14.11.2025 17:22
A teacher named Mahmut Aydın Köksar, who was on trial for allegedly sexually abusing 28 students in Antalya, has had a verdict announced in his retrial following the Court of Cassation's decision to overturn the previous ruling. The court ruled that Köksar committed the crime of "Qualified Sexual Abuse" against 19 children and sentenced the defendant to 500 years in prison without any reductions.
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Mahmut Aydın Köksar, a teacher who was arrested 8 years ago on charges of sexual abuse against students at an elementary school in the Kepez district of Antalya, was sentenced to a total of 621 years in prison by the Antalya 6th High Criminal Court for committing the crime of 'Qualified sexual abuse' against 27 children, with no reductions applied.
THE FILE WAS RETURNED FROM THE APPEAL
Mahmut Aydın Köksar, who was also banned from teaching, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing a similar crime against 1 more child within the same case. Köksar, who was sentenced to a total of 636 years in prison, had his case file returned from the appeal due to the lack of reports for 6 children.
INVALIDATED DUE TO ILLEGALITIES
The 9th Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, to which the file was sent, overturned the conviction ruling for the crime of "Qualified sexual abuse" against 12 children. The decision of the 6th Criminal Chamber of the Regional Court of Appeal was overturned due to "legal violations that would affect the ruling and insufficient evidence." The file, which was returned to the Antalya 6th High Criminal Court, was combined with the file in which the trial for 6 children was ongoing.
500 YEARS WITHOUT REDUCTION
The trial of Mahmut Aydın Köksar continued. The defendant reiterated his previous statements. The court panel ruled that the defendant should be punished separately for the 19 children involved in the file for the crime of 'Qualified sexual abuse'. Köksar was sentenced to a total of 500 years in prison. The court did not apply any reductions to the defendant's sentence.
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