Turkish man released after allegedly stabbing ex-wife five times with a screwdriver

Turkey - A woman narrowly escaped death after she was allegedly stabbed five times with a screwdriver by her ex-husband in Istanbul’s Maltepe district on Sunday, after being denied official protection. She is now recovering in hospital protected only by her family as the suspect walks free. “The state could not protect me. The first time I made a complaint about my ex-husband, he did not appear