Cilem Karabulut

A Turkish court has freed from jail a young woman who murdered her husband after years of violent abuse in a case that became a rallying cause for feminists in the country, media reports said today.

Turkish authorities have detained a 28-year-old woman for murdering her husband out of "honour" after he repeatedly beat her and tried to force her into prostitution, reports said today.

A Turkish court has freed from jail a young woman who murdered her husband after years of violent abuse in a case that became a rallying cause for feminists in the country, media reports said today.

Turkish authorities have detained a 28-year-old woman for murdering her husband out of "honour" after he repeatedly beat her and tried to force her into prostitution, reports said today.