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Court says the officer who ran over 5-year-old child ‘cannot be attributed negligence’

Court says the officer who ran over 5-year-old child ‘cannot be attributed negligence’

The criminal court of first instance has handed down its detailed judgment in the trial of the police officer who had run over Efe Tektekin with an armored vehicle in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır and was acquitted by court.

The perpetrator who caused 5-year-old Efe's death ‘protected by impunity’

DİYARBAKIR BAR

The perpetrator who caused 5-year-old Efe's death ‘protected by impunity’

Releasing a statement about the acquittal of the police officer who hit Efe Tektekin with an armored vehicle, the Child Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar raises concerns that “impunity encourages the law enforcement about culpable acts”.

Police officer who caused the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin acquitted

ARMORED VEHICLE CRASH

Police officer who caused the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin acquitted

The Tektekin family and the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center have announced that they will take the verdict of acquittal to the upper court.

Security director tells family to ‘not exaggerate’ death in armored vehicle crash

Security director tells family to ‘not exaggerate’ death in armored vehicle crash

The paternal uncle of Abdulgaffar Dayan, who lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in Şırnak’s Cizre, says that the District Security Director told them, “As it is the vehicle of the security, you are creating a diversion.”

31 January 2022

Police officer sentenced to prison over Şahin Öner’s death

ARMORED VEHICLE CRASH

Police officer sentenced to prison over Şahin Öner’s death

The police officer who ran over 19-year-old Şahin Öner with an armored vehicle and caused his death has been sentenced to 4 years, 5 months, 10 days in prison.

23 November 2021

Armored police vehicle crashes into 6 vehicles, wounding 3 people

Armored police vehicle crashes into 6 vehicles, wounding 3 people

The driver of the armored police vehicle lost the steering control in İstanbul; the vehicle first crashed into a tree on the sidewalk, then into six vehicles underway. It could stop only after hitting the median.

25 October 2021

Cameras ‘broken’, all children ‘primary negligent’

EFE TEKTEKİN’S DEATH

Cameras ‘broken’, all children ‘primary negligent’

Speaking ahead of the trial over the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin in an armored vehicle crash in Diyarbakır, lawyer Sansarkan says that all children are found to be “primary negligent parties” in such trials, which is also the case for Tektekin.

17 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Killed in an armored vehicle crash, child found ‘primary negligent’ in police report

Killed in an armored vehicle crash, child found ‘primary negligent’ in police report

The incident scene investigation report on the death of 7-year-old Mihraç Miroğlu in Şırnak has found that his bike fell into three pieces as a result of the crash, one of his slippers was at the scene while the other was on a nearby barn-like building.

10 September 2021