Turkish Girl Medine Memi Buried Alive For Talking To Boys
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Reports have emerged that a teenage girl was buried alive in Turkey for talking to boys. 16-year-old Medine Memi was found dead in December, buried in a hole in her family's own garden. Memi was found dead with soil in both her stomach and lungs, and minor bruising on her body. Memi is believed to have been the victim of an honour killing, a practice that takes place in her hometown of Kahta in the province of Adiyaman, Turkey. Memi was buried alive because she spoke to boys, something that is punishable by death in the extremely conservative community she belonged to.
Two months after police found Medine's body buried in the garden of her family home, a team of doctors at a university in Malatya has completed the post-mortem examination.
According to a source who has seen their report, there was only minor bruising on her body, and no evidence of her being drugged.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Both Memi's father and grandfather have been arrested on suspicion but have not yet been charged. Her father was reportedly unhappy that Memi had male friends, while her grandfather went as far as beating her for having any relations with the opposite sex. Autopsy reports support the conclusion that Memi was both conscious and awake when she was buried alive. There was no evidence of poison, narcotics, or any other kind of drug in her body according to the autopsy report.
Memi was buried in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen on her family's property. She had tried to seek help from the police just mere days before she was buried alive. Memi went to the police to report the beatings from both her father and grandfather but was turned away and sent home. It is estimated that over 200 honour killings take place in Turkey every year.
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/turkish-girl-medine-memi-buried-alive-talking-boys
