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A Turkish woman who shot and killed her husband after years of violent abuse has been freed by a court that ruled that she was acting in self-defence.
The verdict late Monday in the Mediterranean port city of Antalya delivered a rare victory for women’s rights organisations in Turkey.
It came one month after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan provoked international outraged by withdrawing Turkey from a convention aimed at combating gender-based violence and femicide.
Melek Ipek was mobbed by her two sobbing daughters as she walked out of the court room after a judge ruled that she had the right to protect herself against constant torture.
Notwehr: Freispruch für Frau, die ihren Mann erschoss
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Turkish court frees abused woman who killed husband
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