(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) 2016-9-21"/> September 21, 2016 Ankara- Turkish court has remanded in custody a man who kicked a young woman in the face because she was wearing shorts, after his initial release sparked a furore among activists, reports said on Tuesday.
In a case which galvanised public opinion, Abdullah Cakiroglu was first detained but then freed at the weekend despite confessing to kicking nurse Aysegul Terzi in the face on a public bus on September 12.
After protests, an Istanbul court on Monday placed Cakiroglu (35) under arrest ahead of trial on charges of 'inciting hatred and hostility' and 'preventing a person's right to exercise their freedom of belief, thought and opinion'.
Terzi (23) said that during the attack, Cakiroglu told her 'because she was wearing shorts, she had no right to live' as she showed the bruises on her chin. 'I am often crying, I often find myself angry, I am often feeling like someone is about to attack me,' she told Show TV channel on Friday.
Cakiroglu was quoted by Dogan news agency as saying 'Aysegul's clothing was not normal' and that her style of dress 'provoked' him.
However, the security guard admitted in a statement what he did 'was not right' and told police at the weekend he was suffering from a mental illness, having previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, the agency reported.
Turkish Family and Social Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya said she was saddened by the incident 'as a human, as a woman and as a minister'.
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