ADANA - The expert who prepared a report in the lawsuit filed against 17 young people for the commemoration of the Suruç Massacre, ignored the police violence and said: "Although it is not clear who hit whom, it is seen that everybody hits everybody."

 

19 of the young people who participated in the commemoration held in Adana on July 18, 2021 for those who lost their lives in the massacre that took place in the Suruç district of Urfa on July 20, 2015, were battered and detained and released by the court. Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment against the young people named A.B., B.A., B.S., C.D., C.A., E.K., E.K., H.E., H.P., M.A.B., O.Y.M., O.B.B., R.K., S.B.B., S.Y., U.T. and U.O. on the grounds of "Resisting not to do their duty" and "organising unlawful meetings and demonstration marches, participating in their movements" in the year of the incident. In the trial, which started after the indictment was accepted, 7 hearings have been held so far. The next hearing of the trial held at the Adana 17th Criminal Court of First Instance will be held on January 18, 2023.

 

EXPERT REPORT

 

17 young people pointed out that they were exposed to the violence of the police and despite this, lawsuits were filed against them. The prosecutor demanded a penalty for 17 young people on the grounds of "Since it is understood that the suspects resisted the police on the pretext of not dispersing and putting carnations in İnönü Park, hitting the police with plastic and wooden sticks registered in judicial custody, they deliberately injured the police in a way that could be healed with simple medical intervention, and they committed the crimes of resisting and demonstrating without permission in order not to do their duty...".

 

The expert report requested by the court was also prepared. It was noteworthy that the report pointed to the images taken during the incident and included the assessment that "Although it is not clear who hit whom, it is seen that everyone hits everyone".

 

'PERSON' POLICE WITNESS TO THE CASE

 

Baran Taygun Metin, one of the lawyers of the young people who evaluated the report, said: "There was no 'unlawful' situation in the statement made by my clients. The government includes all kinds of actions or commemorations as a crime, The police who used violence against young people were heard as witnesses in the case. The court judge acted biased, the judge withdrew from the case voluntarily upon the refusal of the judge's demands, and a different judge was assigned to the file."