Lawsuit against Emine Şenyaşar for ‘insulting’ ruling AKP MP Yıldız

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The indictment against Emine Şenyaşar has been accepted by the Urfa 4th Criminal Court of First Instance.

Emine Şenyaşar lost her two sons and spouse in an attack by the guards and relatives of Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in the southeastern province of Urfa in 2018. Keeping a justice watch in front of the Urfa Courthouse with her son Ferit Şenyaşar, Emine Şenyaşar's son Fadıl Şenyaşar has been arrested over the incident.

The Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has lodged an indictment against Emine Şenyaşar, who has been on a justice watch for 378 days. The indictment has alleged that Şenyaşar "insulted" AKP MP Yıldız.

As reported by Mezopotamya Agency (MA), the prosecutor has said that even though the name was not openly uttered in the speech, it was understood that the mentioned person was AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız.

Noting that the incident happened inside the yard of the courthouse, a public place, the prosecutor has requested that Emine Şenyaşar be penalized on charge of "publicly insulting" the AKP MP.

• Over the course of her justice watch, 14 investigations have been launched against Emine Şenyaşar for the past 378 days. Of the investigations turned into court cases, two have been merged and are being held with the "simple procedure" method. In another lawsuit, Emine Şenyaşar has been sentenced to pay a judicial fine corresponding to 265 days. With the latest court case, Emine Şenyaşar has been facing the 4th court case against herself.

What happened?

During the election campaign of ruling AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in Suruç, Urfa on June 14, 2018, an attack turned into an armed conflict, which claimed the lives of Yıldız's brother Mehmet Şah Yıldız, shop owner Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar and his sons Adil and Celal Şenyaşar.

Having lost his father and two brothers and been wounded himself in the incident, Fadıl Şenyaşar was discharged from hospital and detained on June 17. He was then arrested and sent to prison.

Demanding justice for two sons, husband and her arrested son, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who survived the attack, have been keeping a "justice watch" in front of the courthouse.

There has been a confidentiality order on the file of the investigation into the attack for 3 years, 3 months. The second appeal of the Şenyaşar family against the "confidentiality" order on the investigation into the second attack at the Suruç Public Hospital was rejected on April 21, 2021.

The Constitutional Court, to which the family appealed, has not yet given its decision. One of the demands raised by the family on their justice watch is the removal of this "confidentiality" order. (RT/SD)