Prosecutor presents opinion in Narin Güran case! Courtroom erupts

In the Narin Güran murder trial held at the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court, the prosecutor announced the final opinion regarding the death of 8-year-old Narin, whose lifeless body was found in a creek bed 19 days after she went missing.

The prosecutor requested that the defendants be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and, noting that family members had misled the police, stated, "Everyone is an accomplice."

Emphasizing that Narin was strangled to death, the prosecutor requested that no sentence reductions be applied to the perpetrators and that their detention continue.

Father Arif Güran gave an emotional speech following the opinion, stating that he had suffered greatly due to the loss of his daughter and that the family had been ruined. Mother Yüksel Güran suffered a crying fit.

PROSECUTOR: THE FAMILY MISLED THE POLICE

After more than 5 hours of defendant testimony, the prosecutor, summarizing the 14-page opinion, stated, "Everyone is an accomplice. There is no room for 'good conduct.' The family misled the police."

Requesting that the perpetrators be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, the prosecutor stated that Narin was strangled to death.

HERE IS THE OPINION READ BY THE PROSECUTOR

In the trial regarding the murder of Narin Güran held at the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court, the prosecution made the following requests in its final opinion.

Defendants Enes Güran and Yüksel Güran were requested to be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of intentional killing of a child in complicity, in accordance with Article 37/1 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) along with Articles 82/1-d,e, 53/1, and 63.

Defendants Salim Güran and Nevzat Bahtiyar were requested to be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for the same crime in accordance with Article 37/1 of the TCK along with Articles 82/1-e, 53/1, and 63.

TCK Article 62 (Sentence reduction): It was requested that no sentence reduction be applied, considering the nature of the defendants' actions and their conduct during the trial process.

Considering the severity of the sentences, it was requested that the defendants' detention status be continued.

Deprivation of rights: Due to the nature of the crime, it was requested that the defendants be deprived of certain rights in accordance with TCK Article 53.

Deduction of sentence (It was requested that the time the defendants spent in custody and detention be deducted from their sentences).

Trial expenses: In accordance with Article 325/1 of the Criminal Procedure Code No. 5271, it was requested that trial expenses be collected from the defendants.

Footage regarding Erhan Güran: As a result of the examination of camera recordings sent to the Van Criminal Branch Directorate, it was assessed that the individuals in the footage carried evidence related to the crimes of "intentional injury, threat, shielding a criminal, and destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime," and a criminal complaint was requested to be filed with the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

ARIF GÜRAN: A FAMILY WAS RUINED SO SOMEONE WOULD NOT LOSE THEIR SEAT

Following the opinion, father Arif Güran took the floor.

The father cried out and said:

"I cannot sleep. When I sleep, my daughter calls me. What did you want from my little girl?

My family was ruined by the words of a villain, a dishonorable person. I attempted suicide. A family was ruined so that a person would not lose their seat.

No one did anything for Narin; the only one who did anything is the state. Mr. President, they told Enes at the police station, 'You killed her.' Enes started crying, hitting his head against the wall, saying, 'How could I do that?'"

Mother Yüksel Güran suffered a crying fit. Tension arose while Arif Güran was speaking. The presiding judge adjourned the hearing.

The prosecutor announced his opinion and requested aggravated life imprisonment for the defendants.

Arif Güran took the podium and began to speak regarding the prosecutor's opinion:

Arif Güran: No one did anything for Narin; the only one who did anything is the state. Mr. President, they told Enes at the police station, “You killed her.” Enes started crying, hitting his head against the wall, saying, “How could I do that?”

Tension occurred in the courtroom. Upon this, the hearing was adjourned for 45 minutes.

Following the tension, the Narin Güran hearing will continue from where it left off. Relatives of the Güran family will not be able to attend today's hearing due to the presiding judge's decision. The situation for tomorrow will be evaluated separately.

Lawyer Aydın Özdemir: “Nevzat Bahtiyar is not innocent, he is a defendant who feels no remorse”

Lawyer Aydın Özdemir continues his statements regarding the prosecutor's opinion:

“Nevzat Bahtiyar is not innocent and has shown no remorse. He is someone who left Narin there and returned home to pray, someone who feels no remorse. He is a defendant who started talking only after the camera footage emerged. Afterwards, he gave contradictory statements, but it is clear that there are still things he is hiding.

Nevzat and Salim talk frequently. Salim was likely organizing this situation. If Narin’s body had not been found, we would still be searching for Narin as a missing person. However, no defendant has shown remorse during this process.

For this reason, it is clear that all of the defendants were involved in this murder in complicity. We request that they be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.”

Lawyer Aydın Özdemir concluded his statement with these words.

Lawyer Aydın Özdemir is making a statement regarding the prosecutor's opinion:

Lawyer Aydın Özdemir:

“Esteemed panel, Enes’s statements are full of inconsistencies. First, he says, ‘I am looking for my sister.’ But 5 days later, he changes his statement and says, ‘We were with Muhammet when Narin went missing.’ This is not a simple change.

According to the camera footage, Narin was killed before 16:00. Enes, however, says, ‘I started looking for Narin at 16:30.’ Later, the time changes. In his statement on September 12, he says, ‘It is spoken as if Narin went there at 17:40.’ When asked, Enes himself says, ‘It seems illogical to me too, it is impossible.’”

In his statement on August 29, this issue is not mentioned at all. Furthermore, the bruise on his eye and the bite marks on his arm are striking. At first, he says, ‘I harmed myself,’ then he says, ‘I might have bumped into something in the cornfield.’ However, he cannot explain that permanent mark. It is impossible to talk about such a severe impact. Therefore, Enes’s statements are not reliable.

Now I will talk about a few fabrications. It is very clear that the family council is trying to keep Enes away from this incident. For example, Hediye Güran says, ‘Enes was sleeping at home.’ However, Hediye is not mentioned at all in Enes’s detailed statement. This means this statement was created later. Hediye Güran is a witness brought in to save Enes. Other witnesses are also trying to protect Enes in the same way. For example, they say, ‘We looked for Enes, we met up,’ but in reality, no one was looking for Enes.

There is a striking conversation in the phone call Enes made with his brother from prison. Enes tells his brother, ‘I used the toothbrush.’ His brother silences him by saying, ‘Don’t talk.’ Enes tells Baran, ‘If my father sends the lawyers, let him send them, otherwise they know.’ These conversations clearly show that there is something they want to hide.

As for the family council, they insist that no such meeting took place. This means that the perpetrator was not investigated here, only how to cover up this incident was discussed. Enes’s name is constantly mentioned in the council. This situation reveals that an attempt is being made to cover up the truth.”

Bar Association Lawyer Erdem Kaya: Salim Güran has made statements seven times. The defendant has changed his statement according to the new evidence that has emerged. DNA samples belonging to Narin were found in Salim Güran’s vehicle. DNA samples are very important evidence. This evidence alone is sufficient for the defendant to be punished. It is clear that the defendant Salim Güran was at the scene at the moments the murder was committed.

The hearing resumed after a 45-minute break.

Diyarbakır Bar Association Lawyer Erdem Kaya began his speech:

Lawyer Erdem Kaya:

“Yüksel Güran is someone who acts only with statements aimed at blaming Enes. This situation is already clearly seen in the gendarmerie report. Nevzat Bahtiyar, as he expressed by holding his head between his hands, was involved in the incident.”

Lawyer Erdem Kaya concluded his speech with these words.

Lawyer Narin Eren is making a statement regarding the evidence:

Lawyer Narin Eren: Salim Güran’s bill payment came to the agenda. Mr. President, the transfer transaction that took place at 15:19 is a transaction made from the system. That is, you do not need to enter the phone for this transaction. Salim Güran performs this systemic transaction by paying with a -580 balance. So, why does Salim Güran pay this bill again at 15:28?

Let’s look at Salim Güran’s HTS record. In the GPRS record before 15:19, there is a 219-second connection by Salim Güran at 15:16:01. In this case, how will he make that payment? Because 0 bytes appear in the data, meaning this transaction did not take place.

I see the attack traces on Salim Güran’s device in the images. We can determine which application was in the foreground at which second. The second transfer transaction takes place at 15:28:10, and there is a 71-second GPRS connection at those seconds. During this process, many applications were activated. A message regarding the payment is sent by Turkcell. However, I cannot see this message in the HTS record. Salim Güran had to perform a transaction at this time. There is significant activity in the data after the time of the murder; all applications become active.

Let’s come to the video footage, the Dara 2 camera footage:

Salim Güran’s lawyer, my colleague, says that Salim went to the field. However, that vehicle belongs to someone else. The white vehicle passes at 15:45. According to the time shown by my colleague, the vehicle passing through Tavşantepe belongs to someone else. A post that is not true was made to create a perception.

Lawyer Nahit Eren: “National Criminal made a mistake”

Lawyer Nahit Eren: According to the Dara 2 footage, the national criminal [expert] made a mistake. Nevzat said that Salim took the blanket from his own vehicle. I asked every question to the defendants on purpose. Now, can they open the Tavşantepe footage? Mr. President, according to the Dara 2 record, Nevzat has no chance of seeing Salim’s exit. According to the first claim, it is not visible due to the trees; it ends at a parallel angle from the bottom of the sheep. For this reason, we could not see Nevzat’s vehicle and Salim’s car.

There is a road from Fuat Güran’s house to Nevzat’s side. If that vehicle came from this route, let’s come to the pedometer. We have become almost technology experts in this case. A report has been kept since 12:00. My colleague mentioned location information in the morning. However, if the location information is not on, this is not reliable evidence. He took 1,200 steps in 3 hours. Yet, even walking around the kitchen twice makes 45 steps.

Lawyer Nahit Eren: To the inconsistencies in the pedometer record...

Lawyer Nahit Eren: Let’s come to the real activity. We are not going to believe the base record just like that. To believe that, let’s look at the Dara 2 camera, which we call 16:10. You will see Salim’s car at 16:18:40. Move frame by frame. You can clearly see the vehicle belonging to Salim Güran at the intersection. After leaving Nevzat’s house, he goes up the hill in 2 minutes.

The base data is in front of all of us. Did he leave the house at 16:10 according to the base? Yes, he left. Did he go to the field? He did. This situation is reflected in the base data. At 16:35, Salim leaves the place where the borehole in question is and goes into the village to Hüseyin Güran. Afterwards, Salim is seen on the school camera at 18:59. The vehicle is now constantly moving and the base information is constantly changing. Salim’s car is moving inside the village and going to the field. Now, let’s look at Ruhi Kaya’s camera footage. This footage had been completely deleted, but it was brought back later.

Let’s watch the camera carefully. Who is coming? Mehmet Selim Atasoy is coming on a motorcycle. Just at that moment, the electricians are leaving. That is why I asked Ramazan Atasoy. Ramazan said, “No one came except my father.” But the electricians had said something else before. So why are we saying these things? Because no one who comes here is telling the truth. Ramazan Atasoy is not telling the truth even though he saw the electricians.

Now let’s look at Salim Güran’s recovered WhatsApp record.

“Narin died in a struggle”

Lawyer Nahit Eren: Arif Güran is also one of the people whose phone was wiped. I wish he were here. Devran, Kurtuluş, Fuat, they all wiped their phone records. They say, “We always wipe them.” I wish the Güran family were here to say this. The thing that tires me the most in this file is that Narin’s DNA record was found in the vehicle used by Salim. Devran’s DNA comes out. There is Muhammet Kaya’s DNA record. Why is there no comparison of Salim in the biological examination? There is no DNA sample of Salim. So, what does this DNA mean to us? DNA that was somehow transferred. Salim says he got in before, and a murder is committed, the vehicle moves half an hour later. Contamination from the crime scene, it is more logical that it contaminated the car.

I asked Enes, “Did you touch any of Narin’s belongings?” Narin’s DNA also appeared in another vehicle. That vehicle is Muhammet Kaya’s vehicle. It is used in the slipper issue. Narin’s DNA is on the pink outfit in the right vehicle. Whose DNA comes out as a stain on that dress? Enes’s.

Muhammet said, “I went to the bazaar, Osman got in, he saw the slipper.” We need to find this dress. Narin’s DNA came out. So, where is that dress? According to Baran’s statement, “I took the dress, put it in my father’s car, maybe the gendarmerie will want it for the scent,” he said. We asked the gendarmerie, they said they took the white dress, but the pink dress was not mentioned.

Let’s come to the swab samples. They all came out blood positive. Where is the other positive concrete data regarding blood? It was found in the barn of Arif Güran’s house, on the floor. Then, on August 25, human blood was found on the rocks. Forensic medicine says there will be bleeding along with all the fractures. What does this point to? It points to a struggle at the moment of the incident.

“Only 2 DNAs came out of 37 carpets”

Some spelling and sentence structure errors in Lawyer Nahit Eren’s speech were corrected to make the text more fluent:

"Lawyer Nahit Eren: Let’s come to the PSA results. I asked Nevzat, 'Did you open the bag by the creek?' He said, 'I didn't.' Then where did the PSA come from? In the headscarf between the legs, inside the bag. Forensic medicine says, 'I cannot detect sexual abuse.' I also ask, if the headscarf and skirt are inside the bag, the panties are on the front side. I cannot fit this into the plot: If it coincided with a sexual act at the moment of the incident, then how did the PSA appear in the bag? Is that skirt the mother’s or Narin’s? Scientifically, this does not lead us anywhere, it only remains as an interpretation.

Evidence belonging to Enes Güran. According to my determination, there are findings regarding 9 separate regions. The bite on his arm, for example. No result came out. The bite was made with the front teeth. Comparison cannot be made. The report only tells us this: 'It explains that this bite mark was formed in the 3 and 6-day time frame.' What does Enes say? He says he did it when he was taken into custody. If Enes says he was taken into custody 2 days ago and bit it, then it does not overlap with the 3 and 6-day part that forensic medicine says.

Let’s come to the hair samples in Narin’s hand. Considering the time elapsed, it says that hair samples can come from the same family tree. Let’s come to the examination of 37 carpets. Only DNA belonging to 2 people comes out of 37 carpets. Is it that little? DNA appears on the pillowcase belonging to Narin and Narin’s brother.

The most critical event in this file is the fight of the women in the village. According to this evidence, we request that 4 defendants be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment."

With these words, Narin Eren’s speech ended.

Three defendants were heard on the first day of the second hearing of the Narin Güran murder trial. The hearing will continue tomorrow at 09:00.