12.11.2026 09:41
The Kahramanmaraş Governor's Office has issued its decision regarding the armed attack carried out at Ayser Çalık Middle School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş on April 15, in which 1 teacher and 9 students lost their lives. No investigation permission was granted for 11 public officials, including former provincial and district directors of national education. For 4 public officials, however, an investigation was opened on the charge of “abuse of duty.”
The Kahramanmaraş Governor's Office has concluded its examination of public officials alleged to be responsible in the school attack. According to the decision, 11 people were left outside the scope of the investigation, while legal proceedings were opened against 4 people.
OLD PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION WERE NOT GRANTED PERMISSION
The Governor's Office did not grant investigation permission for 11 of the public officials whose alleged responsibility in connection with the attack at Ayser Çalık Secondary School was being examined. These names include former provincial and district directors of national education. It was stated that the administrative permission process for these people has been closed.
INVESTIGATION PATH OPENED FOR 4 PUBLIC OFFICIALS
For 4 people consisting of former school principals, a guidance counselor and a vice principal, investigation permission was granted on the charge of abuse of office. It was learned that the decision was communicated to the relevant prosecutor's office.
It was stated that the referral and preliminary examination reports prepared by the Ministry of National Education inspectors included assessments regarding student safety, the evacuation process, notification obligations and guidance activities.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAD ALSO GRANTED INVESTIGATION PERMISSION
Last month, the Onikişubat District Governor's Office also granted investigation permission for school principal C.K., vice principal F.B., Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge teacher A.T. and guidance counselor E.İ. The Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had ex officio launched an investigation into the 4 educators for the crimes of abandonment, failure to report a crime and abuse of office.
In the District Governor's Office's decision, it was stated that principal C.K. and vice principal F.B. headed toward the floor where the attack took place after hearing gunshots. It was reported that camera footage showed that the two left the school building after seeing the attack, and that they confirmed this situation in their statements. It was alleged that teacher A.T., after noticing the attack, ran to the ground floor without giving any warning to the students in the classroom.
NOTIFICATION ACCUSATION AGAINST GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
In the decision, it was alleged that guidance counselor E.İ. received information from students about the attacker student's tendency toward violence about 2 months before the attack but did not make the required notification. In the decision, which stated that guidance services were provided to the student 29 times, it was noted that whether E.İ.'s actions had a causal link to the deaths and injuries that occurred should be investigated by judicial authorities.
FAMILY LAWYER HAD OBJECTED TO TESTIMONY
At the first hearing of the case concerning the attack, held at the Kahramanmaraş 3rd High Criminal Court on September 4, guidance counselor E.İ. was heard as a witness. One of the family lawyers, Furkan Mehmet Cinkara, argued that a person under suspicion cannot be heard as a witness and requested that a criminal complaint be filed. Cinkara also filed a separate criminal complaint, alleging that there was no fire escape and secondary escape route in the school.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
An armed attack was carried out at Ayser Çalık Secondary School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş on April 15, 2026, at around 1:30 p.m. It was determined that the school's 8th-grade student, 14-year-old juvenile offender İ.A.M., entered the school with 5 handguns and 7 magazines belonging to his father, a police officer.
In the attack, mathematics teacher Ayla Kara and 9 students lost their lives, and 15 students were injured. The attacker's father, Uğur Mersinli, was arrested. The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a broadcasting ban on the incident, and the Ministry of National Education removed Kahramanmaraş Provincial Director of National Education Erhan Baydur from duty to ensure the healthy conduct of the administrative investigation.