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Complaint Filed Against Uludere Victims' Relative For Twitter Posts

29.01.2015 09:36

Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) Şırnak Division Col. Abdullah Baysal has filed a complaint against Veli Encü, a man who lost 11 members of his family in the 2011 Uludere massacre, for defamation on his Twitter account. Baysal, who was commander of the Gülyazı regiment at the time of the massacre, recently filed a complaint for which which prosecutors have requested an indictment claiming that Encü had posted insults victimizing a public servant. The indictment also included printouts of what was posted on the Internet as evidence, and has since been accepted by the Uludere Criminal Court. In January 2014 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the General Staff announced that there was a lack of grounds for legal action against five military personnel on charges of dereliction of duty. After the military prosecutor's decision, lawyers representing the families appealed to the Constitutional Court, in August 2014, asking that those responsible for the attack be exposed and for

Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) Şırnak Division Col. Abdullah Baysal has filed a complaint against Veli Encü, a man who lost 11 members of his family in the 2011 Uludere massacre, for defamation on his Twitter account.

Baysal, who was commander of the Gülyazı regiment at the time of the massacre, recently filed a complaint for which which prosecutors have requested an indictment claiming that Encü had posted insults victimizing a public servant. The indictment also included printouts of what was posted on the Internet as evidence, and has since been accepted by the Uludere Criminal Court.

In January 2014 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the General Staff announced that there was a lack of grounds for legal action against five military personnel on charges of dereliction of duty. After the military prosecutor's decision, lawyers representing the families appealed to the Constitutional Court, in August 2014, asking that those responsible for the attack be exposed and for a reversal of the military prosecutor's decision to close the investigation. The top court is still deliberating the case, and if the desired ruling is not forthcoming, the families' lawyers will take the case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

“No progress has been made in hearings for the Uludere massacre, but when it comes to one of their own family members, they act with jet speed,” Encü stated, according to the Taraf daily. “They express their discomfort every time we bring the massacre back on to the agenda. Regardless of these threats, we will never give up on our search for justice,” Encü further commented.

On his Twitter account, Encü also wrote: “Not only did you carry out a massacre but you also insult us with threats. Is that so what you have done will not be [perceived as] a crime, but ours [insults on Twitter] will be?”

On Dec. 28, 2011, Turkish fighter jets bombed smugglers mistakenly believed to be members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) near Uludere, in the province of Şırnak, sparking outrage in the country. The military stated that warplanes had targeted the group, which was approaching the Turkish border from the Iraqi side, based on intelligence suggesting that a group of armed terrorists would be staging an attack on Turkish military posts.

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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