30.05.2025 20:00
A verdict has been reached in the case regarding the murder of Narin Güran, in which 15 defendants, including 6 in custody and 3 minors charged with the crime, were tried for the offense of "aiding and abetting a criminal." The court sentenced all the defendants.
In the case regarding the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran, 15 defendants were sentenced, including 6 who are in custody and 3 who are minors involved in the crime.
The trial continued for 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 minors involved in the crime, regarding the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır.
The detained defendants Birsen, Fuat, and Maşallah Güran, along with Salim Güran's worker Mehmet Selim Atasoy, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, as well as the non-detained defendants Şeyma Kaya, Hediye Güran, İbrahim Halil Güran, Barış Güran, Kurtuluş Güran, and Ömer Faruk Güran, along with the minors R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and İ.K. (17), faced charges of "aiding a criminal" with prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years. The case was heard at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance.
During the fourth hearing of the closed trial, 12 defendants, 3 minors involved in the crime, and their lawyers were present.
DEFENDANTS PRESENTED THEIR DEFENSE
The hearing began with the public prosecutor reading the opinion prepared on the merits of the case. The 12 defendants in custody and the 3 minors involved in the crime presented their defenses regarding the opinion.
PENALTIES WERE IMPOSED ON EVERYONE
The court sentenced 15 defendants, including 6 in custody and 3 minors involved in the crime, for the offense of "aiding a criminal."
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation regarding the murder of Narin Güran, who went missing on August 21, 2024, in the Tavşantepe neighborhood of the central Bağlar district and whose lifeless body was found in the Eğertutmaz Stream on September 8, 2024. An indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office sought prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years for 12 individuals for the offense of "aiding a criminal." The indictment against the minors R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and İ.K. (17) for the same offense was accepted by the 2nd Juvenile Court.
The 2nd Juvenile Court of Diyarbakır accepted the request to merge their case file with the case opened against the 12 defendants in custody at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance.
THE MOTHER, BROTHER, AND UNCLE WERE SENTENCED TO AGGRAVATED LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding mother Yüksel, brother Enes, uncle Salim Güran, and Nevzat Bahtiyar was completed. An indictment prepared seeking aggravated life imprisonment for the 4 defendants for the offense of "intentional murder of a child in complicity" 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 impose aggravated life sentences on the detained defendants Yüksel, Enes, and Salim Güran for the offense of "intentional murder of a child in complicity," and sentenced Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin's lifeless body in the Eğertutmaz Stream, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the offense of "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence," and ordered the continuation of their detention.
The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Appeals found the prison sentences given to the defendants mother Yüksel, brother Enes, uncle Salim Güran, and Nevzat Bahtiyar in the Narin Güran murder case to be lawful.