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...Women are locked away in a room with a rope and put under pressure. Or they might be forced to take rat poison," says Nebahat Akkoc, founder of Ka-Mer, a women's rights group in Diyarbakir, the regional capital of the south-east. Last week the U.N. sent Yakin Ertürk, rapporteur on violence against women, on a fact-finding mission to investigate the suicides. Some 70 women die in honor killings in Turkey every year, mostly in the southeast, women's groups say. The real figure may be higher - in remote villages, deaths can often go unrecorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dishonorable Deaths | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...first heard this story in a Virginia barbershop many years after the Titans' famous victories and instantly decided that latter-day America needed to contemplate it. The producer, who is normally associated with high-tech action movies, is inordinately proud of the result, despite the bruising direction of Boaz Yakin. Bruckheimer seems to think they've made an art film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fumbled | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...Whackin' Yakin' Punchin' Pals: The punching bag that talks trash: "Come here, wimp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For the Little Monster | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...inner city. But we have not seen that story Fresh, from the perspective of young Michael (Sean Nelson), who has a lively brain and a vengeful spirit to ensure his success on the streets. Nor have we seen the tale through the acute camera eye of writer-director Boaz Yakin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: The Little Movies That Could | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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