Male violence in Antalya: He killed his wife during divorce proceedings

The incident took place in the Konyaaltı district of Antalya. Savaş Temirhanoğulları, who was in the process of divorcing his wife Fadim Temirhanoğulları—against whom she had obtained a 3-month restraining order—arrived at the house in the morning. Savaş Temirhanoğulları fired 5 shots at his wife, Fadim Temirhanoğulları, with a handgun and left the house.

Meanwhile, the couple's daughter, I.T., who was sleeping in her room, woke up upon hearing the gunshots but thought she was having a nightmare and went back to sleep. When I.T. woke up in the morning to go to school and left her room, she saw her mother covered in blood. She immediately knocked on her neighbor's door and returned to the house with the neighbor. Upon the report by Torunoğlu, who saw Fadim Temirhanoğulları, police and medical teams were dispatched to the address. Medical personnel determined that Temirhanoğulları had lost her life.

'END THESE FEMICIDES'

Police intervened in a scuffle that broke out between Fadim Temirhanoğulları's daughter from her first marriage, who arrived after hearing the news, and the relatives of Savaş Temirhanoğulları. After the police investigation at the scene, Fadim Temirhanoğulları's lifeless body was placed in a hearse and taken to the morgue. During this time, Fadim Temirhanoğulları's relatives cried out, 'Where is justice for women? End these femicides.' 

NEIGHBOR WOKE UP TO GUNSHOTS

Describing what happened, neighbor Berkan Torunoğlu said, "Around 05:00, my friend heard a gunshot. Then we went to sleep. I woke up around 08:00 in the morning. A while later, there was a knock at the door. When I opened the door, I saw the neighbor's daughter. She was in shock. I asked 'What happened?', she said 'My mother'. Then I immediately went to their house. The woman was lying on the floor. I thought she had fainted. A bullet had entered the right side of her head. There was a lot of blood loss. She had no pulse. We took the daughter downstairs; she was already in shock. The woman and the man were in the process of divorcing, and because of this, there were problems between them. We did our best, but when we arrived, the woman was already cold. There was a lot of blood loss."

Law enforcement forces are continuing their efforts to apprehend Savaş Temirhanoğulları.

News Source: İHA