2) Hanife by Sevgi Soysal

The short story ,called 'Hanife', places in 'Barış Adlı Çocuk' which was written by Sevgi Soysal. This story tells that the reason of killing Hanife, the personality of Hanife, the idea by killers in order to kill Hanife and the juggement of villagers to Hanife.

Before I said my opinion about the story, I wanted to introduce Hanife. Hanife is a 15 years old girl who lived in village with her family. Her family arranged marriage when she was little with Mustafa. She is growing up without love by family.When she grown, she wanted to be the wife od governor. I do not understand why she want that but I just predict that she may have money or she may be in bigger status from her family because she sometimes she called her brother as peasant. Also, story starts with the death of Hanife. The reason of that Hanife dishonoured because she was cheated by Hasan. Hasan said that he made her the wife of governor and he wanted to be with Hanife but Hanife did not. After that Hasan beated Hanife and he took what he wanted from her. So, she dishonour and she became bad girl in the eyes of society and family. This is the reason why Hanife was killed by her family is that the cleaning the honour of family.

I read this story criously because I saw the view of village to women. According to society, the guilty is Hanife and her offence is that the relationship with Hasan forceto. In the village women are guilty whatever they do and also everybody accepts these stiuation, they accept that female generation could be guilty without the judgement. I can understand that from the act of other women in village. Thay said she was a bad woman and they, even children, throw stone to her corpse. Besides her innocence, she had already been killed, that is enough; why they lapidated. Nobody judge that, nobody asked why she became bad women. Her brother saw them, he saw that she did did not want to be with Hasan and he saw that Hasan used her as using violence but Ahmet thought the honour of family. He thought that they have to kill Hanife in order to absolve their name. He did not wanted to help her. Additionally, there is no word about Hasan. However, women can be used, beated and dishonoured; and they are always guilty in society. Why it could be like that, why any women did not judge their situation or why they did not advocate their right in society as a human.

I researched some information about Sevgi Soysal and I supose she wanted to attract attention to the place of women with her stories and she succeed that. So, I agree with her about the injustice against women.