Approval Requested for Nevin Yıldırım's Life Sentence

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The life imprisonment given to Nevin Yıldırım, who killed the man who raped her, has been requested to be approved.

Yıldırım was on retrial after the Supreme Court of Appeals overturned the ruling against her. Yalvaç Heavy Penal Court in Isparta province sentenced Yıldırım to life imprisonment in the retrial.

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals has requested the approval of her life sentence.

In case the Supreme Court of Appeals 1st Penal Chamber upholds the verdict, Yıldırım's life sentence will become definite.

Attorney Bayram: "Case of Nevin is not over for us"

Deniz Bayram, an attorney for Yıldırım said, "There is not a verdict or notification that has reached us yet" and added,

"After the Supreme Court of Appeals overturned the verdict, we requested reevaluation in our last appeal, stating that search for evidence regarding the case has not been made, our client has been treated with prejudice and her right to a fair trial has been violated.

"But our request was not approved. We hope that the relevant people in the Supreme Court of Appeals will see our petitions and these prejudices and overturn the verdict. The case of Nevin is not over for us. Our client is surrounded with prejudice. The right of self defense is being ignored.

"We will try upper courts if this prejudiced treatment continues."

What happened?

Nevin Yıldırım, the mother of two living in Koruyaka village in Isparta, was raped at gunpoint by 35-year old N.G., also father of two, on August 29, 2012. Following the rape, Yıldırım killed N.G. who raped her, put his head in a sack and threw the sack to the village square saying "Here is the head of the one who stained my honour".

Yıldırım also got pregnant after the rape and was forced to give birth to the baby without her consent on November 7, 2012.

She faced aggravated life imprisonment for "planned willful murder with atrocious feelings". A forensic medicine report confirming that Yıldırım's mental health was intact, was submitted to the court in November 2014.

On March 2015, she was sentenced to life imprisonment. No abatement was imposed on her sentence.

The appeal hearing was held on September 14 before the Supreme Court of Appeal 1st Penal Chamber. Yıldırım was defended by 25 woman attorneys. (AÖ/VK)