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Turkish court has ordered to release the Turkish brothers, Orhan Okumus and Baris Okumus, who are suspected of pushing an Armenian woman to suicide, Ermenihaber.am news website reported.

Narine Mkrtchyan, 24, Armenian citizen, moved to Turkey 4 years ago for work. She was subjected to sexual blackmail by Orhan and Baris and committed suicide.

A hearing on Narine Mkrtchyan’s suicide case has been held at Istanbul Court of First Instance lately.

Narine’s mother, Nune Mkrtchyan, also attended the hearing. She told the court that Narine had told her on the phone that the Turkish brothers took nude photos of her and were blackmailing her. Narine’s co-workers confirmed that she had been blackmailed and had told them she was going to commit suicide.

According to the source, at the end of the hearing the judge ruled that the suspects should be released.

Narine lived in Istanbul’s Kumapi district together with a brother and a stepfather. She fell in love with Orhan, her neighbor, who promised to marry her and took nude photos of her. Orhan’s brother later threatened the woman with showing the photos to her brother if she disagreed to cohabit with him. As the family resided in Turkey illegally, Narine could not turn to the police. She committed suicide on February 28 by drinking poison.