Murder of academic sparks outrage as femicide toll soars

A woman has been burned to death by a man in Istanbul, as the nation grows angry, but is no longer shocked at the growing number of femicides claiming the lives of women.

Aylin Sözer, an academic at an Istanbul university, became one of the last women to be murdered by a man in Turkey.

Sözer was held hostage for two days by the man before he burned her alive with flammable substances in the Maltepe district.

The man, named Kemal Delbe, was detained after neighbors notified police about the smoke that had filled the building.

Police units, who came to the residence upon the notice, got into a skirmish with the suspect they saw with flammable liquids at home after opening the locked door with the help of a locksmith.

Delbe attacked the police who tried to detain him, as he wounded an officer by throwing the inflammable liquid on his hand in the fight, according to the reports.

Onlookers in the same neighborhood attempted to attack Delbe when the police took him into custody.

According to police sources, the perpetrator attempted to burn Sözer's body after slitting her throat.

The body has been moved to Istanbul University's Institute of Forensic Sciences for further examination.

The brutal murder of the academic has triggered widespread outrage in the country, with many taking to the social media to express their anger.

Users reacted to the femicide in the country, where more than 382 women have been killed so far in 2020, according to the We Will Stop Femicides Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu).

The platform reported 29 femicides and 10 suspicious deaths of women in November alone.

Meanwhile, officials and high-ranking politicians have also expressed their...