19.12.2025 14:50
In Adana, Neriman O., a mother of two, was shot and killed by her ex-husband after work. In the trial held today, 20-year-old C.N. stated, "My mother would always say in her dreams, 'Your father, that bastard, is trying to kill me.' Additionally, when I was a child, my father tried to burn us by pouring thinner on us. I want him to receive the harshest punishment."
In Adana, the son of Neriman O. (54), who was killed by her ex-husband M.A.N. six months after their divorce, stated in court, "My mother used to say in her dreams, 'Your father, that bastard, is going to kill me.' Also, when I was a child, my father tried to burn us by pouring thinner on us. I want him to receive the heaviest punishment."
The incident occurred on May 7 at around 18:00 in the metro underpass in the Yeşilyurt neighborhood of Seyhan district. Neriman O., a mother of two who worked as a cook in a factory, was shot and killed by her ex-husband M.A.N. as she got off the shuttle to go home and headed towards the underpass. C.N., her 20-year-old son who came to pick up his mother after work, saw the gun in his father's hand and tried to take it, resulting in him falling down the stairs after punching his father. The injured suspect M.A.N. was arrested by the court after his treatment in the hospital.
"OUR RELATIONSHIP BROKE DOWN DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE"
The trial against M.A.N. for 'intentional murder' began at the Adana 4th High Criminal Court. The hearing was attended by the defendant, the victim Neriman O.'s son C.N., her brother Y.O., and the lawyers of both parties. In his defense, M.A.N. stated that after the earthquake on February 6, his relationship with his wife deteriorated due to personal issues, and they divorced because he was seeing other women.
HE TOLD HIS CHILDREN, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I KILLED YOUR MOTHER?"
The defendant indicated that his relationship with his son C.N. deteriorated because he said C.N. spent too much time on the computer after returning from military service, and that he needed to work to marry and secure his future. He claimed that after the divorce, he continued to go back and forth to the house and frequently communicated with his ex-wife. He defended himself by saying, "During our conversations, I never threatened Neriman with death. I also did not tell my children that I would kill their mother. I only said, 'Son, what would you do if I killed your mother? You would be embarrassed and left alone.' When I said this, they attacked me. The day before the incident, I was scared because my sons attacked me, and I couldn't go home, so I went to the underpass near the house to meet Neriman. When she didn't come, I bought a gun the next day and went back. I sat in the Yeşilyurt metro underpass waiting for Neriman. At that time, my son C.N. came. He asked me, 'What are you going to discuss with my mother?' I told him he had no right to ask that. Later, Neriman came and just listened to us, then nudged her son to say, 'Let's go.' While my son and his mother were going down the stairs, my son turned to me and said, 'S. go, shoot yourself in the head,' which made me very angry. While I was trying to put the gun in a bag, my son saw me and attacked me. I fired a shot to scare him. I did not intend to kill when I fired the gun. During the struggle between my son and me, he pushed me against the wall and grabbed my throat. At that moment, he hit my hand against the wall to make me drop the gun. The gun fired then, and I did not see where the bullet went. I had no idea that Neriman was injured and taken to the hospital."
In his final words, M.A.N. stated that he was complaining about his son, whom he claimed assaulted him during the struggle before the incident, and that he did not want to reconcile.
"HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE OFTEN AND THREATENED US"
The victim's son and eyewitness C.N. stated that his father frequently came to their house even after the divorce, threatening both his mother and them. He mentioned that after his mother returned from Umrah, his father's threats increased, and for this reason, he advised his mother to wear a bulletproof vest while going to and from work. C.N. continued, "My mother did not report my father because she thought he would threaten her more if a case was opened. On the day of the incident, I saw her waiting there when I went to pick her up. When she got out of the car, she was at a distance where she couldn't be seen. When she saw me, she asked why we hadn't called or asked about her. I said, 'You don't know what being a father is because you are not one. That's why you treat us like this.' At that moment, my mother arrived, and in a way that my mother could hear, he said he would kill her, that he had no expectations from life, and that he would embarrass us. After our argument ended, my mother and I started to go down the stairs together. At that moment, I turned around to check if my father had left, and I noticed he was loading and unloading the gun in his hand."
"IN MY DREAMS, YOUR FATHER, THAT BASTARD, IS GOING TO KILL ME"
C.N., who jumped on his father because he thought he would shoot him, stated, "When I jumped on my father, a struggle ensued between us. During this time, he fired the gun, but it did not hit me. When I lost my balance and fell to the ground, he pointed the gun at my mother. When I jumped on him again, a struggle occurred, and we rolled down the stairs. I punched him and took the gun from his hand and threw it outside. When the incident ended here, I went to my mother. When I saw her lying on the ground, we took her to the hospital. My mother used to say in her dreams, 'Your father, that bastard, is going to kill me.' Also, my father tried to burn us by pouring thinner on us when we were children. I want him to receive the heaviest punishment," he said. The court panel decided to continue the current status of the defendant M.A.N. and postponed the hearing to a later date for the deficiencies to be addressed.