Turkish Woman Beheads Husband's Cousin; Alleges Rape

                                                                                                                                                    A 26-year-old Turkish woman shot and beheaded her husband's cousin over allegations that he continously raped her over eight months. She is now pregnant by the man and is sitting in jail awaiting her fate. Although she is alleging rape, she was in danger of being seriously hurt or killed had it come to light that she was pregnant by her husband's cousin. Turkey is a country in which women are responsible for their families honor, and dishonor usually results in death.
Nevin Yildirim says that after her husband left out of town in January, that Nurettin Gidder began to rape her and even threatened to kill her two young children if she did not remain silent. At her preliminary hearing held on August 30th, Yildirim stated that she had enough of being raped, and when she seen Gidder approaching her home again, she grabbed her father's rifle. After shooting him in the penis, she beheaded him and walked to the town square holding his head. CNN reports that Yildirim approached a group of men at a coffee house on the square and said, "Don't talk behind my back, don't play with my honor. Here is the head of the man who played with my honor."                    Photo courtesy of lukescorner.net