28.02.2025 12:01
A new development has occurred in the case regarding the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır. It has been decided to consolidate the "Concealing a Criminal" cases opened against 12 adults, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 children. The trial of the 15 defendants will begin on April 14.
On August 21, 2024, in Diyarbakır, 8-year-old Narin Güran went missing, and her lifeless body was found on September 8, 2024, hidden in a sack covered with stones and bushes in Eğertutmaz Stream. A new development has occurred in the ongoing case regarding her murder. The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has been completed concerning 15 defendants, including 6 detained and 3 minors involved in the crime.
TWO CASE FILES MERGED
The indictment prepared by the prosecutor's office against detained defendants Birsen, Fuat, and Maşallah Güran, Salim Güran's worker Mehmet Selim Atasoy, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, as well as the suspects not in custody Şeyma Kaya, Hediye Güran, İbrahim Halil Güran, Barış Güran, Kurtuluş Güran, and Ömer Faruk Güran, for the crime of "aiding a criminal" seeks prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years. The indictment prepared for 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 the case with the one opened by the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court regarding 12 defendants, 6 of whom are detained, was evaluated.
TRIAL TO START ON APRIL 14
The trial of 12 defendants and 3 minors for the crime of "aiding a criminal" will begin on April 14.
In the Narin Güran murder case, the court panel decided on December 28, 2024, during the hearing, to sentence the detained defendants mother Yüksel, brother Enes, and uncle Salim Güran to aggravated life imprisonment for "intentional murder of a child in complicity," and Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin's lifeless body in Eğertutmaz Stream, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime," and to continue their detention status.