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26-year old Ahmet Yildiz was a gay man in a loving relationship with a German Turkish man.
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.But when he told his family about his sexuality, his 49-year old father reportedly shot him dead.
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Yahya Yildiz is being tried in absentia for fatally wounding his son.
He has under charge of being in possession of firearms and of premeditated murder.
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A second hearing is due to take place on December 23.
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Is this, as some media would have it, Turkey's first gay 'honour killing'?
Source: DNA - 11/Sep/2009.
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