15 defendants appear in court for the second time in the Narin Güran case

In the case regarding the murder of Narin Güran in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, the detained defendants Maşallah, Fuat, and Birsen Güran, Salim Güran's employee Mehmet Selim Atasoy, Mehmet Şevket Kaya, and Muhammed Kaya, along with 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 charged with "aiding and abetting a criminal" and face prison sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years, will appear before the judge for the second time at the hearing to be held at the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance on Friday, April 25.

In the first hearing of the closed trial, 12 defendants, 3 children dragged into crime, and their lawyers were present. After the identification of the defendants, their defenses were taken. In the opinion he prepared, the prosecutor expressed the view that the detained defendants should remain in custody. Following the defenses, the defense attorneys requested the release and acquittal of their clients from the alleged crime. The court decided to continue the detention of the detained defendants and adjourned the hearing to April 25.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the murder of Narin Güran, who went missing on August 21, 2024, in the Tavşantepe neighborhood of the Bağlar district and whose lifeless body was found in the Eğertutmaz Stream on September 8, 2024, has been completed regarding 12 people—6 of whom are in custody—and 3 children dragged into crime. The indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against 12 people for the crime of "aiding and abetting a criminal," seeking prison sentences of 6 months to 5 years, was accepted by the Diyarbakır 17th Criminal Court of First Instance, while the indictment prepared for the same crime against the children R.A. (16), M.G. (16), and I.K. (17) was accepted by the 2nd Juvenile Court.

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

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

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

News Source: 12punto