Turkish Singer Shot In Head For Appearing On TV Talent Show Wakes From Coma

A Turkish woman who was shot in
the head after ignoring threats not to appear on a TV talent show has woken
from a coma. Mutlu Kaya, 19, had been warned her life was in danger if she sang
on Sesi Cok Guze, a show similar to Britain’s Got Talent.

Sections of Turkish society are
unhappy at the perceived liberalisation of women in the majority Muslim
country.

Mutlu defied the threats and sang
on the show but was later found having been gunned down at her home in the
orthodox Kurdish in the Diyarbakir province.

A man entered her home and shot
her in the head through a window, her father said. She had been preparing to
appear on the talent show again.

Mutlu was left in a critical
condition – but has incredibly now awoken after being in a coma for more than a
month.

She conscious, able to communicate
with family and friends and doctors are hopeful she will make a full recovery.

Kaya’s ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old
Veysel Ercan, was charged with attempted murder in May.

The attack came amid fierce debate
about violence against women in Turkey.

According to the non-governmental
Platform to Stop Violence Against Women, 286 women were murdered in Turkey in
2014, and incredibly 134 so far in 2015.