As someone who is fluent in turkish, i can understand that the dotted "i" and the undotted "i" can cause confusion.
I am very confused about how the phone changed the "a" at the end of his word to an "e" that appeared on her phone (which would grammatically change the context and make it clear that's NOT what he meant).

this has been a problem for a while, and still is with online chatting programs like msn (if you run an english version and they run a turkish one). That dot above the i really does give it a whole new meaning....

But you know what, that relationship probably wasn't going to last anyway.

Do not use cellphone SMS for serious matters.
Even if localized properly, transmission errors can still occur.

And not better personal communication? Or anger management? 

Just like the press after a terrible tragedy... blame some stupid device because it's easier than blaming the people who chose to do wrong.... 

Does anyone seriously believe the cellphone made the family greet the young man with knives? Sigh.

Haha, yeah it's CLEARLY the cellphone that needs to be fixed, clearly that's the issue.

It's a wild, wild West out there. Seriusly.

How does that current TV ad for mobile phones go ? 

Ah, yes; "A Connected World is a Better World".

...how do you pronounce a dotless ı?

You might want to visit www.darwinawards.com yourself and read up on the rules before making a claim that a story like this is appropriate for that site. Not only are "lovers quarrels" between two people exceedingly common (not to mention deaths resulting from these types of fights) but there's no self-selection occurring here either. This story wouldn't qualify for at least those two reasons.

...and I am hearing a thundering sigh of relief from some mobile phone SW companies that this did not happen on US territory. Else some company or other would be sure to sued to bits and eventually go broke over this matter.

I couldn't help but notice that your "link" to the Turkish source for this story is nothing but an anchor, not a link at all.

The link's over on Gizmodo, but I never got to read the story. I was too busy reading all the comments. (Poor sister Tilde.)

I think Turkey has larger problems at hand than just cellphone localization...

It's a modern-day fairy tale.

Perhaps investing more into trying to not be a 3rd world country is what is needed.

21st century technology, 11th century mentality. w00t for behaving in a civil manner.