Turkish Gold

Title: Turkish Gold

Author: Sherief Mukhtar

Binding method: Unknown binding method

EAN: 9789055157358

Condition: Fair

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- As New: Hardly any signs of use, almost as new.
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- Fair: Book in fair condition. May show signs of use, such as discoloration, reading creases in spine, underlinings, notes, light soiling at edges, dog-ears, or a crooked spine.
- New: Book is new.

Description:
Sherief Mukhtar is young, drives a big BMW and has big plans for the future. Life is smiling on him and he is popular with women. Especially Turkish girls like him. His friends still warn him. Dating Turkish girls can sometimes go wrong. But Sherief is optimistic. He may be of Sudanese descent, but he is Muslim, isn't he?
All hell breaks loose when his girlfriend Aselya is seen with him on the street. Her father beats her black and blue and threatens Sherief with death. The young lovers decide to flee, but they have nowhere to go. Aselya's father and cousin have launched a manhunt, but the police seem only concerned with getting the underage girl home as soon as possible.
Turkish Gold is the thrilling, true story of one of the first male victims of honor killings in the Netherlands. About abuses in the Turkish community, inadequate authorities and a love that is cruelly broken off.
'Shocking!' - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Member of Parliament
'It is situations like these that make it clear that honour-related violence must be tackled vigorously.' - Rita Verdonk, Minister of Immigration and Integration
'Everyone who lives, works and talks in the Netherlands should read this book!' - Khadija Arib, Member of Parliament
'Shocking. Read it!' - Prem Radhakishun, TV presenter, lawyer, columnist
'It reads like a charm.' - Adelheid Roosen, theatre maker, writer
'Read it in one go.' - Renate van der Zee, writer, columnist
Turkish Gold is being filmed by Lodewijk Crijns, director of Loverboy (2003) and Met Grote Blijdschap (2001), among others.
A Turkish translation of the book will also be published.