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Dishonorable Deaths
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As part of its bid to meet E.U. standards, Turkey last year approved legislation making "honor killings" the practice of men killing their female relatives for perceived immoral behavior punishable by life in prison. But a growing number of female suicides in southeastern Turkey, the country's poorest and most conservative region, this year has raised suspicion that women are now being forced to kill themselves to spare their male relatives a jail term. In the province of Batman (pop. 500,000) hospital records show there have been 31 attempted female suicides this year, already more than last year's...