tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post7867080512600848851..comments2024-03-12T00:48:56.979+01:00Comments on Empty Nest Expat: The Rape and Murder of Turkish University Student Ozgecan AslanKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12855990208488482147noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-26036393313277525162015-05-13T20:09:03.725+02:002015-05-13T20:09:03.725+02:00Hi, Karen.
Sadly, as I had guessed and feared, th...Hi, Karen.<br /><br />Sadly, as I had guessed and feared, this horrible incident has been mostly forgotten; and no new anti-rape/anti-violence regulation/law has come into effect in Turkey, as far as I know.<br /><br />I wish I could find the link but I have recently seen somewhere that a high number of women has continued to be killed since Özgecan's murder.<br /><br />Sad.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />CemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-36243630086318547002015-02-19T15:40:03.603+01:002015-02-19T15:40:03.603+01:00Here's a film women in Turkey shared after the...Here's a film women in Turkey shared after the death of Ozgecan Aslan last week and the new news of a woman being killed and dismembered by her husband this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zWq_Xzw_gKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855990208488482147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-7563067937074188702015-02-19T15:16:26.736+01:002015-02-19T15:16:26.736+01:00Thank you for your comments, Janette. I appreciate...Thank you for your comments, Janette. I appreciate your perspective as a long-time animal advocate.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855990208488482147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-44581207072331218762015-02-19T15:04:25.971+01:002015-02-19T15:04:25.971+01:00To rank or pit one (violence against women) agains...To rank or pit one (violence against women) against the other (violence against animals) is the wrong discussion. <br /><br />When I was lobbying for stronger animal abuse laws to make it a felony, the argument against it was that violence against women was only a misdemeanor because women wouldn't come forward if their partner faced a felony charge, and SO THEREFORE animal abuse could not be a felony. <br /><br />Sadistic torture is wrong. Period. We should focus on that and not make one seem "better" than the other. Legislation should make sadistic behavior equally wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963582747894565095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-11851034763214777562015-02-18T16:53:44.348+01:002015-02-18T16:53:44.348+01:00I agree, Back to Bodrum. Yet, there needs to be an...I agree, Back to Bodrum. Yet, there needs to be an entire parenting culture change that all women need to be respected, just because they are fellow human beings. This is just.<br /><br />Men in Turkey, and the women who are married to them or parents of future men, frequently divide women into "our women" and "everyone else's women" reserving respect only for "our women." I consider this very dated thinking. It does not conform to global standards of justice.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855990208488482147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-51816741240987027152015-02-18T16:33:02.361+01:002015-02-18T16:33:02.361+01:00The only glimpse of hope after this young girl wa...The only glimpse of hope after this young girl was brutally murdered is the number of young men out on the streets in Turkey protesting about violence against women. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-29338809400453768752015-02-18T14:23:42.008+01:002015-02-18T14:23:42.008+01:00Minorities of any kind have less power, in Turkey ...Minorities of any kind have less power, in Turkey and in America. That makes them targets because they don't have the majority of their population at their back. Thanks, Anonymous, for the question. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855990208488482147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060065456836212415.post-19056344065078845262015-02-18T13:34:35.243+01:002015-02-18T13:34:35.243+01:00Hi.
I don't understand your allusions to Özgec...Hi.<br />I don't understand your allusions to Özgecan's ethnic or religious background or references to state violence, as this was a hideous crime carried out by a violent idiotic individual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com