JINHA

ELAZÎZ - Women activists have buried 35-year-old Güneş Kaynak, whose body was found in pieces in a garbage dump in Istanbul, in her native province of Elazığ.

35-year-old Güneş Kaynak was slain by her boyfriend earlier this month. Her body was recovered in a trash dump in the city of Istanbul's Şile district. A group of women transported Güneş' body her to her native village in the largely Kurdish province of Elazığ. They bore the coffin to a rural graveyard for a tearful ceremony.

Police have arrested Bayram F., the man accused of killing Güneş and cutting her body into pieces, along with nine others. Video footage shows the man making three trips to the dump to dispose of the pieces of Güneş' body on August 11.

Gülten Erdoğan, the village headwoman in Güneş' native village, joined in Güneş' funeral ceremony. Güneş' only crime, she said, was that she had rejected a marriage proposal from a man who was already married.

"God willing, the violence against women will end and God willing this will be the last body," said Gülten.

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