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Bakırköy 9th Assize Court sentenced shooter policemen of Ferhat Gerçek case to 2.5 year of prison. On the other hand, Gerçek himself received 3.5 years of prison of prison for “damaging a police vehicle and insulting policemen”.

The trial against 7 police officers accused of shooting magazine distributor Gerçek saw the second change of the court board. Gerçek is paralyzed since the attack. The case was postponed to 24 December. The court decided to acquire a report from the Forensic Medicine Institute.

After being shot by a police officer, Kirbaş’s treatment was obstructed for months. It has now become clear that his paralysis is permanent. The court case starts on 26 March.

Although the court dismissed the case against the Tursun Family, whose son was killed by a police bullet, for violating article 301, they are still on trial for influencing the trial process by “affecting those who do the trial”. The family asks for a similar reaction that occurred in Greece.

Father of Çağdaş Gemik, who was shot to death by a police officer, files a complaint against the Vice Governor for intervening in the investigation of the accused police officer by sending a “secret” circular to the authorities conducting the investigation, defending the officer.

Antalya’s vice governor sends a circular to the prosecutor asking for information about the investigation regarding Çağdaş Gemik’s murder. Gemik's lawyer says the governorship attempts to influence the due process and thus commits crime.

The police officer A.Y. was arrested for shooting Soner Çankal in Ankara. According to the witnesses, the police officer shot Çankal in the head after he was caught. But the police department said the officer was just defending himself.

Halil Ç., slained youth’s friend, who was with him at the time of the shooting, says the same police officer threatened to shoot him, too. Alevite Culture Associations describe the incident as a murder.