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Last Minute | The verdict was announced in the bomb attack case in Reyhanlı, Hatay: 3 thousand 921 years of imprisonment with 53 aggravated life sentences.
The trial of 6 defendants, including Mihraç Ural, the ringleader of the Turkish People’s Party Front (THKP-C)/Acilciler organization, regarding the bomb attacks that killed 53 people in Hatay’s Reyhanlı district on May 11, 2013, continued at Ankara 9th High Criminal Court. While the detained defendants Memet Gezer, Mohammad Dib Korali, Temir Dükancı and Cengiz Sertel attended the hearing via the Audio and Video Information System (SEGBİS) from the prison they were in, the lawyers of the parties were present in the hall. The presiding judge announced that defendant Korali’s lawyer appointed by the bar association withdrew from duty approximately two hours before the hearing, and that the lawyer appointed in his place requested additional time to prepare for the defense. Considering the stage reached in the case, the detention status of the defendants, the participation of the complainants in Hatay, and the preparations made for the transfer of the defendants to the court, the committee decided to separate the file about Korali from the main case in order to avoid prolonging the trial and to ensure procedural economy. He also reminded that the opinion was announced in the previous hearing and stated that the decision would be made in this hearing.
When the presiding judge asked about their last words, the defendants claimed that they had no connection with the attack.
Aggravated life imprisonment given to 3 defendants 53 times each
Announcing the decision, the court sentenced the defendants Memet Gezer, Temir Dükancı and Cengiz Sertel to aggravated life imprisonment, once for “disrupting the unity and integrity of the state” and 52 times for killing 52 people, including 5 children, for a total of 53 times.
3 THOUSAND 921 YEARS OF PRISON
In addition, the committee sentenced the defendants to 2,600 years in prison for the crime of ‘attempting to kill’ 130 people, 28 of whom were children, 13 years and 4 months for the crime of ‘possession of unauthorized explosives’ within the scope of terrorist organization activities, 13 years and 6 months for the crime of ‘injuring the sensory organs’ for the victims, 20 years and 3 months for the crime of injuring a woman in a way that caused her to miscarry, and 3 people for the crime of ‘simple wounding’. He was sentenced to 20 years and 3 months in prison, 1,206 years in prison for the crime of ‘damaging property’ to 134 victims, and 48 years in prison for ‘damaging public property’ for the damage caused to the Police Department, municipality, PTT and the notary in Reyhanlı, for a total of 3,921 years. The court decided to separate the file of the fugitive defendants Omar Alkhatıp and Mihraç Ural, as well as the defendant Korali, whose lawyer requested time. With the decision, it was decided that the defendants would continue to be detained.
“WE WANT A CERTIFICATE OF TESTIMONY”
Ahmet Tuna, President of the 11 May Reyhanlı Martyrs Association, who made a statement in front of the Ankara Courthouse after the verdict hearing: “Türkiye’s biggest massacre was committed in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay in 2013. As a result of the massacre, we lost 53 martyrs. We have 215 injured. After the explosion, our wounds started to heal. The murderers and those who detonated the bomb were caught by the state with great devotion. Currently, 10 terrorists who committed the Reyhanlı explosion have been convicted.” We express our endless gratitude to Turkish justice and the Turkish MİT. They wanted to destroy our country’s integrity, to silence our call to prayer, and to shed the blood of our brothers. As a result, we, the people of Hatay, became one fist. We said: ‘This country cannot be divided. This country’s call to prayer will not remain silent.’ And in the last 14 years, with the great dedication of our state and our courts, the defendants were sentenced to 1000 years to life imprisonment. May God curse them. There are four more fugitives. Chief among these is Mihraç Ural. I hope he will pull the Turkish MİT out of his ear and bring him to Turkish justice and make the families of the martyrs happy. And we expect this from Mr. President. We want the certificate of martyrdom to put a smile on the faces of the mothers of martyrs. With this, our President heals the wounds of the mothers of the martyrs. I express my gratitude and appreciation to the Turkish state, the Turkish nation, and the Turkish press. I’m glad to have you.” He used his expressions.
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Minister Kacır: “Terminal Istanbul will serve as the world’s largest entrepreneurship center”
Kacır made a written statement regarding the Terminal Istanbul project. In the statement, Kacır gave information about the ongoing works of the Terminal Istanbul project at Atatürk Airport and said, “Terminal Istanbul is the initial stage. The first step of the world’s largest entrepreneurship center. Very soon.” he said.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
On the other hand, according to the statement made by the ministry, Terminal Istanbul, which will be established at Atatürk Airport in line with the vision of the National Technology Move, will bring together Türkiye’s technology ecosystem and young entrepreneurs with world giants. The center, which aims to host thousands of entrepreneurs, technology companies and investors, will serve as the world’s largest entrepreneurship center with universal acceleration programs, co-working spaces and incubation centers. Terminal Istanbul will bring global knowledge, capital and experience directly to the Turkish ecosystem, thanks to the established strategic international collaborations. In this context, the partnership established with Techstars, one of the world’s largest accelerators, will be one of the strongest examples of global actors actively taking part within the center. Turkish enterprises’ access to global markets will be systematically supported, thanks to the contacts made in different geographies, especially Pakistan, Qatar, Paris and London, and the connections established with the Turkish diaspora and international technology platforms.
A CLUSTER STRUCTURE WILL BE CREATED
With the Tech Visa program implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the way will be paved for high-potential startups from different geographies of the world to operate within Terminal Istanbul. While the rapid adaptation of foreign enterprises to the Turkish market will be ensured through “soft landing” programs, grants, exemptions and incentive mechanisms, domestic enterprises will also be supported to expand into global markets. The center will accelerate the commercialization processes of deep technology initiatives, especially with shared laboratories, common access to high-cost devices, consumable supply centers and digital infrastructure solutions. In this way, it is aimed to produce a direct solution to the problem of non-commercialization of academic studies and R&D outputs. In addition, thanks to the cluster structure that will be created with the contribution of domestic technology leaders and global companies in 34 different technology verticals, vertical expertise will be provided in a wide range of fields, from artificial intelligence to biotechnology, from mobility to space technologies.
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Investigation into ‘Cast Agency’ allegations at CHP’s Sarıyer event
Allegations that people who were not actually party members were taken to the event organized by CHP in Sarıyer, through a casting agency, hit the agenda like a bombshell. While the discussions were continuing, a complaint petition was submitted to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN STARTED
Within the scope of the investigation initiated after the complaint, the allegations made regarding the event and the publications made on this subject will be examined in all aspects.
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that after the investigations are completed, the statements of the people subject to the complaint will be taken.
“SOMETHING THAT THE DEVIL CANNOT THINK OF”
CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman Gürsel Tekin made the following statement regarding the “paid extra” allegation:
“Partyship is completely voluntary. The mayor and administrators of Sarıyer Municipality, who allocated the hall to us, were lynched. Anyone who wants can pay and rent it. You rent the hall of your own municipality and your mayor is lynched. I will explain those gangs. They did something that the devil would never think of.
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Faik Öztrak became the new Group Chairman of CHP
The closed meeting of the CHP TBMM Group was held under the chairmanship of Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
At the meeting at the party headquarters, a ballot box was set up to determine the group chairmanship and group deputy chairmanships. While 39 MPs attended the meeting, 5 MPs did not attend.
2 NAMES WERE CANDIDATES FOR GROUP PRESIDENT
At the meeting, Tekirdağ Deputy Faik Öztrak and Elazığ Deputy Gürsel Erol competed as candidates for the CHP Group Chairmanship.
While the candidates could not obtain an absolute majority to be elected in the first two rounds of voting, it was later learned that Erol withdrew his candidacy. In the third round of voting, Öztrak was elected as CHP Group Chairman.
RACE WITH 6 CANDIDATES FOR GROUP VICE CHAIRMAN
At the CHP closed Turkish Grand National Assembly Group Meeting, following the Group Presidency vote, a vote was taken for the two group deputy chairpersonships.
Balıkesir Deputy Serkan Sarı, İzmir Deputy Rahmi Aşın Türeli, Ordu Deputy Mustafa Adıgüzel, Kars Deputy İnan Akgün Alp, Kütahya Deputy Ali Fazıl Kasap and İzmir Deputy Sevda Erdan Kılıç participated in the election.
As a result of the voting, İzmir MPs Sevda Erdan Kılıç and Rahmi Aşın Türeli were elected as CHP Group Deputy Chairmen.
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Interior Minister Çiftçi emphasizes determination in the fight against crime
Minister Çiftçi evaluated the work carried out to prevent such attacks using motorcycles to the AA correspondent.
Stating that operations and preventive security works aimed at eliminating the action capability of armed criminal organizations are carried out uninterruptedly under the coordination of the Ministry, Çiftçi said that the structures using this method are followed by the security units with all their connections.
Emphasizing that the struggle is not limited to the people who carried out the attack, Çiftçi said:
“We target all links of the crime chain, from the person who carried out the attack using the motorcycle to the one who gave the instructions for the action, to the one who provided the weapon and vehicle, to the one who provided escape and shelter. We narrow down the movement area of these structures by carrying out our operational work, intelligence activities and preventive measures together.”
Minister Çiftçi pointed out that some armed criminal organizations use motorcycles to reach the scene quickly, hide their identities and move away from the area after the attack, and stated that changing the method used will not be enough to escape the surveillance of security units.
THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS DECREASED
Minister Çiftçi, who also shared the data regarding the incidents in which firearms were used by motorcycle, said:
“In the period between January 1 and July 16 of last year, there were 165 incidents in which a firearm was used on a motorcycle. In the same period of this year, the number of incidents decreased to 46. Thus, a decrease in these incidents was achieved.”
Çiftçi stated that when the same periods are compared, the number of people who lost their lives in the incidents decreased from 17 to 9, and the number of those injured decreased from 81 to 15.
Stating that the results obtained show the reward of the determined struggle carried out by the security units on the field, Çiftçi concluded his words as follows:
“Each incident is a serious security issue that we must focus on with the same sensitivity. Our goal is not only to reduce the number of incidents, but also to completely eliminate the action capacity of armed criminal organizations. We will not allow those who threaten Türkiye’s security, regardless of the tools and methods they use.”
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Gürsel Tekin: Two people can know something that the devil cannot think of
Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed to the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul Provincial Administration, held a press conference at the CHP Istanbul Provincial Directorate building. Tekin said, “We hold participation days for our party every Saturday. There is great interest. Yesterday, we held a very comprehensive meeting with the participation of our esteemed Chairman. Hundreds of our friends from different political parties joined the party. We are not in a position to look at anyone’s record. I am a person who has been a party manager for a long time with experience. In public places, our managers only take the names of our friends who came and who did not come. In order not to face the operation of a mud media, we took the names of our friends because our hall has a limited number. We kneaded it.” “We have been here for 10 months. Many of our friends come with their own means. Some of our young friends asked us for transportation support because of the large number of them. Apart from that, we cannot afford to spend money.”
‘EVERYONE WHO WANTS CAN PAY AND RENT IT’
Tekin said, “Partyship is a completely voluntary thing. The mayor and administrators of Sarıyer Municipality, who allocated the hall to us, were lynched. Anyone who wants can pay and rent it. You rent the hall of your own municipality and your mayor is lynched. I will explain those gangs. They did something that the devil would never think of. We asked our Şişli Youth Branch President, do you know him: None. Two people can know. First, the media that set this dirty trap, secondly, the prosecutors of our state will know through investigation. We immediately filed a criminal complaint at night. None.” “We were not on the dirty side, we did not set a trap for anyone. Dear prosecutors, you will go to the bottom of the person who set this trap. We will go after the person responsible for this FETO plot. What if there are 70 people missing, what happens if there are more?”
‘AZİZ İHSAN AKTAŞ CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IS BUSINESSMEN’
Tekin said, “This triangle, which we call the devil’s triangle, whenever I talk about confessors, the chemistry of this dirty media breaks down. Aziz İhsan Aktaş Crime Organization is businessmen. They look for a way to stay powerful in their institutions and buy politicians. This person bought two important actors of the CHP. Özgür Karabat is the second one, Burhanettin Bulut. Özgür Karabat is the one who looks after the financial affairs, and Burhanettin Bulut looks after the media buying.”
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Only together we can be strong – Breaking News
Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin visited Bezciyan Private Armenian Primary School and Secondary School in Fatih. Noting that an environment has been created in which all citizens can live on an equal basis in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms since 2002, Tekin said, “We have stood by all the oppressed in Türkiye, whose fundamental rights and freedoms have been taken away, who have been marginalized for ethnic, religious or other reasons, and who have difficulty in exercising their fundamental rights and freedoms, from being able to speak their native language to freedom of worship, especially freedom of belief.” Stating that they have a sincere and productive dialogue with minority schools, Tekin said, “I have never distinguished the problem of a student here from the problem of a student in any of our schools. We can only be strong together. We can only continue our thousands of years old culture of coexistence if we can teach it to our children.” AK Party Istanbul Deputy Sevan Sıvacıoğlu said, “President Erdoğan’s sincere and friendly approach towards minorities has always made us happy, and we are grateful to them.” Meanwhile, Tekin and his entourage also visited the Armenian Patriarchate before the program.
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