After 19 days of being missing in Diyarbakır, the lifeless body of Narin Güran was found in a sack in the riverbed. A trial has been opened against the detained suspects, including her mother Yüksel, her brother Enes, her uncle Salim Güran, and Nevzat Bahtiyar, on charges of 'Intentional murder of a child in complicity' with a request for aggravated life imprisonment. The first hearing of the case has begun. 4 DEFENDANTS PRESENT IN COURTNevzat Bahtiyar, uncle Salim Güran, brother Enes Güran, and mother Yüksel Güran, who were brought from the prisons where they are held, were present in the courtroom. GÜLBEN ERGEN ADMITTED TO THE COURTROOMAn incident that occurred before the trial made headlines. Famous singer Gülben Ergen was admitted to the courtroom for the first hearing of the Narin Güran case, which she has been following closely and keeping in the public eye with her posts. COURTHOUSE CORRIDORS FILLED WITH SLOGANSDue to the police barricade, many journalists and lawyers from NGOs were not allowed into the courtroom, leading to a reaction where they chanted slogans like "Gülben out, lawyers in." The moments of tension in the courthouse corridors were recorded second by second with a mobile phone camera.
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