No Decision of Arrest for Police Officer Şahbaz in Sarısülük Case

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Trial of Ethem Sarısülük murdered in Ankara during Gezi protests was heard in Aksaray Heavy Penal Court after reversal of Court of Appeals.

Sarısülük’s family attorney, Kazım Bayraktar speaking to bianet expressed that their demand for arrest of defendant police officer Ahmet Şahbaz has been rejected.

“Ahmet Şahbaz has been released in three days without informing the parties in a hearing which we might call ‘pirate’ following the Court of Appeals referred the case to Aksaray Heavy Penal Court.

“We asked the court regarding this issue to denunciate Ankara 6th Heavy Penal Court committee and its president by stating that Ankara 6th Heavy Penal Court malpracticed and it should be interpreted as ‘absconder act’. We also demanded arrest of Şahbaz.

“Besides the court told us to ‘file a criminal complaint’ and turned down our demand of arrest by stating that Şahbaz comes to the hearings”.

Who is Ethem Sarısülük?

Ethem Sarısülük was born in July 1986 into a poor family with 5 children. Forth child, he dropped Abidinpaşa Industrial Profession High School and worked on a variety of jobs including portering and weltering. Lately, he was working in Ankara’s OSTİM Organized Industry Zone.

Shot on June 1, Sarısülük died 14 days later. His funeral was held in his hometown Çorum, a central province of Turkey. (AS)

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The trial will continue on April 4. (EA/TK)