Man garrottes daughter, 14, to restore honour after rape

IGNORING the pleas of his 14-year-old daughter to spare her life, Mehmet Halitogullari garrotted her — to restore the family’s honour after she was kidnapped and raped.

Nuran Halitogullari was buried in Istanbul yesterday in a ceremony attended by women’s rights advocates.

She was the latest victim of “honour killing” which the Turkish government is struggling to curb.