"The Whore lived like a German"

She's beautiful, isn't she?

Brother admits to honor killing.

A young Turkish man told a Berlin court Wednesday that he murdered his sister, Hatin Sürücü, earlier this year because he didn't approve of her lifestyle.

His two brothers, age 24 and 26, are also on trial and her death attracted nationwide attention after she was shot dead at a Berlin bus stop last February.
To me, she sounds like an interesting, young woman who just wanted to become a member of the 21st century.

Hatin Sürücü,23, grew up in Germany but was forced into a marriage with a cousin from Turkey in 1998. Her son was born in Berlin in May 1999, and Sürücü subsequently refused to return to Turkey. Six months later, she moved out of her parents home and began to train as an electrician, turning her back on her conservative family. She also abandoned hijab.

As is often the case, the youngest took the rap to take advantage of lighter criminal penalties. He even expressed remorse in the hope that the quality of mercy would not be strained.

"I killed my sister, and I acted alone," said 19-year-old Ayhan S. via his lawyer. "Today, I can can no longer understand my actions."

The two other brothers, aged 24 and 26, said they were not involved with the slaying of the sister.
Hatin's death brings the number of "honour killing" murders in Germany to 45 in the past eight years. There have been six in Berlin in the past six months.