Şeref

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Şeref ( Turkish honor, respect, respect ) is one of the four ethical categories that are of central importance for the value structure in traditional- Islamic - Turkish culture. The term stands for the personal dignity of the individual; in addition, it shapes the relationships between a household and other households.

The Islamic scholar J. Aumüller explains that within the framework of ethnic boundaries, this concept of honor is also assigned a constructive function for peaceful cooperation between different groups. While the relationships within the family are hierarchically ordered, the concept of honor outside the family creates equality between men and contributes to the preservation of the integrity and dignity of the individual. The honor of the man is the capital or the gift for the establishment of a social equilibrium, and the relationship between men is in turn characterized by the exchange of gifts. However, giving and giving in exchange should never be of equal value in order to maintain the dynamic of the exchange. A man's position in society depends on his “exchange relationships”. Honor functions here as a “social exchange principle”.

Werner Schiffauer judges that the value with which this is expressed is called şeref . Şeref acquire "who is generous, who has many debtors". In contrast to this, honor ( namus ) cannot be acquired, but only lost. The tension between namus and şeref , between equality and inequality, determines the relationships between men in the Turkish village: Equality should not always prevail, because that would mean conflict, nor permanent inequality. The inequality created by a gift must be reversible. A gift whose value does not suggest retribution is "an insult".

The restoration of the Şeref is one of the possible motives for an honor killing in Turkey .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Schiffauer : The violence of honor. Explanations on a German-Turkish sexual conflict . 9th edition Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1995, ISBN 3-518-37394-3 , p. 70
  2. ↑ Hülya Özaktürk: Honor killings in Turkey / Türkiye'de Namus Cinayetleri (= Pera-Blätter. 22). Orient-Institut Istanbul / Max Weber Foundation, Bonn 2012 ( online in German and Turkish )