28.04.2026 20:05
The Court of Appeals affirmed the aggravated life imprisonment sentence given to Musa Sevin, who murdered his ex-girlfriend Meryem Sevim with 9 bullets at a cafe in the Kayapınar district of Diyarbakır. Investigations revealed that, contrary to the murder suspect's claims, no drugs were found in the young woman's blood.
On November 13, 2022, in the Kayapınar district of Diyarbakır, Musa Sevim (24) learned that his ex-girlfriend Meryem Sevim (21) was at a cafe and went to the address. There, Musa Sevim pulled out the gun he was carrying and fired repeatedly at Meryem Sevim.
HE KILLED MERYEM WITH 9 BULLETS
Meryem Sevim, hit by 9 bullets in her body, collapsed in blood, while Musa Sevim fled. Meryem Sevim, taken to Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, could not be saved. The police launched an investigation and detained Musa Sevim, along with Y.Ö., İ.Ç., who aided and abetted him, and the juveniles pushed into crime, F.A. and M.S.B. The 5 suspects were arrested after their procedures.
"AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWS NO DRUG USE"
A lawsuit was filed at the 12th Heavy Penal Court with the indictment prepared by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. In the indictment, aggravated life imprisonment was sought for Musa Sevim. In his statement in the indictment, Sevim claimed that on the night of the incident, Meryem Sevim provoked him under the influence of drugs. The autopsy report of Meryem Sevim stated, 'It was determined that no drugs or alcohol were found in the blood, and that death occurred as a result of internal bleeding and developing complications from skull and extremity fractures, brain hemorrhage, brain tissue damage, and major vessel injury due to firearm bullet wound.' During this process, suspects Y.Ö., İ.Ç., F.A., and M.S.B. were released under judicial control.
HE RECEIVED A LIFE SENTENCE
In the verdict hearing held on January 15, 2025, at the Diyarbakır 12th Heavy Penal Court, Musa Sevim was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, and Y.Ö. was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for 'unlicensed possession of a firearm.' The court panel acquitted the other defendants.
APPEAL: NO VIOLATION OF LAW
The parties appealed the decision through their lawyers. The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Diyarbakır Regional Court of Justice, reviewing the file, determined that there was no violation of law regarding the procedure and merits in the rulings given by the local court. The objection of Halit Sevim, Meryem Sevim's father, through his lawyer Barış Yavuz, against the 1.5-year prison sentence for 'unlicensed possession of a firearm' given to Musa Sevim and Y.Ö., was rejected on the grounds that 'there is no possibility of direct harm from this crime.'
The chamber also rejected the appeal of Musa Sevim's lawyer against the sentences for 'qualified intentional homicide' and 'unlicensed possession of a firearm.' The decision stated that the commission of the acts by the defendant was based on definite, consistent, and non-contradictory evidence, and that there was no violation of law in the local court's ruling. Within the same scope, the request of the defendant's counsel regarding the sentence for 'insult,' that 'favorable provisions should be applied for the defendant under unjust provocation,' and the victim's representative's application that the sentence was too lenient, were also not accepted.
The appeal against the sentence given to defendant Y.Ö. for 'unlicensed possession of a firearm' was also rejected on the grounds that the commission of the act by the defendant was established with definite and non-contradictory evidence. The chamber, also reviewing the appeals against the acquittal decisions for the juveniles pushed into crime, F.A. and M.S.B., and defendants Y.Ö. and İ.Ç., for the crime of 'aiding qualified intentional homicide,' determined that there was no violation of law in these rulings. The requests of the public prosecutor and victim representatives that the defendants should be punished were not deemed justified. The chamber decided to reject all appeals separately on their merits.