Story By: Feza Uzay, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska, Agency: Newsflash
A Turkish man has been arrested for killing his ex-fiancee after she published messages he had reportedly sent her threatening to bathe her in her own blood.
Lawyer Dilara Yildiz, 28, went out of town for 10 days for a trial and returned home to find her ex-fiancee Oktay Donmez, 29, waiting for her in her home, according to local reports.
The pair became embroiled in a heated row and Donmez allegedly beat his former partner and forcibly took her to a restaurant in the district of Tuzla in the Turkish province of Istanbul on 9th January.
At the restaurant, the suspect continued to show aggression towards the victim and she appealed to other diners to help out.
According to local media, Donmez panicked when police teams arrived on the scene and fired five shots at the victim before trying to flee.
Yildiz was reportedly hit in the head, neck and chest and died at the scene.
Meanwhile, the suspect was detained by police teams arriving at the restaurant.
The victim’s body was sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute to undergo an autopsy and the Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the alleged shooting.
According to reports, shortly before her death, Yildiz had posted several messages from Donmez on her Instagram page that read: “I’ll bathe you in your own blood. You don’t have much time left. Make your will. When you fall into my arms, I’ll make you call your mother for the last time.”
Femicide is a growing problem in Turkey in particular after the country officially quit the Istanbul Convention in July last year. According to the 2021 Annual Data Report announced by the ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’, 280 women were killed by men in 2021, while 217 women were found suspiciously dead.
According to the data of the ‘Monument Counter’, which is a monument established on the internet to keep alive the memory of the women who died due to violence against women in Turkey and is updated every day, 7 femicides took place since the beginning of 2022.
The investigation is ongoing.
