In Türkiye, a 17-year-old girl faces a life sentence for attempted premeditated murder of one of her relatives. Her newborn baby was discovered in a garbage container in Kastamonu District in November 2023. This became known on Thursday, April 2.
According to investigators, the girl hid her pregnancy from her family, placed her newborn in the toilet, put the child in a garbage bag, and asked her father, who suffers from a mental disability, to take out the garbage. The child was rescued after being admitted to hospital.
The girl was arrested, but in May 2025 the court lifted the arrest. In the final session, she denied the accusations and asked to be acquitted, claiming that she believed the child had died. The public prosecutor demanded life imprisonment. The court arrested the girl again, and the date of the next hearing has not been set. According to reports, the child is in a foster family RIA Novosti With reference to the source.
In December, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, a woman named Nur Hayat I. Her three-month-old daughter from the fourth floor. As a result of the fall, the child was seriously injured.