Police Torture Nonsuited: Not a Systematic Battery

30 complainants identified police officers who battered them during Gezi Park Resistance.

Helmet numbers of policemen were sent to prosecution.

Medical reports were taken.

Detailed description of complainants were added into the complaint petition.

However, Public Prosecutor of Eskişehir province, a northwestern city in Turkey, decided that “claims were abstract” and there was no need for a trial.  

Prosecutor: No torture, just deliberately injuring

Prosecutor İrfan Sarıcı told there was no need for a trial because battering of complainants was deliberately injuring not a torturing and accusations from complainants like battery, insult, sexual harassment and misconduct were just abstract claims.

“Police officers’ statements were placed reliance in”

Lawyer Alper Can Aykaç told bianet:

“Prosecution didn’t make investigation even though policemen could be identified and their commanders weren’t investigated.

 “Policemen just denied the crime. The evidence against the police officers was ignored and their statements were placed reliance in by the prosecutor without researching. 

The verdict of non-prosecution was objected.

Ankara Bar Association stated they would follow the process.

Battery, insult, sexual harassment…

In Eskişehir province, during Gezi Park Resistance, two days before Ali İsmail Korkmaz (one of the prominent figures who lost their lives during Gezi Park Resistance) was beaten to death by the police, police battered and detained 30 people on June 1, 2013. Police put them in handcuffs and continued to beat and insult. Police also sexually harassed female lawyers among them, used tear gas and water cannon on them and threatened people to death.  (AS/BD)

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