Rabia Gursoy

For families reeling from murder-suicide, there are few places for support Survivors experience a specific grief within gun violence, and many describe feeling invisible in broader bereavement communities

For families left reeling from murder-suicide, there are few places to turn for support. I reported this story for
@prismreports.org I learned so much and I think you will too. Give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/07/31/m...

Back when I was reporting daily news, we’d often cover murder-suicide cases. I always found myself thinking about the loved ones left behind. So, I decided to dig deeper.

For families reeling from murder-suicide, there are few places for support Survivors experience a specific grief within gun violence, and many describe feeling invisible in broader bereavement communities

For families left reeling from murder-suicide, there are few places to turn to for support, Rabia Gursoy reports. Survivors experience a specific grief within gun violence, & many describe feeling invisible in broader bereavement communities.
prismreports.org/2025/07/31/m...

“Now I try to avoid writing songs that are political,” Hozan says. “But no matter what I do, even if I don’t intend to, my pen touches it — it touches those suffering under politics. I can’t write 100% soft love songs because my pen slips; no matter what I do, it always ends up there.” ⤵️

Kurdish Musician Hozan Cane Recalls Her Political Imprisonment in Turkey The ordeal that still haunts her is representative of increasing human rights violations in the country

“Prison is a place for lions,” she wrote on the wall of her cell using the charred stick. “Cowards and jackals, they only keep lions in such places. They keep them there because of their own fears.”

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