Iraqi YouTuber who fled to Turkey was killed by his father

Tiba al-Ali, 22, who fled Iraq to Turkey in 2017 and is known for videos she shared on YouTube, was the victim of a gruesome murder planned by her family. Dreaming of marrying her Syrian boyfriend, Ali decided late last month to visit her hometown from which she fled five years ago.

The 22-year-old YouTuber, who has long had problems with his family, who is uncomfortable with his life in Turkey, returned to his country last month to support the Iraqi soccer team in the matches of the Iraq Cup. Gulf. Upon hearing this, her family kidnapped the girl to her hometown of Divaniye in southern Iraq.

Here, the young woman was brutally murdered by her father by strangulation under the name of “honor”.

It turned out that before the murder, the police tried to mediate between the family and the young woman. Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter that the Iraqi authorities had intervened to resolve the family crisis.

The father of the killer, who turned himself in, was said to be upset that the young woman lived alone in Turkey, and Ali was reported to have been knocked unconscious by drugs and kidnapped by his family’s men while he was meeting his mother in Baghdad.

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The young woman gained many followers with the videos she recorded about her day-to-day life in Turkey with her Syrian boyfriend. Ali’s death also sparked reactions on social media in Iraq. Some people called a demonstration for the young woman in Baghdad tomorrow.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Ala Talabani also commented that women are victims of outdated traditions because governments do not take adequate precautions. Amnesty International also condemned the killing and called for increased sentences to prevent so-called “honour killings” in Iraq.

Due to Iraq’s criminal laws, it is feared that the murderer’s father will be released without punishment after he claims to have committed “honour killing”.