After killing her and burning her body in a Turkish province, they used her Instagram account to deceive her family.
Turkish authorities have revealed shocking details in the murder of young woman, Kubra Yapci, whose burned body was found in Burdur province, days after she disappeared. Turkish media outlets, including NTV, reported that the victim, aged 30, had been living in Antalya before news of her ceased at the end of April, and that part of her body was later found burned on May 6. According to the investigation, Kubra was shot before her body was buried, then exhumed and burned in an attempt to conceal the crime. Authorities arrested two suspects on charges of premeditated murder after one of them confessed to involvement. In a development that caused widespread shock in Turkey, the victim's father said that the family initially believed that his daughter was still alive, after they noticed activity on her Instagram account, before it was later revealed that the accused had entered the account and liked the family's posts to mislead them and deflect suspicion. He added that the accused repeatedly tried to unlock his daughter’s phone to access her bank accounts, noting the disappearance of valuable possessions she had, including a watch valued at approximately 80,000 Turkish lira. This crime brings the issue of femicide in Turkey back to the forefront, a topic that has sparked widespread controversy for years, given the rising number of victims, according to reports from Turkish human rights organizations. These organizations, including the "Stop Femicide" platform, say that the majority of these crimes are committed by partners or family members, amid repeated criticism of what they consider "deficiencies" in protection mechanisms. The case also revived the debate over Ankara’s 2021 withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the European treaty on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which Türkiye was the first country to sign in 2011.
The withdrawal at the time sparked widespread protests from human rights groups and opponents, who argued that the move could weaken the protection of women and encourage a climate of impunity, while the Turkish government at the time said that local laws were sufficient to address violence against women. The issue of femicide continues to generate widespread reactions on the Turkish street and on social media, where demands are renewed for stricter penalties and enhanced protection measures for women threatened by violence.
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