Istanbul Convention: Last Image Of Teen Womens Rights Campaigner Before Boyfriend Stabbed Her To Death
This is the last picture taken of a schoolgirl women’s rights activist for an ID card she will now never use as a short while later she was murdered and her throat cut allegedly by her boyfriend.
The images were released as Turkish president Erdogan announced that the country was leaving the Istanbul Convention designed to guarantee the rights of women and girls.
The young woman seen here, identified as Gizem Canbulut, 17, was an outspoken critic of the country’s treatment of women, and is also now the latest victim of domestic violence.
In one post before she died, she had complained that “women die far too easily” in Turkey.
This last image of her was captured in a photography studio in the district of Bucak in the south-western Turkish city of Burdur on 17th March.
Gizem can be seen passing through the studio with her friend and father, where the teen reportedly got a photo taken for her ID card.
The teen, her dad and her friend then left the shop and drove off, and these pictures have now become the last images ever taken of Gizem alive.
A short while later she was stabbed dead in a nearby park after having her throat slit when meeting with her boyfriend Eren Yildiz, 19, at the nearby park.
It has not yet been revealed what they argued about, but during the row, Yildiz pulled out a knife and slashed the teen’s throat.
Local media said Yildiz ran home after the incident and called the police to confess, with officers arresting him shortly afterwards.
The teenager’s body was found lifeless in the park by police officers after the suspect gave them its location.
Gizem was a feminist and often posted on social media about the violence women face in Turkey.
In one post in July 2020, after the dead body of Turkish woman Pinar Gultekin was found in the city of Mugla, Gizem shared the message: “Living in Turkey as a woman is hard, women die far too easily.”
The teen’s body was buried in the village of Susuz with family members and friends attending the ceremony last Thursday (18 March).
The suspect remains in custody as the investigation continues.
