Amed (Diyarbakır)- The rate of sexual assault and incest cases against women and girls is on the rise in Turkey. One of the incest cases has recently emerged in the Bismil district of Amed. According to the received reports, two siblings were subjected to rape by their 24-year-old stepbrother namely E.Ö. for two years.

The incident was revealed when their mother realized the situation and filed a criminal complaint against E.Ö. After the criminal complaint, the children were transferred to the Child Monitoring Center (Çocuk İzleme Merkezi- ÇİM).

The arrest of the perpetrator 

On December 14, the statements of the mother and children were taken in the presence of a psychologist. E.Ö. has been reportedly arrested for rape in the first degree.