05.02.2025 19:30
In the case of the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, one of the defendants, Nevzat Bahtiyar's lawyer, Adnan Ataş, submitted an appeal petition to the 8th Heavy Criminal Court where the trial is being held. The lawyer stated that punishing his client for complicity in murder without any determination of intent to kill or contribution to the act of killing is contrary to the law.
In the case regarding the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, a petition for appeal was submitted by Adnan Ataş, one of the lawyers of the defendant Nevzat Bahtiyar, to the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Appeal, to be sent to the 8th Heavy Criminal Court where the trial is being held.
The petition reminded that during the verdict hearing held on December 28, 2024, at the Diyarbakır 8th Heavy Criminal Court, a case was opened against the neighbor Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin Güran's lifeless body in a stream, for the crime of "intentional murder of a child in complicity," and stated that his client was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence."
“THERE IS NO DETERMINATION OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE MURDER ACT”
The petition stated that there was no will or action on the part of the defendant Nevzat Bahtiyar regarding the murder of Narin, and it was expressed that it was unlawful to request punishment for complicity in murder without any determination in the file regarding his client's intent to kill and contribution to the act of murder.
REQUEST FOR MINIMUM SENTENCE
In the conclusion and request section of the petition, the following was noted:
“It has been accepted by the prosecution and the Diyarbakır Bar Association that the act related to Narin's murder began in an area between the barn belonging to Arif Güran and the house. It is also confirmed by the narrowed base report that my client was not at the crime scene. There is no behavioral determination that he contributed to the act of murder. Given that it is clearly seen even during the trial phase that my client did not share the same intent as the other defendants, it is not possible to evaluate his participation in the murder in terms of time, place, intent, and action. For these reasons, the appeal requests against my client should be rejected on the merits.
We request that the decision of the Diyarbakır 8th Heavy Criminal Court on December 28, 2024, be overturned in favor of my client, that there is no basis for punishment according to Article 28 of the Turkish Penal Code, and if your chamber holds a contrary opinion, that a judgment be made in favor of my client at the minimum level and that he be released.”
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the verdict hearing held on December 28, 2024, at the Diyarbakır 8th Heavy Criminal Court, the detained defendants, mother Yüksel, brother Enes, and uncle Salim Güran, were each sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for "intentional murder of a child in complicity," while Nevzat Bahtiyar was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence." The reasoned decision of 944 pages was announced on January 23.
An appeal was also made to the Regional Court of Appeal by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Diyarbakır Bar Association against the 4 years and 6 months prison sentence given to Nevzat Bahtiyar for "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence."