Father of Rabia Naz Files Complaint Against AKP MP

*Vatan (right) during a demonstration for his daughter.

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Şaban Vatan, who has been striving for over a year to get her daughter Rabia Naz Vatan's suspicious death solved, has filed a complaint against Nurettin Canikli, an MP of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), whom he alleges pressured the media to cover up the case.

He claimed that he was prevented by Canikli from distributing placards that show her daughter's picture in İstanbul. Vatan also accused the AKP MP of "trying to silence him" before the March 31 local elections.

Vatan went to the police on June 25 to give a statement upon a complaint by Canikli.

The abandoned house

Vatan also spoke on the recent reports that say Rabia Naz's DNA didn't match a woman's DNA found in an abandoned house, where Şaban claims his daughter was brought after she was killed, saying that they were aimed at covering up the incident.

"After the reports were published, I went to the prosecutor's office and got information. The prosecutor said that they did not give information to anyone about the file because of the confidentiality verdict and that the investigation is continuing. He said that they did not give the press a document related to the subject."

Vatan said the DNA test has not been conducted yet. The abandoned building was demolished shortly after the crime scene investigation on September 27, 2018.

Rabia Naz's death was recorded as a suicide, but Vatan claims that his daughter was hit by a car used by the nephew of the former AKP mayor of Eynesil and then brought to the abandoned house district in the Black Sea province of Giresun.

What happened?

Rabia Naz Vatan was found injured in front of her home in Eynesil, Giresun on April 13, 2018. While the police records said that the girl committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of her family's home, her father claimed that she was killed.

"A car hit my daughter but the hit was not strong enough to result in her death. Those who hit Rabia Naz then brought her near my house to make the incident look like my daughter committed suicide. My daughter lost her life because of blood loss," he said.

Vatan said that the person who hit her daughter by a car was the nephew of Eynesil Mayor Coşkun Somuncuoğlu, according to the information he obtained.

Vatan also claimed that the case was covered up after the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Giresun MP Nurettin Canikli intervened in.

Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu met with Vatan in February on the killing of his daughter. He told bianet after that the meeting took 10 minutes.

Giresun Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said on Mach 20 that the Görele Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is currently conducting the investigation into the incident and the search for evidence is still continuing.

On March 21, Şaban Vatan was taken into custody upon the complaint of his brother and referred to a mental institution for a mental health check. Father Vatan was then released from detention the next day, on March 22.

On March 26, father Vatan deposed at the security directorate upon the criminal complaint of AKP MP Nurettin Canikli

On April 10, the Giresun Penal Court of Peace has ruled that Şaban Vatan shall be hospitalized in Samsun Mental Health Institution to determine whether he is mentally sound or not. Vatan has referred to the verdict as "a downright injustice."

(AÖ/VK)