The Daily Insight

Connected.Informed.Engaged.

Tulay Goren was killed on 7 January 1999 after falling in love with Halil Unal, a fellow Turkish Kurd twice her age, and running away from home to live with him. Mehmet killed his daughter to restore the namus breached when she ran away to live with Unal, the trial was told.

Who was Tulay Goren?

Tulay Goren (March 1983 – 7 January 1999) was a 15-year-old Kurdish schoolgirl from Woodford Green, North London who went missing in January 1999. In December 2009, some ten years after her disappearance, her father Mehmet Goren was convicted of her murder.

Who killed Tulay Goren?

Mehmet Goren, 49, was jailed for life this afternoon for murdering 15-year-old Tulay. He killed her because she “shamed” his family by falling in love with the wrong man. The girl’s body has still not been found 11 years after she disappeared from the family home in north-east London.

What religions practice honor killings?

Honor killing occurs in communities that follow the two most popular religions in the world—Christianity and Islam11, as well as in other predominant religious communities, such as the Sikhs. 12 The following examination of historical evidence attests that honor killing is practiced under these three different faiths.

Are Honor Killings legal in Pakistan?

Honor killings were officially outlawed in Pakistan in 2004, yet persistent cultural norms and a legal loophole that allowed perpetrators to be forgiven by a victim’s family and set free made it possible for honor killings to persist.

What happened Saba Qaiser?

In 2015, award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made a documentary about teenager Saba Qaiser, whose father and uncle shot her in the face, put her in a burlap sack and dumped her in a river because she got married without her family’s consent. She survived.

What did SABA do in a girl in the river?

The father and uncle wanted to marry her to a person of their choice. But Saba didn’t listen to them. Without telling them she went and did a court marriage with Qaiser.

Did Saba have a baby?

It’s been three years since Saba and Qaiser married. They now have two children, Yasir and Safa Noor.

Why did Saba have to forgive her father?

Because she had tilted her head at the last minute, Saba survived the shooting and managed to get to a petrol station for help. But although her father and uncle were subsequently arrested, Saba came under pressure to forgive them, which under Pakistani law means they would escape further punishment.

What happened to Tula Tulay Goren?

Tulay was last seen alive on 7 January 1999 with her father Mehmet Goren, of Navestock Crescent, Woodford Green, who is alleged to have killed her later that day. Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said Tulay was killed “to restore the so-called honour” of the family, who originate from Turkey.

What happened to tadtulay Goren and how did she die?

Tulay Goren, 15, a Kurdish Turk from Woodford Green, north London, vanished in 1999 and her body has never been found, the Old Bailey was told. Her father Mehmet Goren, 49, and uncles Cuma Goren, 42, and Ali Goren, 55, both from Walthamstow, all deny murder.

Who are Ali Goren’s parents Mehmet and CUMA Goren?

Her father Mehmet Goren, 49, and uncles Cuma Goren, 42, and Ali Goren, 55, both from Walthamstow, all deny murder. The men also deny conspiracy to murder her boyfriend, Halil Unal, 30, between May 1998 and February 1999.