Substantial percentage of Turkish population "support" honor killings

A study titled "Honor Killings in the Media and Their Impact on Students and Parents" conducted by the Ministry of Education has revealed that parents believe the media play a role in increasing the number of honor killings.

The study was conducted in the provinces where the most honor killings in the country were taking place and covered the responses of 440 high school students and their parents. According to the report released by the ministry, 13 percent of the parents and 9.9 percent of students had witnessed an honor killing. The provinces of Batman, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Mardin lead in the number of killings, the report indicated.

Based on the responses of students and their families, the media play a negative role in regard to honor killings. Whereas only 7.3 percent of the parents and 8.7 percent of the students said the media have a positive effect in preventing honor killings, 22.7 percent and 29 percent of them, respectively, think that the media play a role in increasing the number of honor killings. The respondents did not find the programs aired or the stories printed by media to be impartial or close to reality. Read more ...

Source: Today's Zaman
H/T: Jihad Watch

Should honorcide be classified as a hate crime?
	I am a Muslim
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	No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
	No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
	No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
	No: honorcide is a fiction
	I am not a Muslim
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	No: any female dishonoring her family must be disciplined
	No: any female dishonoring her family must severely punished
	No: any female dishonoring her family must be put to death
	No: honorcide is a fiction