14.04.2025 07:52
Twelve defendants and three minors involved in the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır will appear before the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance today, charged with "aiding and abetting a criminal." The defendants face prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years.
Today, the trial of 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 minors charged in connection with the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır will begin.
THEY WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGE FOR "CONCEALING A CRIME"
In the central Bağlar district, the detained defendants Maşallah, Fuat, and Birsen Güran, Salim Güran's worker Mehmet Selim Atasoy, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, along with the non-detained defendants Şeyma Kaya, İbrahim Halil Güran, Hediye Güran, Barış Güran, Kurtuluş Güran, and Ömer Faruk Güran, as well as minors R.A. and İ.K. (17), will appear before the judge today at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance for the trial regarding the charge of "concealing a crime," which carries a prison sentence of 6 months to 5 years.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation regarding the murder of Narin Güran, who went missing in the Tavşantepe neighborhood of the central Bağlar district on August 21, 2024, and whose lifeless body was found in the Eğertutmaz Stream on September 8, 2024. An indictment was prepared by the Prosecutor's Office against 12 individuals, 6 of whom are in custody, for the crime of "concealing a crime," seeking a prison sentence of 6 months to 5 years. The indictment prepared against minors R.A. and İ.K. for the same crime was accepted by the 2nd Juvenile Court.
The 2nd Juvenile Court of Diyarbakır accepted the request to merge their case with the case opened against the 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance. The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against mother Yüksel, brother Enes, uncle Salim Güran, and Nevzat Bahtiyar has been completed. An indictment was prepared against 4 defendants for the crime of "intentional murder of a child in complicity," seeking aggravated life imprisonment, which was accepted by the Diyarbakır 8th Heavy Penal Court on October 23, 2024.
The trial of the defendants began on November 7, 2024, and during the hearing on December 28, 2024, the court panel decided to sentence the detained defendants Yüksel, Enes, and Salim Güran to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of "intentional murder of a child in complicity." Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin's lifeless body in the Eğertutmaz Stream, was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence," and their detention status was ordered to continue.