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‘Police killed 404 civilians in Turkey in 14 years’

BARAN TURSUN FOUNDATION REPORT

‘Police killed 404 civilians in Turkey in 14 years’

“Police officers understand it as a ‘legal duty’ to use guns without hesitation as ‘the first resort’ rather than being ‘the last resort’ in using disproportionate and lethal force,” says a recent report by the Baran Tursun Foundation.

Judge Mehmet Akarca Appointed as the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor

Judge Mehmet Akarca Appointed as the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor

Judge sentenced the police officer who killed Baran Tursun for disobeying stop warning to two years and one month has been appointed as the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor.

20 May 2015 Ekin Karaca