Tahir Elçi to be Commemorated with Documentary on 2nd Year of His Killing

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Screening of a documentary about Diyarbakır Bar Association President Tahir Elçi will be made.

Premiere of the documentary called “Kırık Saat” (Broken Watch) is at Diyarbakır Bar Association on November 28, 2017.

Directors of the documentary are Rabia Çetin and Sinem Babul. The documentary was edited by Alpay Yavuz. The film’s sponsors are Objective Media Scholarship, Diyarbakır Bar Association and Society and Legal Studies Foundation (TOHAV).

Tahir Elçi investigation

Diyarbakır Bar President, human rights defender attorney Tahir Elçi was shot to death during his statement for the press he held on November 28, 2015 about the Four-Legged Minaret being damaged.

The investigation continues, no one has been sued.

After the place of duty of the prosecutor of the investigation was changed in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt, the investigation de facto stopped.

Crime scene investigation was carried out 111 days after the incident. The expert report said that “the person who shot Elçi cannot be identified neither medically nor physically”. (AS/TK)