16 March 2010 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
A butcher from the eastern province of Bingöl allegedly cut his wife’s nose and ears off on Saturday after being released from prison, where he stayed for three months after she filed a domestic violence complaint against him.
Aysun K., who is seven months pregnant and a mother of three disabled children, filed a complaint with the Provincial Gendarme Command, after which her husband, Gıyasettin K., received a three-month sentence and was imprisoned in Bingöl. Released from prison one week ago, Gıyasettin K. drove his wife to a place between the villages of Kılçadır and Yamaç. He cut off the ears and nose of Aysun K. and then dropped her off at the door to Genç State Hospital.The man was later caught by gendarmes and arrested by a Bingöl court. The woman was first referred to the Bingöl State Hospital and then to the Fırat Teaching and Research Hospital in neighboring Elazığ province. She is reportedly in good condition.
One of the woman’s ears did not entirely come off while the other one was found and given to hospital staff by the gendarme. Her nose could not be found. Social Services Provincial Director Ahmet Kaya told reporters that they have set into motion the official procedures to ensure the safety of the mother and her three children.
