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Turkish high court overturns life sentence in Pınar Gültekin femicide case

Turkish high court overturns life sentence in Pınar Gültekin femicide case

The 27-year-old women was found to have been burned alive. Yet, the Court of Cassation concluded that the murder was not committed with "monstrous feelings."

3 February 2025

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: Appeals court sentences offender to life imprisonment

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: Appeals court sentences offender to life imprisonment

The lower court had sentenced the perpetrator to 23 years in prison, reducing his sentence due to "unjust provocation."

Akşener reacts to court's ruling on femicides

Akşener reacts to court's ruling on femicides

"This encourages men to kill women," said İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener regarding unjust provocation reduction granted to perpetrators of femicides in Turkey.

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: Defendant's sentence reduced due to 'unjust provocation'

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: Defendant's sentence reduced due to 'unjust provocation'

The perpetrator who killed and burned Pınar Gültekin has been sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison. The court's decision triggered outrage among women.

21 June 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again

Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, arrested perpetrator Cemal Metin A.’s brother Mertcan A. has been arrested. He was released pending trial.

22 February 2022

Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report

Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, a panel of experts has prepared a forensic medical report and found that Gültekin was subjected to the flames when she was alive and lost her life.

25 January 2022

4 more suspects to be put on trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

4 more suspects to be put on trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that the parents and ex-wife of arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. as well as Şükrü Gökhan O. be separately penalized for trying to hide the evidence in the Pınar Gültekin feminicide case.

7 September 2021

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | 'The private life of the deceased is put on trial'

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | 'The private life of the deceased is put on trial'

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. pressed charges over the social media posts shared under the hashtag “Justice for Pınar Gültekin”, claiming that there is “an attempt to lynch him.”

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | ‘Defendant’s parents, partner to be indicted’

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | ‘Defendant’s parents, partner to be indicted’

Rezan Epözdemir, the lawyer of Pınar Gültekin’s family, previously applied to the Court of Cassation about the non-prosecution of arrested defendant Cemal Metin A.’s parents and business partner and demanded “reversal for the sake of law”.

Appeals against defendant’s release in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

Appeals against defendant’s release in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

After the local court released one of the defendants in the trial over the killing of Pınar Gültekin, both the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and the family’s attorney have objected to the release of the defendant.

17 February 2021

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: One defendant released

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Pınar Gültekin feminicide case: One defendant released

At the third hearing of the trial over Pınar Gültekin’s killing in Muğla, Mertcan A. has been released while the court board has rejected the request for recusal raised by the Gültekin family’s attorney at the previous hearing.

16 February 2021

Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case

Rezan Epözdemir, the attorney of the Gültekin family, has indicated that the court board is trying to reduce the sentence of the defendant due to unjust provocation and demanded recusal. The next hearing will be held on February 15.

Man faces aggravated life sentence for killing Pınar Gültekin

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Man faces aggravated life sentence for killing Pınar Gültekin

The court has accepted the indictment lodged against Cemal Metin A. for killing university student Pınar Gültekin. He is now facing aggravated life imprisonment on charge of “killing with monstrous feeling.”

One more person arrested over feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

One more person arrested over feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

As part of the investigation launched into the killing of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, a man named Mertcan A. has been arrested on charge of “spoliation of evidence”. Mertcan A. is also the brother of Cemal Metin A., who has been arrested for killing Gültekin.

Student faces investigation for protesting male violence after Pınar Gültekin’s death

Student faces investigation for protesting male violence after Pınar Gültekin’s death

Ege University has launched an investigation against its student Emine Akbaba, who joined the protests in İzmir after Pınar Gültekin, a university student in Muğla, was murdered by a man named Cemal Metin A.

‘Pınar Gültekin’s killing was a premeditated murder,’ says lawyer Epözdemir

FEMINICIDE

‘Pınar Gültekin’s killing was a premeditated murder,’ says lawyer Epözdemir

Lawyer Rezan Epözdemir has appealed to the prosecutor’s office, requesting that the investigation into Pınar Gültekin’s murder be extended. “We think that this brutal murder was committed with premeditation,” the lawyer has noted.

Pınar Gültekin’s mother says ‘there was more than one person involved’ in the murder

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Pınar Gültekin’s mother says ‘there was more than one person involved’ in the murder

Speaking at the funeral of her daughter Pınar Gültekin, who was murdered in Muğla, mother Gültekin said that she went to the scene of incident and watched the camera footage, alleging that “there was not only one person, but a single person was caught.”

Pınar Gültekin laid to rest

FEMINICIDE

Pınar Gültekin laid to rest

Found dead in a forest area in Muğla five days after she was reported missing, university student Pınar Gültekin has been laid to rest in Bitlis province.

Women take to streets across Turkey to protest male violence

Women take to streets across Turkey to protest male violence

After the dead body of Pınar Gültekin was found in Muğla yesterday, hundreds of women have protested male violence across Turkey. The police attacked women’s march for Gültekin in İzmir, detaining 12 women. The women have been released.

Murder suspect of Pınar Gültekin arrested

FEMINICIDE

Murder suspect of Pınar Gültekin arrested

Having confessed that he killed university student Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, the man named Cemal Metin A. has been arrested on charge of “killing with monstrous feeling.”

Feminicide: Man taken into custody for killing Pınar Gültekin

Feminicide: Man taken into custody for killing Pınar Gültekin

Missing for five days, the dead body of university student Pınar Gültekin has been found in the woods in Muğla. The man named Cemal Metin A. has been detained in relation with her death. He reportedly killed her “because she refused to be with him.”