14.04.2025 10:11
The trial has begun for 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, regarding the charge of "aiding and abetting" in the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, as well as for 3 minors involved in the crime. After the identification process, the defendants' statements are being taken.
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The trial of 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 minors charged with the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır has begun. The detained defendants include Birsen, Fuat, and Maşallah Güran, Mehmet Selim Atasoy, who is an employee of Salim Güran, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, along with the non-detained defendants Şeyma Kaya, Hediye Güran, İbrahim Halil Güran, Barış Güran, Kurtuluş Güran, and Ömer Faruk Güran, as well as the minors R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and İ.K. (17). The case, which has been opened with a request for imprisonment of 6 months to 5 years for the crime of "aiding a criminal," is being heard at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance.
DEFENDANTS BROUGHT TO DIYARBAKIR COURTHOUSE
The detained defendants were brought to the Diyarbakır Courthouse from the Diyarbakır Penal Institutions Campus with extensive security measures using prison transport vehicles.
DEFENSE STATEMENTS HAVE BEGUN TO BE TAKEN
In the first hearing of the closed trial, 12 defendants, 3 minors, and their lawyers were present. After the identification of the defendants, the taking of their defense statements began.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office 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, was completed against 12 people, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 minors. The indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against 12 people for the crime of "aiding a criminal" requested imprisonment of 6 months to 5 years, and the indictment prepared for the minors R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and İ.K. (17) for the same crime was accepted by the 2nd Juvenile Court. The request of the Diyarbakır 2nd Juvenile Court 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 was accepted.
MOTHER, BROTHER, AND UNCLE SENTENCED TO AGGRAVATED LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against mother Yüksel, brother Enes, and uncle Salim Güran, as well as Nevzat Bahtiyar, was completed, and the indictment prepared against the 4 defendants for the crime of "intentional murder of a child in complicity" requested aggravated life imprisonment. This indictment was accepted by the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal 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," while 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 "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime," and their detention status was continued.
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