Forced Suicide - As A Substitute For Honor Killings

As A Substitute For Honor Killings

A forced suicide may be a substitute for an honor killing when a woman violates the namus in conservative Middle Eastern societies. In 2006, the United Nations investigated reports of forced suicides of Kurdish women in Turkey.

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