A young girl who was forced into marriage has suffered a horrible tragedy after giving birth to her first baby.
Derya B
This is the young beautiful girl who was forced into marriage and ended up suffering a tragic fate after childbirth.
Identified only as Derya B, the child bride in Turkey died of a brain hemorrhage after giving birth at the age of 15.
According to The Independent, the bleed thought to have killed her is believed to have been associated with going into labour at such a young age.
Derya B was married in a religious ceremony at the age of 14.
After delivering her baby in a village in the Mukti district of Turkey, the girl was taken to the Batman hospital in eastern Turkey with complaints of nausea, vomiting and a headache. She was admitted to intensive care, but died two days later.
Prosecutors have launched an inquiry into the death and her body has been taken to the Batman Regional hospital for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death.
Gynaecology expert Professor Aydan Biri told the Hurriyet Daily News Derya B's death was likely to have been caused by her going through childbirth so young.
“It is dangerous for a child bride to get pregnant,” she said. “The pregnancies of children who have not completed their physical development and whose organs have not yet completely developed often end in death.”
One third of girls in developing countries, apart from in China, are married before the age of 18. One in nine are wed before their 15th birthday, according to UN data.