Turkish Hubby Who Stabbed Estranged Wife 38 Times In Kebab Diner Jailed For 18 Years

A Turkish man who stabbed his estranged wife 38 times in a kebab restaurant after she asked for a divorce while he was trying to win her back has been jailed for 18 years.

Burak Kinci, 26, had supposedly hoped to rekindle his romance with Aycan Kinci, 23, when he invited her out for a kebab at a local restaurant in the western Turkish port city of Izmir, which is the capital of the province of the same name in western Anatolia, on 3rd November last year.

When she refused his advances, the husband stabbed the mother of his two children 38 times with a knife that he took out of his pocket.

Aycan Kinci, 23, (left), a mother of two, was stabbed 38 times by her estranged husband Burak Kinci, (right), for wanting a divorce, in Izmir, Turkey, on 3rd November 2020. (Newsflash)

The woman was seriously injured in the attack and was taken to the Cigli Training and Research Hospital.

The public prosecutor’s office then filed a lawsuit against the husband in the High Criminal Court accusing him of “attempting to kill his wife deliberately”.

It was said in the indictment that the man invited his estranged wife to the kebab shop to talk. But after trying to win her back, she replied “it’s too early to go back”, and he took the knife out of his pocket and reportedly stabbed her.

Aycan Kinci, 23, (pictured), a mother of two, who was stabbed 38 times by her estranged husband Burak Kinci, for wanting a divorce, in Izmir, Turkey, on 3rd November 2020, giving an interview after the final hearing. (Newsflash)

The prosecutor during the trial requested a prison sentence of 20 years against the defendant.

The defendant’s lawyer, who has been named as Zeynep Karakurt by local media outlet En Son Haber, argued that his client reacted in a moment of insanity and claims that he did not intend to kill the woman, adding that he had been unfairly provoked.

The defendant in his final statement agreed with his lawyer.

Aycan Kinci, 23, (left), a mother of two, who was stabbed 38 times by her estranged husband Burak Kinci, for wanting a divorce, in Izmir, Turkey, on 3rd November 2020, together with her lawyer, after the final hearing. (Newsflash)

The verdict was handed down and the defendant has been jailed for 18 years of hard time without the possibility of seeing the sentence reduced on the grounds that the husband had attempted to deliberately kill his wife.

After the ruling, the victim, Aycan Kinci, said: “We have been fighting for a year. My supporters were too many. I did not deserve this. Thank God the accused received a heavy sentence. He deserved this punishment. Justice was served. I hope this decision will set an example for all people and no one will dare do this.”

The victim’s lawyer Islam Gezer said: “The accused was sentenced to 18 years in prison. In the statement, it was demanded that the accused be suspended from the lower limit of the sentence.

Aycan Kinci (23), the mother of two children living in Izmir, Turkey, who was stabbed in 38 places with a knife in November, allegedly by her husband Burak Kinci, after they were in a restaurant, because she wanted to leave him. (Newsflash)

“As of today, the court ruled for a sentence by moving away from the lower limit. The decision is pleasing to us. We will not allow women to walk alone.”

According to the United Nations’ Global Database of Violence against Women, at least 38 percent of women in Turkey experience some form of physical or sexual violence from their partner.