A father has been jailed for life for murdering his 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honour killing.
Tulay Goren disappeared in 1999 after having a relationship with a man her family disapproved of.
At the Old Bailey, her father Mehmet, 49, was convicted of murder seving a minimum of 22 years.
His brothers Cuma Goren, 42, and Ali Goren, 55, were cleared of the charge.
Tulay was last seen at her home in north London, in January 1999.
A friend of the schoolgirl told that Goren may have been pregnant just before she disappeared. The court previously heard Mehmet Goren disapproved of Tulay’s relationship with factory worker Halil Unal because of religious differences and the fact Mr Unal was 15 years older than Tulay.
The judge in the case, Mr Justice Bean, said Goren’s attempts to appear a “thoroughly modern and enlightened family man failed to deceive the jury”.
“The reality is that your enigmatic smile conceals a violent and dominating personality,” he told the killer.
“Your wife Hanim has finally had the courage to break free of the domination and reveal what she knew of what you did in January 1999.”
Goren disposed of the schoolgirl’s body “with such ingenuity that it has never been found”, the judge said.
“There is nothing honourable about such a hideous practice or the people who carry it out,” he added. The court had heard that on 7 January 1999, the part-time fish and chip shop worker, told his son Tuncay to kiss Tulay goodbye at their home in Woodford Green, London, as he would never see his sister again. Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said he killed Tulay “to restore the so-called honour” of the family, who originate from Turkey.
The term “honour” was an “appalling and inappropriate way” to “dignify” the offence, he added.