31.01.2025 21:20
In the case involving the incident where police officer Murat Akpınar was shot with a shotgun while intervening in a fight at a café in Kayseri and later became a martyr 34 days later, security camera footage has emerged in the trial with 8 defendants. The Regional Court of Appeals overturned the local court's decision, stating that the sentence given to the defendant Adnan Tosun, who received 40 years and 10 months in prison, was too lenient. The case will be re-examined in the local court and has been postponed.
On August 13, 2022, Adnan and Muhammet Tosun brothers came to the café where Mehmet and Mustafa Coşkun brothers were located in the Sanayi neighborhood of Kocasinan district in Kayseri.
THEY INJURED TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND FLED
A dispute arising from a debt issue between the two groups turned into an armed fight. During this time, police teams on patrol intervened in the fight and tried to separate the parties. Adnan Tosun, who fired with a shotgun, injured police officer Murat Akpınar in the chest and Mustafa Coşkun in the arm and fled.
ONE POLICE OFFICER WAS MARTYRED
Upon notification, police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. Akpınar and Coşkun, who were in critical condition, were taken to Erciyes University Medical Faculty Hospital after their first interventions. Suspect Adnan Tosun was caught by the police during the pursuit, while Muhammet Tosun was apprehended at the address he was hiding in the Yenişehir neighborhood of Kocasinan district. Celil T., Halil T., and Hakan T., who were determined to have assisted the two brothers, were also detained. Suspect Adnan Tosun was arrested, while the others were released under judicial control. Police officer Murat Akpınar, however, was martyred in the hospital 34 days later, on September 16.
INDICTMENT PREPARED
After the investigation conducted by the Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, an indictment was prepared, and a case was filed at the Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court. In the indictment, a life sentence was requested for the suspect Adnan Tosun for the crimes of 'intentional killing', 'resisting the performance of duty', and 'damaging property'. For the suspects released without detention, charges were brought against Muhammet Tosun for 'instigating intentional killing', 'threat with a weapon', and 'insult', against Celil T. for 'threat with a weapon' and 'simple injury with a weapon', against Halil T. for 'simple injury with a weapon', against Memet C. for 'damaging property', 'insult', and 'simple injury with a weapon', against Mustafa C. for 'simple injury with a weapon', against Hakan T. for 'instigating intentional killing' and 'attempting to instigate intentional killing', and against İbrahim C. for 'simple injury with a weapon'.
VERDICT HEARING
In the verdict hearing of the case seen on March 22 last year at the Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court, the court panel sentenced the suspect Adnan Tosun to 25 years in prison for the crime of 'intentional killing with probable intent'. The panel also sentenced him to 7.5 years for 'attempting to kill' against Mustafa C., 6 years and 4 months for the same crime against Memet C., and 2 years for the crime of 'injury' against Celil T. Thus, Adnan Tosun was sentenced to a total of 40 years and 10 months in prison. The panel ruled for the acquittal of Muhammet Tosun for the crime of 'instigating killing'. The court sentenced Halil T., one of the suspects released without detention, to 1 year and 4 months in prison for the crime of 'threat with a weapon'. The court imposed various monetary penalties on the other 5 suspects for the crime of 'simple injury with a weapon'.
THE APPEAL COURT ANNOUNCED A REVERSAL DECISION
The lawyers of the suspect and the complainant appealed the decision and brought the case to the Kayseri Regional Court of Justice. After reviewing the case, the 1st Criminal Chamber issued a reversal decision on the grounds that the prison sentence given to suspect Adnan Tosun for 'intentional killing with probable intent' was too lenient. The Criminal Chamber stated that the crime fell under the scope of 'intentional killing with probable intent against a public official', and therefore the sentence should be increased, and a new ruling should be established. The suspects, who appeared before the judge again yesterday at the Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court, reiterated their previous defense and requested their acquittal. The court panel postponed the hearing to address the deficiencies.
FOOTAGE EMERGED
Security camera footage related to the incident in which police officer Murat Akpınar was martyred has also emerged. In the footage, Akpınar, who arrived at the scene in a police vehicle upon a fight notification, is seen getting out of the driver's seat of the police vehicle, during which an armed conflict occurred, and Akpınar was shot and fell to the ground while two people were standing behind him. Additionally, a citizen was heard saying, 'he shot the police'. From another camera angle, Adnan Tosun was seen firing with a rifle while nearby citizens were trying to calm the situation.