Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü was a Kurdish-Turkish woman living in Germany whose family was originally from Erzurum, Turkey. She was murdered at the age of 23 in Berlin, by her youngest brother, in an honor killing and sororicide. Sürücü had divorced the cousin she was forced to marry at the age of 16, and was reportedly dating a German man. Her murder inflamed a public debate over forced marriage in Muslim families.

Pela Atroshi was a 19-year-old Kurd from Farsta, Sweden. She was murdered in an honor killing by family members after being taken from Sweden to Duhok in Kurdistan. She was deemed to have brought shame on the family by moving out of the family home and trying to achieve some independence.