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IN Network's Turkey country director Behnan Konutgan says the victims' families are being represented by 23 top human rights lawyers in Turkey. "Those lawyers support us and defend our case without getting any money just because of human rights, and they are doing a great thing. They want to go deep and see who is behind the killing of our brothers."
The attorneys are receiving death threats. But the courts have rejected requests for their protection. It is suspected that the five men accused of murder may have been put up to the killing by other individuals or an organization.
Konutgan describes the turmoil within the culture. "To be Turkish is to be Muslim, and you cannot separate it. When we say that we are Christians, they think we are not Turkish, that we're traitors to the country, and we are enemies of the country. That makes great difficulties."
Much good has come from the murders, however. One teen girl was trying to rebel from her family. Becoming a Christian would be a great insult to them, so she purchased a New Testament. She didn't start reading it intently until she saw the murder story on television. Konutgan says, "She [started] reading the New Testament seriously and later on became a Christian. She went to the office to change her identity without knowing any Christians. Now she's a Christian."
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