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A TURKISH MOTHER, 36, has shot dead her daughter, 17, after finding out that she was three months pregnant.
The mother, named as Emine A., found out that her daughter Meryem A. was pregnant during a visit to neighbours, according to a report in the Hurriyet daily.
She then went back home to find a gun and returned to shoot her daughter – who worked as a cashier in a market – five times, the report said.
Bystanders outside the apartment block in the Selcuk district of the southern city of Nigde rushed to help and took Meryem to hospital but she died on the way.
The mother was detained by police but then had a nervous collapse and was hospitalised. The investigation is continuing.
Turkish authorities acknowledge there is a grave problem of violence against women in the country, although the vast majority of cases involving attacks perpetrated by men.
According to the non-governmental Platform to Stop Violence Against Women, 286 women were murdered in Turkey in 2014 and 134 so far in 2015.
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It’s appalling that we don’t have sufficient mental health services for our children. Look at the absolute state of our mental health buildings that are centuries old, imagine adding the fear of them into the mix. Our government need to address this issue because unfortunately the numbers will continue to rise year on year.
Adult services arent much better. This country will never change
The Mental Health Commission state they have highlighted they “have CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHTED these issues in ANNUAL Reports since 2012 so why didn’t these issues received URGENT attention in 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016&2017?Why is only 6% of Health budget spent on Mental Health services?
Our government pledged 18m last budget for mental health services and within months retracted 12m ..shame on them
@Craig Barry: hell in 2016 Harris promised 35 million and it was reduced to 15million later on. It’s shocking but FG don’t care about the vulnerable in this country. Neither did Fianna Fáil by the way. The first cuts in the recession were to Special needs and mentally ill adults
With direct experience in respect of my own teen, the devastating frustration and pain that this grave failing is causing to kids, adults, families is nothing short of a national shame. Words cannot do justice to the hurt caused. It is state neglect of some of the most vulnerable in our society. Time to fix it Minister Simon Harris. #CALL FOR REFORM #CAMHS #YOUNG PEOPLE #MENTAL HEALTH
@Gail Weston: I feel your pain. My young teen started self harming at the start of March and wanted to end his life. On one of his appointment’s in Pieta House I was advised to bring him to A&E and that he would more than likely be kept in and given MED’s, when I said I’m not leaving my child in hospital to be given MED’s when nobody seems to know what his issues are. I was told my only other option was to take him home and watch him 24/7 so that’s what I did with no help or services, just told to bring him to A&E if I couldn’t cope. 5 mount’s down the road and nothing has changed, its heartbreaking.
I heard the case of a mother with two young kids and a troubled young teenage yound man who is threatening to kill all in the house. there is no place for him. she was told. she is terrified.
Yet again a cry for more resources for public services. Yet again no call for increased income tax if we want to pay for these resources. If we want better than what we have now we will have to pay more than what we are paying now.
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