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Police officers suspected in Tahir Elçi killing acquitted due to ‘insufficient evidence’

Police officers suspected in Tahir Elçi killing acquitted due to ‘insufficient evidence’

The court has released its detailed ruling in the case of the 2015 killing of Diyarbakır Bar Association President Tahir Elçi.

10 July 2024 Ruken Tuncel

Statement from 75 bar associations: We will never give up the struggle for justice

Statement from 75 bar associations: We will never give up the struggle for justice

75 bar associations issued a joint statement after the acquittal of three police officers in the case regarding the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association's former president Tahir Elçi: “We will never give up the struggle for justice for Tahir Elçi.”

İnanç Yıldız

"The judiciary, which failed to carry out the necessary investigation, is also indirectly responsible for the murder"

VERDICT DAY IN THE TAHİR ELÇİ CASE

"The judiciary, which failed to carry out the necessary investigation, is also indirectly responsible for the murder"

The prosecution claims that Tahir Elçi died as a result of a bullet that apparently came from nowhere and seeks the acquittal of the accused police officers.

12 June 2024 İnanç Yıldız

Ayça Söylemez

Tahir Elçi killing: Prosecution seeks acquittal of all police officers

Tahir Elçi killing: Prosecution seeks acquittal of all police officers

Elçi, the then-chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was killed in 2015 during a shootout between police officers and Kurdish armed militia.

30 April 2024 Ayça Söylemez

Former PM Davutoğlu to testify in Tahir Elçi murder case

Former PM Davutoğlu to testify in Tahir Elçi murder case

The then-chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association was killed while speaking to reporters in November 2015.

Tahir Elçi murder case | Defendants not arrested, again

Tahir Elçi murder case | Defendants not arrested, again

In the trial over the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi, the witness wrote that s/he had signed the testimony under pressure and that s/he was not at the scene of the incident when Elçi was shot.

12 January 2022

Lawyers demand that Ahmet Davutoğlu be heard at Tahir Elçi murder case

Lawyers demand that Ahmet Davutoğlu be heard at Tahir Elçi murder case

After former PM Ahmet Davutoğlu said that Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair “Tahir Elçi fell victim to a political assassination”, the lawyers of the Elçi family have submitted a petition and demanded that Davutoğlu be heard as a witness at the case.

17 September 2021

Tahir Elçi murder case | Deleted camera footage to be examined

Tahir Elçi murder case | Deleted camera footage to be examined

In their statements at the prosecutor’s office over the assassination of Diyarbakır Bar Chair Tahir Elçi, witnesses said that they saw the moment when Elçi was shot. At today’s hearing, they said that they did not see it.