Brothers beat sister with baseball bats for dying hair, putting on make-up

ISTANBUL

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A Turkish court has ordered the mental evaluation and treatment of two Turkish brothers who allegedly beat their 30-year-old sister with baseball bats for dying her hair blond and putting on make up, daily Hürriyet reported.
 
The brothers caught up with the victim as she was leaving the house with her children and attacked her with baseball bats on Sept. 11 in Ankara’s Keçiören district. She was told not to go to the police but did so several days after the beating occurred.
 
The court ordered an evaluation of the attackers' mental state, and the necessary treatment following the diagnosis.  
 
The victim has been placed under state protection.