Notable 'non-prosecution decision' in Narin Güran murder case: The Uncle Salim Güran detail

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided not to prosecute uncle Salim Güran, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for "intentional killing of a child in complicity" at the verdict hearing on December 28, 2024, in the case tried at the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court, for the crime of "deprivation of liberty."

The decision stated the following regarding Salim Güran:

"Although it was decided to arrest him for the act of 'deprivation of liberty' at the initial stage due to the presence of DNA samples belonging to Narin Güran in his car and the possibility that she had been kidnapped as Narin's body had not yet been found at that time, it has been understood in the subsequent stages of the proceedings that the act was 'intentional killing' and that the elements of the crime of 'deprivation of liberty' were not met."

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office also decided not to prosecute Vecdi Bahtiyar, the brother of Nevzat Bahtiyar—who confessed to hiding Narin's body in the Eğertutmaz Stream and was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "destroying, concealing, or altering criminal evidence"—for the crime of "aiding and abetting a criminal."

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided not to prosecute Narin's father Arif Güran, suspects Erhan, Fuat, Menduh, Barış, Kurtuluş, Ömer Faruk, İbrahim Halil, Uğur Can, Devran, and Hediye Güran, and former imam R.K. for "intentional killing"; suspect Mehmet Şevket Kaya for "destroying, concealing, or altering criminal evidence"; and suspects Hüseyin, Leyla, Melek, Osman, Rezan, and Rojin Güran, A.K, Ö.Y, Y.G, S.K, E.N., and M.U. for "aiding and abetting a criminal," as sufficient evidence could not be obtained to file a public lawsuit.

It was decided not to prosecute Birsen and Maşallah Güran, as well as Mehmet Selim Atasoy and Muhammed Kaya, for the crimes of "intentional killing" and "destroying, concealing, or altering criminal evidence."

The decision stated that if new evidence is obtained regarding the suspects and the file as a whole, a new investigation can be initiated at any stage in accordance with Article 172/2 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

In the Narin Güran murder case, the court panel, in its unanimous decision at the hearing on December 28, 2024, sentenced the detained defendants, mother Yüksel, brother Enes, and uncle Salim Güran, to aggravated life imprisonment for "intentional killing of a child in complicity," and sentenced Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin's body in the Eğertutmaz Stream, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "destroying, concealing, or altering criminal evidence," while ruling for the continuation of their detention.

The indictment prepared by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against detained suspects Birsen, Fuat, Maşallah Güran, Salim Güran's worker Mehmet Selim Atasoy, as well as Mehmet Şevket Kaya and Muhammed Kaya, and non-detained suspects Şeyma Kaya, Hediye, İbrahim Halil, Barış, Kurtuluş, and Ömer Faruk Güran was submitted to the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance yesterday, while the indictment prepared against the children driven to crime R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and I.K. (17) was submitted to the 2nd Juvenile Court.

In the indictments, prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years were requested for 15 suspects, including 6 detainees and 3 children, for the crime of "aiding and abetting a criminal."

On the other hand, it was decided to release one of the detained suspects, Hediye Güran, and 16-year-old R.A., a worker for uncle Salim Güran.