. She figured out soon enough that her boyfriend had no regular job and was involved in a lot of trouble. From the numerous subpoenas arriving at their address, she understood that her boyfriend was involved in arms smuggling, drug dealing, and had a record of injuring people.

She decided to break up. That?s when the disaster started.    

The guy did not accept the break up. Ay?e K. then ran away from home and started staying with friends. The guy looked for her, found her, and took her back home.

Another ordeal then started for her. The guy beat her up at every opportunity, she told him that she wanted to break up at every opportunity. In the end, he shot her with a shotgun.

He didn?t only shoot her; he also killed her mother.

Ay?e was two months pregnant. The bullet wound in her arm became infected. Because she was pregnant, she was not suitable for medication.

For God?s sake, have some empathy... I am calling on men, think of yourself as a woman, which would you prefer?

Would you want your arm, or would you want an unwanted child from an unwanted man?

Can you imagine? In this country, it happens to be that in order for Ay?e to have an abortion, the consent of the person who shot her and then killed her mother is required. Or the Health Ministry has to give a special permit. There is no other way?

While I was writing this piece, Ay?e K. said...