"Even though the defendant is a woman, this is a male violence case. Just like is in the cases of Yasemin Çakal and Çilem Doğan [who also killed their husbands who inflicted violence on them). This is what is common for these women: As they were desperate, as no state mechanism helped women like Nevin, as they could find not other alternative, they had to kill [their husbands].
Isparta’nın Yalvaç ilçesi Koruyaka köyünden 2 çocuk annesi Nevin Yıldırım, 29 Ağustos 2012 günü kendisine silah zoruyla tecavüz eden 2 çocuk babası 35 yaşındaki N.G.’yi öldürmüş, başını bir çuvala koyarak, “İşte namusuma uzananın kellesi” diye köy meydanına atmıştı.