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Murder of Özgecan Aslan — the full case file

SOLVEDMersin, Turkey3:011 September 2026

Özgecan Aslan, a 19-year-old Turkish psychology student, was murdered on a minibus in Mersin on 11 February 2015 while resisting an attempted rape; her killing triggered nationwide protests and a national conversation on violence against women in Turkey.

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