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(foreboding music)

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(shoes clopping)
(woman muttering)

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(woman speaking Turkish)

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(woman sighs)

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(woman speaking Turkish)

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(foreboding music continues)

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-: This country protects murders who would like

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to punish their wives, their daughters, or their girlfriends

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who want to have different things in life

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than they did before.

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(gentle pensive music)

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A group of activists called We Will Stop Femicides

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is determined to end these brutal attacks.

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I'm one of their lawyers.

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We follow cases in Van, Ankara, Eskisehir,

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all around the country.

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The list is filled with names of hundreds of women

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who've been killed by their intimate partners.

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The first one is the Munevver Karabulut case.

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That was the reason why this platform was actually started.

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She was killed by the boyfriend monstrously

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and after she was killed, she was chopped into pieces.

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Ayse Topcu in Sivas, she was killed by the husband

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and the husband got a reduction

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because the court said she swore on the husband

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and then that was the reason why the husband killed her

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with two knives, nine times.

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And there was a reduction.

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The legal system should give the correct message

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to the potential murderer that they're going

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to spend all their life in prison

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if they killed someone, if they kill a woman.

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And this list, I think shows

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that, I mean, women's homicides are political.

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(flag rustling)

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(Erdogan speaking Turkish)

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(audience applauding)

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(dark foreboding music)

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(crowd clamoring)

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(women speaking Turkish)

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(crowd chanting in Turkish)

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(Ipek speaking Turkish)

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-: Our group has lots of activists carrying out protests

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and making all these cases public.

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(man and woman speaking Turkish)

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(Aysen speaking Turkish)

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(police sirens wail)

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(slow solemn music)

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(Aysen speaking Turkish)

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(women speaking Turkish)

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(man speaking Turkish)

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(Arzu and mother speaking Turkish)

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(bird chirrups)

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(telephone ringing)

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(Ahmet speaking Turkish)

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(dark ethereal music)

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(boat horns blast)

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-: Let's just begin with euro and dollar.

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The euro is rising to the record level so...

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Ipek: Kubra Is another woman I'm working with.

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She was a successful independent Bloomberg TV

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journalist who lived in London for many years.

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Kubra: Thank you very much for joining us.

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-: When she was 28,

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she met a man working for Bloomberg Turkey

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and decided to move back to Istanbul and get married.

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It seemed the perfect match

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but the reality proved very different.

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This was Kubra before

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when she was working for Bloomberg.

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That night has changed a lot

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you will see as well.

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(dark ethereal music continues)

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(Ipek and guard speaking Turkish)

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(group speaking Turkish)

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-: He hit my head four times.

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Four times.

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I remember

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who hit me.

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Father: Who hit you?

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Neptun. My husband.

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-: Did you have a fight?

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Because it was only to two days after you gave birth.

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-: Argued about the child.

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Father: Argument about child.

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-: About child.

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Ipek: Because you argued?

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(group speaking Turkish)

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-: You are a hero, you struggle so much

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so I'm sure you can do everything you want

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and we'll help you with it as well.

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But you are a survivor, literally a survivor.

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So you can do anything.

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-: Yes?
-: Yes.

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(Kubra's mother speaking Turkish)

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Book: Little bird is white.

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(Kubra's mother speaking Turkish)

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Tree is green.

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(Kubra's mother speaking Turkish)

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-: Kubra and her family, they're fighting

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in family courts to get the daughter back.

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(gentle music)

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I'm not involved in the custody case

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but if I can counter her husband's defense successfully

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it will naturally affect the outcome of the custody case.

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The defense team, Kubra's husband's lawyers,

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objected to the report that we have submitted.

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They submitted the counter report.

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The report says the brain hemorrhage

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may be because of the C-section.

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Now the court wants the forensic committee

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to review both reports

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and decide medically what can be proved.

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I want to double check

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with the forensic doctor that produced our report

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that it is solid.

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(Ipek and Dr. Nevzat speaking Turkish)

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-: The professor said

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the evidence in our report is very clear.

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I just cannot trust institutions,

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public institutions to be fully unbiased and objective.

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So it's really important.

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And I'm a bit nervous about the end result of the report.

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(gentle pensive music)

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(crowd murmuring)

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(Aysen speaking Turkish)

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(Arzu speaking Turkish)

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-: This violence and these murders

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are not specific to one part of the society.

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They're not only for the Eastern

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and Southern parts of Turkey.

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Violence is where a woman wants to have a modern life

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where a woman wants to make personal choice.

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So violence is not about lower education

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and financial deprivation or anything.

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It's actually about a woman's decision

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and men trying to suppress and prevent

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that decision making process.

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(crowd rhythmically chanting)

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(bomb explodes)

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(sirens wailing)

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(ominous music)

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(crowd murmuring)

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(man speaking Turkish)

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-: [Female Newsreader] There were two explosions

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and gunfire tonight

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at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport.

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It's the latest in a string

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of attacks on Turkey's biggest city.

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Male Newsreader: The blast tore through

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the heart of Turkey's capital.

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(sirens wailing)

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This is a nervous country in multiple firing lines.

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There is grief and there is fear

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about when this wave of attacks might end.

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-: There is an enormous escalation

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of violence in the country now.

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Bombs have exploded,

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hundreds of civilians have been killed,

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(helicopter buzzing)

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and on the 15th of July,

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we had a coup.

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(eerie dramatic music)

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(tank treads whistling)

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(jet roaring)

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We started hearing all the is F-16 on the sky.

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And they made these terrible

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bomb-like, explosion-like noises.

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And when the jet flew by,

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they made such a noise and all the windows open.

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So it was like...

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(gunfire popping)

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It was unbelievable.

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-: Civilians, defying a military curfew

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are out there following (indistinct),

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saying, get out from the streets.

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(crowd chanting)
(truck horn honking)

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(gunfire popping)

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(men arguing in Turkish)

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(gunfire popping)

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Ipek: When you see guns so much,

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when you see bombs so much, and when you see blood

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when you see violence on the state level,

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on the public level,

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it translates into private lives.

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-: After the crude attempt to coup it was terrible.

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We didn't know how things would be handled.

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(crowd murmuring in Turkish)

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(tense music)

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Ipek: The coup created a very eligible,

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very convenient ground

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to shut down all different voices

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who were acting against the government,

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who were criticizing the government.

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(Erdogan speaking Turkish)

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(crowd cheering)

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(Announcer speaking Turkish)

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(rain pattering)

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(scooter buzzing)

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(Ipek speaking Turkish)

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(cat meows)

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We got the report from the forensic institution

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and the report basically says that it's doubtful

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whether it's the husband that hit Kubra.

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So if the judge decides to implement, apply this rule,

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it's highly possible

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that he may not get any punishment at all.

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(phone trilling)

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(Ipek and Onder speaking Turkish)

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(somber music)

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Ipek: We need to find another way to prove our case.

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Our best hope is to convince the judge

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to allow Kubra to speak in the court.

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(gentle ominous music)

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Onder: Though I'm the older brother,

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Kubra and I were always really close growing up.

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She turned into such a lively and intelligent woman

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and our bond is still very strong.

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I guess, you know, you might wanna ask Kubra

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for the rest of the (indistinct).

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She would definitely say the same.

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(group speaking Turkish)

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(both laughing)

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(all laughing)

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(gentle piano music)

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(birds tweeting)

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(seagulls squawking)

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(woman speaking Turkish)

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(man speaking Turkish)

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(woman speaking Turkish)

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(Presenter speaking Turkish)

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(tense brooding music)

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(audience applauding)

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-: Mr. Tahir Elci was a good friend of mine.

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A lawyer who was imprisoned.

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A few weeks before his death

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he was in Istanbul and I attended to his case.

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I listened to his beautiful defense.

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He was laughing and said, "No, it's okay, we'll get over it

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and then we'll see each other."

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This guy's talking about peace.

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This guy's talking about wants and everything

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and he's killed.

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And, yeah.

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It was only a few weeks just, he was in Istanbul, it's....

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(slow dark music)

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-: When justice is endangered

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and people are afraid about their lives

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who are afraid about their, their children's lives.

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It's impossible to have proper justice.

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Well, that's the thing.

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(Campaigner speaking Turkish)

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(audience cheering)

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(jaunty music)

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(slow tense music)

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Newsreader: In Istanbul, the poles will open

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in about an hour from now.

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Where the first voters, some 55 million people,

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are eligible to vote in this referendum

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on whether to grant Turkey's President Erdogan

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more sweeping powers.

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Newsreader: The yes side believes a stronger presidency

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will make government more efficient.

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If they win the president would

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be given enhanced powers to appoint ministers,

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choose most senior judges and dissolve parliament.

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(voters speaking Turkish)

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-: It's an important date.

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I really do not want to attach all my hopes

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and my misery and disappointment to this referendum

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but it is very much connected.

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So it's going to determine lots of things.

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I would be most afraid that as everyone,

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I would not be able to do everything that I like,

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lose my equality as a citizen

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and if my rights and freedoms are violated, so...

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Those are highly possible potential

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consequences, which is terrifying for me.

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(cautiously hopeful music)

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I'm working for one

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of the opposition groups to monitor the election.

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(election workers speaking Turkish)

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(newsreader speaking Turkish)

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(downbeat ethereal music)

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(announcer speaking Turkish)

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(crowd roaring)

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(Erdogan speaking Turkish)

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(crowd chanting)

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(crowd clamoring)

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(slow serene music)

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-: As a lawyer, I see that things have changed so much.

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(Ipek speaking Turkish)

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Two of my good friends have been arrested.

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They have been in custody since last Friday.

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And today they're just going to be giving their

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first statement of defense before the public prosecutor.

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It was, we were last week,

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we were just talking about arranging a dinner

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because one of them has a new boyfriend.

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So we said, "Let's meet up for the dinner,"

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this day and everything.

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And then one morning you wake up,

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only a few days after, that they're taken to the custody.

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Like midnight, 2:00 AM in the morning.

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And then you visit them at the Prison and it's...

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They are on high hunger strike.

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That's their political thing, so...

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They're not eating anything since last Thursday.

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Only some sweets and water with some salt.

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The alleged crime is being a member

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of a terrorist organization.

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The charges are that the postings

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and screenshots from their Facebooks

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prove that they were members

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of a far-left wing organization.

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So if you put something criticizing

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on your Facebook against the president,

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people give it to the police officers,

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your friends, your family, everyone around you.

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And you've been, whoop, taken out of your house

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at like four in the morning and even in prison.

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(dark foreboding music)

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That's a very scary thing.

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It's, I mean, if you are talking about things that may lead

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to criticizing the government, ah, you are target.

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It's terrible.

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(group speaking in Turkish)

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(soft piano music)

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(seagulls squawking)

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(Kubra's family speaking Turkish)

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(gentle piano music)

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-: Kubra is going to give a statement

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because the last time she spoke

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she was having difficulty communicating.

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And the judge said, well, her statement was not reliable.

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So we are going to ask the court to review its decision.

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And she's just going to try to explain.

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Kubra says he hit her and the husband says he didn't

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and there are no witnesses

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so it is important for Kubra

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to make her statements very strong.

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(Ipek and Onder speaking Turkish)

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(Arzu and family speaking Turkish)

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(all laughing)

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(gentle piano music)

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(Arzu laughs)

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(soft melancholy music)

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-: My friends have been sent to prison

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and they don't even know when their trial will be.

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That's what happened.

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I'm really upset. I'm very disappointed.

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They do not even dare to write the legal explanation.

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That's what feels like so unjust,

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that feels like just so unfair.

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We should be on the equal level.

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The court, the justice system

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should be able to persuade me.

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That's what feels like,

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the sense of justice and the sense of equity,

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which we've lost.

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Okay?

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It's so easy to imprison

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all these courageous and hardworking women.

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That's the thing that is terrible, actually,

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that is very frightening.

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In a country where democracy is fading away

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Inside, it's terrible crash of emotions.

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It's as if your words are stolen from you.

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(melancholy music continues)

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-: Tomorrow, we are going to listen to Kubra's statement.

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For certain cases, there are reasons why

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the cases become much more special to you.

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I could have been in her position.

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Every independent woman

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can find something similar in that story.

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So it's an important hearing tomorrow.

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(women speaking Turkish)

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(slow mournful music)

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(Kubra speaking Turkish)

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(slow moody music)

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-: She just explained in very tiny details

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and I believe the case will be examined

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in more tiny details, down to tiny details

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and justice will come out of it.

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She's progressed well.

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Now she's at the right level of understanding and strength

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to defend herself, her case.

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That was a proud moment for me.

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Definitely (chuckles).

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(Kubra speaking Turkish)

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(Kubra laughs)

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-: Kubra described the events of the night.

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She said her husband hit her four times.

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And the court decided to ask for an additional report.

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So the court at least recognized our request

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to challenge the forensic report.

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So it's good news.

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Yeah.

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(gentle sanguine music)

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(Kubra's family speaking Turkish)

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-: I talk all the time (laughs).

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(Kubra's family speaking Turkish)

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-: I feel proud of myself.

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I didn't cry

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because I

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tried to make myself stronger.

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(Kubra and family speaking Turkish)

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(Kubra laughs)

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(gentle piano music)

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(both laughing)

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Onder: After so much time Kubra's husband

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has agreed to let her see her daughter.

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They finally had a chance to get to know each other.

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(Kubra and family speaking Turkish)

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-: I never lost my hope

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I have a future

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to look forward to

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with my daughter.
(daughter speaking Turkish)

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(gentle piano music continues)

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(crowd chanting)

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(women speaking Turkish)

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(slow ethereal music)

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Newsreader: International women's day today

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marked around the world in some places

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with celebration and others, protest.

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Thousands turned out for a march in Istanbul

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even though it had been banned by the authorities.

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(crowd chanting in Turkish)

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(siren waling)

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(Police speaking Turkish)

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(explosions popping)

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(Aysen speaking Turkish)

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(women screaming in Turkish)

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(crowd chanting)

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(Aysen speaking Turkish)

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-: I think in this, in my country now in Turkey,

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it seems like the tunnel is a endless

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and there is no light at the end.

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But if you decide to give up on the light

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I think it's impossible to get up every morning

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(Ipek speaking Turkish)

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(somber hopeful music)

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(Ipek speaking Turkish)

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You see how unjust this system is

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so you just have to fight against it.

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Continue.

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There's no way that I would say,

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"Oh there's..."

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It doesn't work like that,

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so I'm just going to give up never.

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(Kubra laughs)
(daughter laughs)

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(daughter speaking Turkish)

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(dark ominous music)

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(dark ominous music continues)