26.02.2025 12:20
In Kayseri, Öznur Ö. was sentenced to a total of 2 years and 4 months in prison for the charges of 'using children in the production of obscene publications' for 1 year and 11 months, and 'violation of obligations arising from family law' for 5 months, in a case where she was tried without detention for allegedly giving her 3-year-old son Y.T. cigarettes and medication to cause his death.
Turgut Ö. and Öznur Ö., who live in England, allegedly got married in a religious ceremony in 2017. The couple, who lived together in Muş, welcomed their child a year later. Turgut Ö. went to England to work in 2019. Following this, Öznur Ö. returned to her family in Hatay Reyhanlı. Öznur Ö. registered her son under someone else's name.
HE HAD BEEN RELEASED
While Turgut Ö. was abroad, he received information that Öznur Ö. had made his son Y.T. smoke and had given him medication to cause his death. Turgut Ö. reported to the İskenderun District Police Department after accessing a video in which Öznur Ö. recorded the incident. Upon the footage, the police took action and determined that Öznur Ö. was living in a house in the Talas district of Kayseri. The Talas District Police Department teams detained Öznur Ö. on June 17, 2021. After her procedures at the police station, Öznur Ö. was referred to the courthouse and was arrested. Y.T., who was subjected to physical and psychological torture by his mother, was placed under protection. After her arrest, Öznur Ö. appealed the decision through her lawyer. Claiming that she had no intention of killing her son Y.T., Öznur Ö. requested her release. Her request was accepted, and Öznur Ö. was released.
RECORDED WITH A MOBILE PHONE
On the other hand, images captured by a mobile phone camera had emerged showing Öznur Ö. making her 3-year-old son smoke and giving him numerous medications. In the footage, the date of which is unknown, Öznur Ö. was seen holding the medications and telling her son, "Neither you nor I. Let's not live anymore. They have deprived us of this life. You will die anyway, just take it."
Following the investigation into the incident, an indictment was prepared against Öznur Ö. for the crimes of 'using children in the production of obscene publications' and 'violation of obligations arising from family law.'
DECISION HEARING HELD
In the decision hearing of the case held at the Kayseri Criminal Court of First Instance, the defendant Öznur Ö. was present without detention. Stating that she repeated her previous statements, Öznur Ö. said, "I wanted to separate because I was subjected to violence from Turgut. He spread the videos online because I did not accept his desire to reconcile. I told him to remove the videos. When he did not remove them, I said, 'I will commit suicide.' He told me, 'You cannot harm your child.' I took the pills out of the medication I was using and replaced them with lentils. I filmed a video as if we were going to commit suicide with those things. I did not want to harm my child. It was already determined in the hospital that I did not take any medication. I did this to make Turgut remove the videos. I did not film the video of my child with the cigarette. I do not accept the accusations," she stated.
CONVICTED OF 2 CRIMES
The court judge sentenced the defendant Öznur Ö. to 1 year and 11 months for the crime of 'using children in the production of obscene publications' and 5 months for the crime of 'violation of obligations arising from family law,' totaling 2 years and 4 months in prison and a fine of 2,050 TL equivalent to 41 days.