Turkish Abortion Debate Renewed After Nevin Yildirim Beheads Alleged Rapist

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A 26-year-old Turkish woman, who was impregnated by her rapist, reportedly shot and beheaded her alleged attacker to protect her honor. The case has forced the country into a new round in the intensifying debate over abortion.

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"I knew he was going to rape me again," Yildirim said at an Aug. 30 preliminary hearing.
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"He fell on the ground. He started cussing," she said. "I shot his sexual organ this time. He became quiet. I knew he was dead. I then cut his head off."
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"Don't talk behind my back, don't play with my honor," Yildirim allegedly told witnesses in the square as she threw Gider's head to the ground. "Here is the head of the man who played with my honor."
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"He kept saying that he would tell everyone [about the rape]," Yildirim told authorities, according to DoÄŸan News Agency. "My daughter will start school this year. Everyone would have insulted my children. Now no one can."

"I saved my honor," she added. "They will now call [her children] 'the kids of the women who saved her honor.'"

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