12.06.2025 18:22
In relation to the murder of Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, the lawyer of Yüksel Güran, who received a life sentence, has submitted a petition to the Court of Cassation following the rejection of the appeal application. In the petition, it was stated, "It is requested that my client be released, considering that there is no evidence indicating strong suspicion of a crime."
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In the case related to the murder of Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, the lawyer of Yüksel Güran, who received a 'life imprisonment' sentence, Yılmaz Demiroğlu, submitted a petition for appeal to the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Appeal's 1st Criminal Chamber for it to be presented to the Court of Cassation after the rejection of the appeal application.
Narin Güran, who was found dead in a sack covered with three stones weighing 30, 25, and 20 kilograms and hidden among bushes in the stream bed on the 19th day of the search efforts after going missing in the rural Tavşantepe neighborhood of Bağlar district in Diyarbakır on August 21, 2024, was the subject of a case opened against 4 of the 12 people arrested in connection with her death at the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court.
UNCLE, MOTHER, AND BROTHER RECEIVED LIFE IMPRISONMENT
In the indictment prepared by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that Salim Güran, the uncle of Narin, who had DNA and hair samples belonging to Narin in his vehicle, along with his mother Yüksel Güran and brother Enes Güran, were arrested, and that their neighbors, who confessed to carrying the body to the stream bed, were found to have been in the same house at the time of the incident according to HTS and base station records. A request for aggravated life imprisonment was made for the crime of 'intentional murder of a child in participation.' In the second hearing of the case, which started on December 26 and ended on December 28, Salim Güran, Enes Güran, and Yüksel Güran were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for 'intentional murder of a child in participation,' while Nevzat Bahtiyar was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for 'destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime.' The court ruled for the continuation of the defendants' detention.
THE SENTENCE GIVEN BY THE COURT WAS UPHELD
The appeals of the lawyers of the detained defendants, the lawyers of the complainant, father Arif Güran, and the appeals submitted by the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Diyarbakır Bar Association as 'participants' were examined at the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court. The case file, consisting of 17 folders, along with the appeal applications, was sent to the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Appeal's 1st Criminal Chamber for evaluation. Upon the application, the Regional Court of Appeal's 1st Criminal Chamber upheld the prison sentences given by the court for 4 defendants with a majority vote on May 20.
APPEAL APPLICATION FROM YÜKSEL GÜRAN'S LAWYER
Yılmaz Demiroğlu, the lawyer of Yüksel Güran, submitted a petition for appeal to the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Appeal's 1st Criminal Chamber to be presented to the Court of Cassation.
In the request section of the petition, Demiroğlu stated that the decision given regarding his client Yüksel Güran was contrary to law, procedure, and statute, saying, "I request the decision to be reviewed through appeal, that the appeal examination be conducted with a hearing, that our appeal application be accepted and the judgment be overturned, that the decision subject to appeal is based on abstract and irrelevant justifications, and that the continuation of my client's detention based on the allegation of participation in the crime without any acceptable evidence, alongside the deep and indescribable pain experienced by a mother whose own daughter has been murdered, has led to an unjust public perception of 'guilty mother,' which will cause severe psychological destruction, moral collapse, and irreparable damages for her. Considering the existing evidence in the file, the nature of the incident, and the absence of strong evidence indicating a strong suspicion of crime against the defendant mother, I request a decision for my client's release," he expressed.
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