Young activist killed in Turkey: Victim of 'honor killing'?
Qnews Jul 19 08Source: The Independent Ahmet Yildiz photo via The Independent Ahmet Yildiz, 26, was buried Saturday. London's The Independent reports that Yildiz's friends believe he was the victim of the country's first gay honor killing. Ahmet Yildiz, 26, a physics student who represented his country at an international gay gathering in San Francisco last year, was shot leaving a cafe near the Bosphorus strait this week. Fatally wounded, the student tried to flee the attackers in his car, but lost control, crashed at the side of the road and died shortly afterwards in hospital. "He fell victim. Full story...
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