Young Turkish Men & Suicide

From The Times:

"Orhan Kaya and Can Onel were the first to kill themselves. The two friends, aged 24 and 19, hanged themselves at the same spot in the same church graveyard in Hackney, within weeks of each other in the summer. Since then, seven more have followed suit. The latest is Murat Yaldir, 23, found hanged last week by the owner of the takeaway he worked for. Almost all the suicides have taken place in the heart of Britain’s Turkish community in North and East London. The grim statistics show that Turkish and Kurdish men are now the ethnic groups most vulnerable to suicide in this country. Taking into account the recent cluster of suicides, they are about seven times more likely to commit suicide than South Asians, the next most susceptible group. The present suicide rate among Turkish men is double the national average."

Now read on.

Comments

[pasa demir]

orhan was my brothers best frend and can onel wasmy best freind i tried and tried to understandwhy and never had an answer ..ORHAN AND CAN U WILL ALLWAYS BE IN MY HEART SOMETIMESI CRY WHEN I THNK ABOUT YOUS..

[Jillian Russell]

I used to be Can's girlfriend, the pain will never go away and we will never understand why he did this, Can was one in the best people I knew I still can't believe this happened to him, I will miss him forever

Forever in my heart

Jill xxx

[Radz soyal]

When i saw the dates on your grave, i relised Its going to be 7 years in july that u have gone. Times gone so quick. I think of u like its only been a few months. Miss u so much. U are always in my heart ORHAN KAYA... R.I.P xxx

Radz

[Meltem]

I am cans cousin. we all knew he was one in a million he obviously done this because of the stress people around him gave to him and other issue that caused him to stress, his gone 4 now but oneday we will reunite i knw tht cuz love you to bitz and forever, Orhan i never had to chance to meet him and is all my friends friend, which ive heard alot of good stuff about him i knw he was just like my cuz..! Rest in peace ORHAN and ❤️CAN aka TERMINATOR... :-(

Meltem

[Cem]

Orhan i speak ur name in my heart and in my brain every day of my life, i knw u hear me i knw ur alwayz around. Today we had had a long chat at ur grave and the only question i had to ask was why? I try, i look for a reason, for a clue but im left blank. Many of our young turkish/kurdish boys has ended their lives. Where no one will ever knw the reasons. The only thing we could do is say our prayers and to hope they are in a gd place watching over us. Always will remember been woken up every morning by ur msg "good monrning my star". U will always be on my mind, ur name will be on the tip of my tongue until the last breathe i take. I promise. Ur alwayz gna be in my heart.
R.I.P ORHAN KAYA....
R.I.P CAN,SERHAT,OLGU and all of our loved ones

Cem

[Radz]

Orhan u still being missed and u are not forgotten xxx