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Constitutional Court finds no violation in case of killed Gezi protester Abdullah Cömert

Constitutional Court finds no violation in case of killed Gezi protester Abdullah Cömert

The sentence given to the police officer who fired the tear gas cartridge that killed Cömert was "proportionate," the top court has ruled.

‘They don’t want us to seek justice’

GEZI FAMILIES SPEAK OUT

‘They don’t want us to seek justice’

“It is a political decision,” says Adnan Cömert, the brother of Abdullah Cömert, who died after being hit with a tear gas cartridge in Hatay during the Gezi Resistance in 2013.

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

8th anniversary of Gezi: We remember the deceased with a demand for justice

In the lawsuits filed into the killing of eight people during the Gezi resistance of 2013, the defendants were given “judicial fines”, they were “acquitted” or given “good conduct times.” No lawsuit has been filed into the death of Ahmet Atakan.

31 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Police Officer Who Shot Abdullah Cömert During Gezi Protests Arrested

Police Officer Who Shot Abdullah Cömert During Gezi Protests Arrested

Police officer Ahmet Kuş was sentenced to 6 years and 10 months in prison for "killing by conscious negligence."

Defendant Police Officer, Whose Prison Sentence Reduced by Half, Not Arrested

ABDULLAH CÖMERT CASE

Defendant Police Officer, Whose Prison Sentence Reduced by Half, Not Arrested

Court has ruled that police officer Kuş, who caused the death of Abdullah Cömert in Gezi resistance and was previously given a 13-year prison sentence before being reversed by the Supreme Court, shall be sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison.

19 November 2018 Ayça Söylemez

Decision as to Cömert Case: Involuntary Manslaughter, Weapon Not Suitable to Kill

ABDULLAH CÖMERT CASE

Decision as to Cömert Case: Involuntary Manslaughter, Weapon Not Suitable to Kill

The court in its reasoned decision as to the lawsuit with regards to Abdullah Cömert who had been killed in Gezi protests in Hatay has identified the gas weapon as a “weapon not suitable to kill”. One judge has voted against.

5 April 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Police Shooting Abdullah Cömert Sentenced to Prison

Police Shooting Abdullah Cömert Sentenced to Prison

Police officer Ahmet Kuş causing death of Abdullah Cömert by shooting him with gas cartridge has been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of prison over “involuntary manslaughter”. Kuş hasn’t been arrested, international travel ban has been imposed.

14 March 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

An investigation for charges related to “threatening Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” against Hatice Cömert, mother of dead Gezi protestor Abdullah Cömert, has been discontinued on the grounds that her words were not “a threat but malediction”.

Park Renamed After Abdullah Cömert Following Prosecution

Park Renamed After Abdullah Cömert Following Prosecution

A park named initially after Abdullah Cömert, a Gezi protestor who died of tear gas, and renamed due to AKP prosecution, regained its name after a municipal council made a new ruling.

27 August 2014 Nilay Vardar

Gezi Resistance Deaths Commemorated

Gezi Resistance Deaths Commemorated

The family of Abdullah Cömert, a young protestor who lost his life during Gezi Resistance, visited Gezi Park today. While Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Mehmet Ayvalıtaş and Ethem Sarısülük were also commemorated on their death anniversary, other activists celebrated Medeni Yıldırım’s birthday.

Police Charged With 25 Years For Killing Abdullah Cömert

Police Charged With 25 Years For Killing Abdullah Cömert

Prosecutors completed the indictment concerning the death of Abdullah Cömert, a Gezi Resistance protestor who got shot in the head with gas capsule in Hatay. Police officer Ahmet Kuş has been charged with up to 25 years of sentence for “premeditated murder”.

15 April 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Abdullah Cömert’s Shooter Policeman Requested For Arrest

Abdullah Cömert’s Shooter Policeman Requested For Arrest

A further analysis on surveillance cameras have detected the identity of the policeman who shot Abdullah Cömert dead with a gas bomb canister in the Gezi Resistance. Cömert family filed a lawsuit to a prosecutor for the arrest of suspect.

21 February 2014 Ayça Söylemez

“No Evidence on Fall From Building, Compression Fracture in His Skull”

“No Evidence on Fall From Building, Compression Fracture in His Skull”

“There is no evidence that supports Ahmet Atakan’s death with fall. How does the governor know his cause of death?” said Hatay Chamber of Medicines Chairman Selim Matkap after attending METU Resistance protestor Ahmet Atakan’s autopsy early this morning.

10 September 2013 Ayça Söylemez

1 Protestor Killed in Hatay

1 Protestor Killed in Hatay

Abdullah Cömert, a 22 year old activist who joined Gezi Park resistance protests in the southern city of Hatay, was killed yesterday.