Trial for 'aiding and abetting' in Narin Güran murder case begins tomorrow: Who from the Güran family is in the dock?

The trial of 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 children pushed into crime, who were indicted in connection with the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran in Diyarbakır, will begin tomorrow.

In the central Bağlar district, the detained defendants Maşallah, Fuat, and Birsen Güran, Salim Güran's worker Mehmet Selim Atasoy, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, as well as the non-detained defendants Şeyma Kaya, İbrahim Halil Güran, Hediye Güran, Barış Güran, Kurtuluş Güran, and Ömer Faruk Güran, and the children R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and I.K. (17), who are facing charges of "aiding and abetting" with a requested prison sentence of 6 months to 5 years each, will appear before the judge at the hearing to be held at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance on Monday, April 14 (tomorrow).

The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into mother Yüksel, brother Enes, uncle Salim Güran, and Nevzat Bahtiyar had been completed, and the indictment prepared for the 4 defendants, requesting aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of "intentional killing of a child in complicity," was accepted by the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court on October 23, 2024.

The trial of these defendants began on November 7, 2024. In the hearing on December 28, 2024, the court panel decided to sentence the detained defendants Yüksel, Enes, and Salim Güran to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of "intentional killing of a child in complicity," and Nevzat Bahtiyar, who confessed to hiding Narin's lifeless body in the Eğertutmaz Stream, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime," and ruled for the continuation of their detention.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Narin Güran, who went missing on August 21 in the Tavşantepe neighborhood of Diyarbakır's central Bağlar district, was found dead in the Eğertutmaz Stream on September 8.

The investigation into the 12 people, 6 of whom are in custody, and 3 children pushed into crime regarding the murder of Narin Güran was completed. The indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the 12 people for "aiding and abetting," requesting 6 months to 5 years in prison, was accepted by the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance, while the indictment prepared for the children R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and I.K. (17) for the same crime was accepted by the 2nd Juvenile Court.

The request by the Diyarbakır 2nd Juvenile Court to merge the file in their possession with the case opened against the 12 defendants, 6 of whom are in custody, at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance was accepted.