“Peace Bride” Activist Raped and Murdered in Turkey
Activist, meet reality…
Update: The suspect’s name has been released: Murat Karatas.
Italian ‘peace bride’ raped, murdered in Turkey
Naked body of artist hitchhiking in bridal gown on Israel peace mission found in forest; 33-year old Turkish man detained after confessing to crime
Associated Press – via YnetNews
04.12.08
A 33-year old Italian artist, Giuseppina Pasqualino, also known as Pippa Bacca, was found dead in Turkey on Saturday, after having been raped and murdered. Paqualino was hitchhiking towards Israel dressed in a wedding dress in an appeal for peace.
The woman was last seen on March 31 in the mainly industrial city of Gebze, while hitchhiking to Israel in the wedding dress as part of her “Brides on Tour” project aiming to plead for peace in conflict areas. She disappeared after using her credit card around noon. Police found her naked body hidden in bushes in a forested area near Gebze, after questioning the man suspected of the murder late Friday, the governor’s office said.
Police tracked down the suspect when he switched on Pasqualino’s mobile phone, having inserted his own SIM card, an Italian Embassy official said. The official asked not to be named because he was not authorized to give information on the police investigation.
The suspect, identified only by his initials M.K., Had previously been convicted of theft, Anatolia reported. He was being questioned in police custody and no charges had been filed.
According to reports, M.K confessed to having picked up Pasqualino in his car, after which he drove into the forest, where he raped her and strangled her to death. Afterwards he attempted to bury the body.
Determinedly working for art
Pasqualino’s fiancé said in an interview that the artist was “very loyal. Unfortunately, she happened to meet the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.” He also commended the Turkish police on a job well done.
The artist’s mother said, “We were hoping she had been kidnapped by the Kurdish. We were trying to contact Muslim officials until we found out she had been murdered. We weren’t particularly worried because she had been hitchhiking for a lot of time, and thus was capable of avoiding risky situations. She was a determined person when it had to do with working for art.”
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12 April, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Play with fire and you get what?
6 October, 2009 at 3:13 am
A Bride for Peace
The stefanic dove flew past you.
Alighting in a conifer close to your last breath.
Wedding bells still ringing in your mother’s ears.
Where is your groom ? Bride
where is your serene moment of happy unity?
Can it be lost eternally
in a sylvan grove of oak and conifer
flying like an errant veil
lost to the cold wind?
“You look so beautiful..”
A proud mother lifts your lace.
Cups your tearful cheeks and
kisses your blessed forehead.
“Serene and hopeful, Dear child.
The world’s hopes go with you.”
Find your impatient groom.
*******
What shall I wear
to compliment your virginal white.
Fedayeen scarf;
or Tuxedo black?
Stood amidst the silent ashes you wished to banish.
No one would care;
as long as you appeared
radiant as the snows of alpine Italy. (love this line!)
Smiling in excited hope
I would cease tap tapping my white kalashnikov shoes.
Eager for your vow.
Dressed in my best fedayeen green and my sea blue yamulka.
I would have loved you Pippa ,
I would have adored your hope
and (smiled) like our first born.
I would have gently cradled your love.
You never came.
And I still stand.
Still waiting.
Checking my calendar.
Alone.
Is this the day?
Tap tap tapping in my bright kalashnikov shoes
and fidgeting with my velvet yamulka
waiting for you;
the The Bride of Peace.
13 April, 2008 at 9:25 am
I just saw this over at Velvethammer’s site.
Speechless. Maybe not a smart thing to do. Maniacs everywhere.
Poor soul. It’s sad. But it is sadder than so many people just don’t “get it”.
13 April, 2008 at 9:49 am
Gramfan, you’ll probably like this page:
http://www.legnostorto.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21501
13 April, 2008 at 11:57 am
What an appropriate metaphor for the whole Mideast Peace process… Israel, the bride, wants only peace, yet she is surrounded by those wish to rape and murder her.
13 April, 2008 at 1:02 pm
She was killed by a nut in a country friendly to Jews and Italians. She could have been killed by a Jewish nut in Israel. Leave it to a Jew to spin her tragedy to and anti-Islam message.
13 April, 2008 at 1:10 pm
earl,
Put down the crack pipe and just walk away from it…
So, since no one mentioned Islam, I guess you are just confirming in a round about way the truth of the matter. Sounds like a guilty conscience to me…
13 April, 2008 at 1:15 pm
The rape of a woman without a male escort is common among muslims. It doesn’t seem to matter to some of them if the country is sharia based or not. She could have been murdered anywhere that part is true. The sad part of this story is she really thought her stunt would somehow help the peace process.
13 April, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I suppose a trusting hitchhiking woman doesn’t get raped and killed elsewhere but in the Muslim world. Ronin in Japanese meant rogue. Doctorbulldog is what the name says, a “dog”. I wish you people knew the meaning of a guilty conscience.
13 April, 2008 at 1:33 pm
earl,
I see you are still nursing on your crack pipe…
13 April, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Beats the heck out of what you nurse on.
13 April, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Actually that is not what “Ronin” means but lets skip that as I want to know what in your life went so wrongly that you feel the need to stop in just to insult me?
13 April, 2008 at 1:58 pm
If a hitchhiking woman is dressed the way she was in any country she might get in trouble pretty soon …. Everything is wrong from the start in this story, no wonder it ended that way…
Have look at the provocative Pippa waiting on the highway ….(You simply don’t dress that way in a foreign country and especially in a Muslim country, unless you are insane…. the symbolism is completely wrong and tells every psychopath that you could be the potential victim they are looking for):
http://www.corriere.it/Fotogallery/Tagliate/2008/04_Aprile/12/PIP/02.JPG
Her “trip” in pictures:
http://bridesontour.fotoup.net/archivio_tappe
If you want you can leave a message of condolence on this page:
http://bridesontour.fotoup.net/messaggi
And here is the video she made just before leaving:
http://mediacenter.corriere.it/MediaCenter/action/player?uuid=d8371bbe-0870-11dd-883b-00144f486ba6
13 April, 2008 at 2:01 pm
You started with the crack pipe. But you’re just not worth it. Keep on trashing what you consider your enemies at America’s expense. Have a nice life.
13 April, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I can see from your answer that reading and comprehension are not skill sets you have mastered.
Warning people of an evil, oppressive and extremist power masquerading as a religion is not a threat to America. Close-minded appeasement at all costs types like you are. Out of politeness, I should return your wish for a nice life but the anger in your posts is an indication that you are a very miserable man and my good wishes will not change that.
13 April, 2008 at 2:16 pm
earl,
“But you’re just not worth it”
It was obvious to all that you were not here to engage us in intelligent, or even thought-provoking conversation, thus, you were never worthy of a legitimate response.
“Have a nice life.”
Thanks, I will.
13 April, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Troll alert!
Do not feed the Troll.
8 August, 2008 at 2:19 pm
earl buller
She was killed by a nut in a country friendly to Jews and Italians. She could have been killed by a Jewish nut in Israel. Leave it to a Jew to spin her tragedy to and anti-Islam message.
really? And where do you get your info?
14 April, 2010 at 3:36 am
Doctorbulldog and Ronin, I have read your commenst and desided that you are right f-mohammed and islam. Mohammed was scum, just human trash. I profess him to be slime and dare any muslim to discuss this with me, late at night. Screw all muslims.