Two women killed, two more injured

A man claimed he accidentally shot and killed his wife in Kocaeli's Dilovası district, the Sabah daily reported on Tuesday. Kerim Karik notified the paramedics, who arrived on the scene with police to find his six-months pregnant wife severely injured. Despite the emergency rescue teams' efforts, the woman and her unborn child died.

Another man shot his wife to death in Şanlıurfa, Sabah also reported on Tuesday. Mehmet Ş. and his wife, Şefika Ş., began to argue on Monday for reasons that are not yet known at their home in the village of Yedikuyu. The quarrel escalated when Mehmet Ş. found a shotgun and shot his wife. The body of Şefika Ş. was taken to the morgue at Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, and Mehmet Ş. was arrested.

Also in Şanlıurfa, a young girl was beaten up by her husband, who is also her relative, on Monday night, Haber 3 reported on Tuesday. S.Y. told her husband of six months, 17-year-old H.Y., that she wanted to leave and stay with her mother, but he refused. After the two began to argue, H.Y. proceeded to kick, slap and beat his wife. Upon notification by neighbors, the police arrived and separated the young couple. S.Y. was taken to the hospital for treatment, and H.Y. was arrested.

Erdi Zeytinci, 22, encountered his ex-wife D.Ö. on Monday in a park on the Seyhan Nehri seashore in Adana. An argument broke out between the two, and not long after, D.Ö. reportedly wanted to leave the park. Zeytinci began to run after D.Ö. and then stabbed her three times with a knife he was carrying on his person. Upon notification by witnesses in the park, an ambulance arrived on the scene and rushed D.Ö. to the hospital. After fleeing the scene, Zeytinci threw the knife into a nearby river and was detained by police. According to police reports, he said: “She lied and insulted me. I could not take it, so I stabbed her.” D.Ö. remains under hospital care and is in critical condition, according to hospital records.

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