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Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide

Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. "Honor" killings and other harmful practices such as forced marriage, child marriage, or bride exchange have been recorded for centuries. Under growing pressure from human rights activists, these old traditions have also evolved and adapted to modern circumstances. The book examines honor-based violence, its roots and its evolution, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it in Turkey, Pakistan and other countries, including Western European nations

WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS ARE ONCE AGAIN AT THE SHARP END OF THE LAW AS A NATIONALIST BACKLASH THREATENS TO ROLL BACK TURKEY'S PROGRESS TOWARDS THE EU — AND THE MEDIA IS AS MUCH PARTICIPANT AS RECORDER

Writers and journalists are once again at the sharp end of the law as a nationalist backlash threatens to roll back Turkey's progress toward accession to the EU - and the media is as much participant as recorder.