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CHRISTIAN MAN IN TURKEY KILLS SISTER FOR MARRYING MUSLIM
WorldBulletin.net
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=67364
Dec 13 2010
Turkey
The young couple was found dead in their automobile on Sunday, each
with a bullet to the forehead.
A young couple that was found dead in their car in Ä°stanbul's Fatih
district 10 days after they got married were murdered because of
religious differences, according to the prime suspect in the case.
Sonay Ogmen (age 26), the daughter of a Syriac family, married Zekeriya
Vural (age 29) 10 days ago, against her family's wishes.
The young couple was found dead in their automobile on Sunday, each
with a bullet to the forehead.
The police established that the couple was killed by someone sitting
in the back seat, concluding that the murderer had to be someone they
knew. The alleged killer, Sonay's brother Gunay Ogmen, was taken
into police custody as part of the investigation. He purportedly
confessed in his police testimony to shooting the couple, saying,
"We did not want that groom."
Investigators said Ogmen, who owns more than 120 pigeons, was captured
due to his love for these birds. The suspect was detained at the
Pigeon Lovers Association in Ä°stanbul, with the gun believed to
have been used in the murder on his person. In his initial testimony,
Ogmen said: "Our family didn't want them to get married. We met in a
café to talk. Zekeriya told me: 'This is over. We got married. Don't
stand in the way.' Then we got in the car. I shot both of them."
Vural's uncle Cemal Vural spoke to the press, saying: "Sonay's
brother had invited them to dinner. It was a trap, apparently. She was
Christian. Her family was against the marriage because he is Muslim.
Actually, Sonay warned her family a week ago that she'd take her
own life."
Investigators say Zekeriya Vural ran a jewelry store in the Kapalı
CarÅ~_ı, like the family of Ogmen. The two stores are Kapalı
CarÅ~_ı neighbors.
Her family will still be holding a funeral for Sonay Ogmen. They
claimed her body morning from the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK)
in Yeni Bosna, where doctors performed an autopsy. She was taken to
the Surp Kevork Armenian Church for a funeral.
Vural's family also retrieved the young man's body from the ATK. A
funeral service was held for him at the KocamustafapaÅ~_a Sumbul
Efendi Mosque.
Turkey has approximately 30,000 Syriac Christians. About half this
number are Syriac Orthodox, and the other half are Syriac Catholics.
From: A. Papazian
WorldBulletin.net
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=67364
Dec 13 2010
Turkey
The young couple was found dead in their automobile on Sunday, each
with a bullet to the forehead.
A young couple that was found dead in their car in Ä°stanbul's Fatih
district 10 days after they got married were murdered because of
religious differences, according to the prime suspect in the case.
Sonay Ogmen (age 26), the daughter of a Syriac family, married Zekeriya
Vural (age 29) 10 days ago, against her family's wishes.
The young couple was found dead in their automobile on Sunday, each
with a bullet to the forehead.
The police established that the couple was killed by someone sitting
in the back seat, concluding that the murderer had to be someone they
knew. The alleged killer, Sonay's brother Gunay Ogmen, was taken
into police custody as part of the investigation. He purportedly
confessed in his police testimony to shooting the couple, saying,
"We did not want that groom."
Investigators said Ogmen, who owns more than 120 pigeons, was captured
due to his love for these birds. The suspect was detained at the
Pigeon Lovers Association in Ä°stanbul, with the gun believed to
have been used in the murder on his person. In his initial testimony,
Ogmen said: "Our family didn't want them to get married. We met in a
café to talk. Zekeriya told me: 'This is over. We got married. Don't
stand in the way.' Then we got in the car. I shot both of them."
Vural's uncle Cemal Vural spoke to the press, saying: "Sonay's
brother had invited them to dinner. It was a trap, apparently. She was
Christian. Her family was against the marriage because he is Muslim.
Actually, Sonay warned her family a week ago that she'd take her
own life."
Investigators say Zekeriya Vural ran a jewelry store in the Kapalı
CarÅ~_ı, like the family of Ogmen. The two stores are Kapalı
CarÅ~_ı neighbors.
Her family will still be holding a funeral for Sonay Ogmen. They
claimed her body morning from the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK)
in Yeni Bosna, where doctors performed an autopsy. She was taken to
the Surp Kevork Armenian Church for a funeral.
Vural's family also retrieved the young man's body from the ATK. A
funeral service was held for him at the KocamustafapaÅ~_a Sumbul
Efendi Mosque.
Turkey has approximately 30,000 Syriac Christians. About half this
number are Syriac Orthodox, and the other half are Syriac Catholics.
From: A. Papazian