The defendant who killed the old man by beating him with an iron rod: "The man is artificial intelligence, Uncle Şakir is not dead."

The defendant who killed the old man by beating him with an iron rod:

07.10.2025 16:46

The statements made by the defendant, who killed an elderly man by beating him with an iron rod just four days after being released from prison in Gölcük district of Kocaeli, shocked the court. The defendant, who does not accept the charges, said, "What I did is not even a murder. Think of it like a game; the man is artificial intelligence. Uncle Şakir is not dead."

On June 27, 2023, in the Değirmendere neighborhood of Gölcük district in Kocaeli, T.Ç. (23), who had been released from prison 4 days before the incident, killed the vendor Şakir Kaya (65) by beating him with an iron rod at the entrance of the Tuesday market. T.Ç., who was caught by the police teams, was arrested by the court after the procedures completed at the police station.

PROSECUTOR REQUESTED LIFE IMPRISONMENT

T.Ç., who was charged with "murder with monstrous feelings and torture," appeared before the Kocaeli 1st Heavy Criminal Court again. The detained defendant attended the hearing via the Audio and Visual Information System (SEGBİS), and the lawyers of both parties were present in the courtroom. A report from the Forensic Medicine Institution, stating that the defendant's mental health was intact, was read during the hearing.

The prosecutor, who presented the opinion on the merits, requested that the defendant be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of "murder with monstrous feelings and torture."

Defendant who killed the elderly man by beating him with an iron rod: The man is artificial intelligence, Şakir uncle is not dead
Killed Şakir Kaya

"THE MAN IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ŞAKİR UNCLE IS NOT DEAD"

In his defense against the opinion, the defendant T.Ç. rejected the accusations, stating, "What I committed is not even murder. The man is an artificial intelligence. I committed an act, I got out of prison. The man appeared in front of me. Think of it like a game, the man is artificial intelligence. Şakir uncle is not dead."

HE HAD ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE IN HIS PREVIOUS DEFENSE

The defendant had claimed in his previous defenses that the victim had sexually abused him when he was 13 years old and that he committed the murder out of fear that the same incident would happen again.

DECISION TO CONTINUE DETENTION

The court panel decided to continue the defendant's detention upon the lawyers' request for time and postponed the hearing.

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