Murder of Şehzade Mustafa as an ordinary but very painful event in terms of the Ottoman history

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Pediatric neurosurgeons are committed to not only treating physical neurological diseases of babies, children, and teens but also attending to the emotional health and social well-being of the kids (as well as their families) for success at home, at school, and in the community. There has been an increased number of research revealing that one of every four children is a stepchild at present, and it is anticipated that the stepfamily will be the predominant type of family in the future (http://​www.​dartmouth.​edu/​∼eap/​library/​Wicked%2520Stepmother%2520Myth.​doc). In the past, the stepmother’s role was to replace a child’s biological mother after her death, as it was in the Cinderella story, but it is most likely as a result of increased divorce rate in today’s modern world. Apparently, a stepmother cannot be expected to show love and affection for a child in the extent that can be demonstrated by a biological mother. Therefore, the stepmother phenomenon is one of the most important factors most likely to affect children and this may result in serious problems, as did in the following tragic story. …