A Matter of Honor, Your Honor?

A Matter of Honor, Your Honor?

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of six articles by Rhea Wessel on the rights of Muslim women in Europe, particularly Turkish women in Germany, which will appear occasionally on World Politics Review.

"When she was in the kitchen again, I went back and slipped the gun into the back of my pants. I stood in the doorway of the kitchen. . . . Gönül kept on saying, 'Leave me alone. This is none of your business.' She ranted and raved in Turkish and German. . . . 'You're a loser! Failure'. . . I got angry. . . . She came toward me with her finger raised. 'What do you want from me? You can't tell me what to do!'. . ."

"I erupted. . . . I have never been so angry. I didn't want to hear any more. . . . I only saw the first shot. It went into her stomach, and she hunched over. I don't know how many times I fired, but eventually the cartridge was empty."

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