26.09.2025 16:21
A 15-year-old suspect who killed 16-year-old Gülden Coni in Edirne with 30 knife wounds has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Following the controversial sentence, during a previous hearing, the presiding judge asked the suspect, "How did you deliver 30 knife wounds in 30 seconds? You're not a butcher, you're a barber," which brought to mind the suspect's earlier statement, "I lost my mind."
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In Edirne, E.A. (15), who is on trial for allegedly killing Gülden Coni (16) with 30 knife wounds, was sentenced to 20 years in prison without reduction.
HE STABBED HER IN THE SCHOOL YARD
The incident occurred on April 5 in the garden of Edirne Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, located on Horozlu Bayır Street in the Çavuşbey neighborhood. Those who saw the person lying motionless in the school yard reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Police and medical teams were dispatched to the address upon the notification. During the examination by health officials, it was determined that the child, identified as Gülden Coni, had been stabbed to death. In the investigation related to the incident, the murder suspect E.A. was captured and taken into custody. After his procedures, E.A. was arrested by the duty magistrate at the courthouse to which he was referred.
AGGRAVATED LIFE IMPRISONMENT WAS SOUGHT
The Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completed its investigation into the murder and filed a 4-page indictment at the Edirne 3rd High Criminal Court. In the indictment, aggravated life imprisonment was requested for E.A. on the charge of 'deliberately and with monstrous feelings, torturing, intentionally killing a woman who is defenseless both physically and mentally, being a child.' Additionally, due to E.A.'s age of 15, a request was made for a reduction under Article 31/3 of the Turkish Penal Code, and it was requested that he be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 18 to 24 years in prison.
THE DECISION HEARING WAS HELD
The second hearing of the case was held today at the Edirne 3rd High Criminal Court. E.A. participated in the hearing via SEGBİS from the Kavak Closed Juvenile and Youth Correctional Institution in Samsun, where he is detained, while Gülden Coni's father Sami Coni, mother Zehra Coni, sister Nurhan Alüzrek, and the parties' lawyers were present in the courtroom. The hearing was held in closed session due to the defendant E.A. being under 18 years old.
Participating in the hearing via SEGBİS, E.A. expressed regret in his final defense. The prosecutor requested that the defendant be punished for the crime of deliberately and with monstrous feelings killing a woman and a child.
After a short break, the court panel first sentenced E.A. to aggravated life imprisonment. Then, the panel converted this sentence to the maximum of 20 years in prison due to the defendant being 15 years old. The court did not apply any reductions for unjust provocation or good behavior for E.A.
"THE COURT GAVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SENTENCE"
After the hearing, the Coni family and their lawyer Oğuzhan Özcan Altıner made a statement. Lawyer Altıner stated that the court gave the highest possible sentence, saying, "Since the individual is 15 years old, the highest sentence he could receive was 20 years. No unjust provocation or good behavior reduction was applied. After the aggravated life imprisonment was given in the file, it was reduced to the maximum of 20 years because the individual is 15 years old. This was the largest sentence the court panel could give, and we are pleased that no other reductions were applied. Our only request from now on is that the legal provisions change so that individuals who are 15 or 16 years old do not receive reductions."
Gülden Coni's sister Nurhan Alüzrek also stated that she fought for her sister, saying, "I have been screaming for my sister for 5.5 months. My sister's killer does not deserve 20 years; it is very little."
Her mother Zehra Coni also expressed, "The laws did what they had to do, but my heart is not at peace. 20 years is very little; the laws should change now."
HIS WORDS IN THE PREVIOUS HEARING HAD EVEN SHOCKED THE JUDGE
The 15-year-old monster who stabbed Gülden Coni 30 times had previously made chilling statements in court. When the judge asked, "How long did it take you to stab her 30 times?" Enes A. replied, "30 seconds." In response to the judge's words, "How did you stab her 30 times in 30 seconds? You are neither a butcher nor a barber," he said, "I was blinded with rage."
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