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UK – Tulay Goren “Honor Killing” Trial: Sister Testifies Father Threatened to Kill Tulay — Screams at Father “I Have No Fear”

Metro UK reports two stories on Tulay Goren sister’s testimony on her “honor killing” by her father:

Metro UK reports: Metro UK: “‘Honour killing’ Dad threatened to kill daughter”
— “Mehmet Goren threatened to kill daughter Tulay days before she disappeared”
— “The London father of a schoolgirl allegedly murdered for falling in love threatened to kill her the day before she disappeared, a court heard.”
— “Mehmet Goren, of Woodford Green, flew into a ‘rage’ after he caught 15-year-old Tulay trying to escape from the family home, her older sister, Nuray Guler, told the Old Bailey.”
— “She said later that evening she heard Goren on the phone saying: ‘Don’t worry, I won’t allow her to shout.'”
— “Mrs Guler, 28, wiped tears away as she described her younger sister as a ‘child looking for happiness.'”
— “She told the court that her father previously made her own life ‘hell’ and tried to kill himself when he heard she had been holding hands with her fiance.”
— “Tulay Goren, who disappeared in January 1999, is alleged to have been the victim of an ‘honour killing.'”
— “Her father Mehmet is said to have killed her after consulting with his brothers Ali and Cuma. Tulay’s body has never been found.”

Metro UK: “Daughter screamed at ‘honour killing’ Dad in court”
— “The sister of an alleged ‘honour killing’ victim screamed with anguish at her father as she faced him across a courtroom today.”
— “Nuray Guler shouted in Turkish and gesticulated wildly at Mehmet Goren during an outburst as she gave evidence at his murder trial.”
— “Mrs Guler, 28, let out a prolonged and piercing wail before walking out of the court in tears.”
— “Mrs Guler today told the court that her father had threatened to kill Tulay the day before she disappeared.
— “Cross-examining her later, Michael Turner QC, for Mehmet, asked her why she had not said this to police.”
— “Mrs Guler, speaking through a Turkish interpreter, became emotional and turned to face her father as she replied: ‘I did not think that this would be possible.'”
— “‘I still can’t think that it is possible, because a father could not do such a thing. I never believed, not even…'”
— “Mrs Guler stretched her arms out in front of her and shook her fists as she shouted at her father in the dock, without leaving the interpreter time to translate the rest of what she said.”
— “She ended the outburst with a prolonged scream before Mr Justice Bean ordered her to be taken out.”
— “He told the interpreter not to translate what she said.”
— “After a brief adjournment, she again turned to face Mehmet from the witness box and addressed him in Turkish.”
— “But the judge stopped her, saying while he appreciated giving evidence was a “stressful experience” for her, she must not ‘make speeches’ and only ‘answer counsels’ questions.'”
— “During further cross-examination, Mr Turner asked whether her mother Hanim – who has also given evidence against Mehmet in the trial – had told her what to say.”
— “‘Never,’ replied Mrs Guler. ‘My mother wants me to be kept away from everything. She wants me not to get involved in anything but I am not my mother. I am not scared as she is. I have no fear.'”

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