A car with diplomatic plates hits a motorcycle courier from behind; the courier is severely injured and taken to the hospital. The driver is released after giving a statement. As the courier fights for his life in the hospital, the driver who struck him flees abroad!
Thousands of motorcycle couriers saw themselves in Yunus Emre! The feeling of "It could have been us in his place" has affected us all. We all could have been the ones facing death, and the perpetrator could have escaped freely. It coulb e our families, spouses, children, and friends who have this unbearable pain.
Mohamed Hassan Shekh Mohamud didn't just kill Yunus Emre; he killed all of us! The body of that vehicle pierced through all of us! We are not only dying on November 30, but every day due to the "speed pressure," being unnoticed in traffic, and lacking legal protections! We are falling victim to murders disguised as accidents.
To prevent it from being forgotten amid daily developments and political controversies, let's list the chronology of the "Yunus Emre Göçer Murder"!
On November 30, the son of the Somali President hit motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Göçer from behind at the Aksaray exit of the Eurasia Tunnel! Yunus Emre was taken to the hospital, and Mohamed Hassan Shekh Mohamud was released after giving a statement!
On December 1, hundreds of couriers gathered in front of Çağlayan Courthouse, calling for the arrest of the driver of the diplomatic-plated vehicle that hit Yunus Emre. Yunus Emre was one of the 60 motorcycle couriers who lost their lives in 2023.
On the evening of December 1, the video recording of the murder disguised as an accident was shared on Kurye Haber and many media outlets! Millions witnessed the crime!
Between November 30 and December 5, Yunus Emre's family, friends, and the public called for action. There were calls for the disclosure of the diplomat's identity and their arrest.
On December 5, Yunus Emre Göçer lost his life. He was laid to rest in a funeral attended by hundreds of motorcycle couriers in Maltepe. Speaking at the funeral, father Metin Göçer said, "My child fell victim not to an accident but to murder. I demand justice."
"After the 'accident,' even though traffic police were present at the scene,even though there was not a single skid mark and though accessing camera recordings of the Eurasia Tunnel would be easy and quick, and although the next day the footage circulated in the media, and Yunus Emre's friends gathered at Çağlayan Courthouse to make their voices heard to authorities, and it was known that Yunus Emre was fighting for his life in the hospital, how could it be possible that 'that individual' so easily escapes the country!"
As motorcycle couriers, we know that justice will not be done until everyone responsible and negligent in the Yunus Emre Göçer case is brought to justice. And none of us will be safe on the roads!
Now all of Turkey knows!
The son of a President killed the son of a laborer! The guilty one went back to his father, freely, while the innocent one was laid to rest by his father.
What happened?
The car driven by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somali President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud, hit motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Göçer from behind in Istanbul on November 30, at the Aksaray exit of the Eurasia Tunnel. Göçer was later pronounced dead on December 5 at the hospital.
Speaking to Cumhuriyet newspaper, Yunus Emre's wife, Öznur Göçer, explained that there was an attempt to cover up the incident, but the truth was revealed to them after the footage emerged on social media.
Öznur Göçer mentioned that after the accident, authorities questioned whether the courier Göçer was inexperienced, stating, "Until the footage came out, the police told us that my husband had committed suicide. If it weren't for the pressure from my husband's courier friends and the public, they might have closed the case by saying my husband committed suicide."
On December 8, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office made a statement regarding the son of the Somali President, who fled abroad after hitting the motorcycle courier in İstanbul's Fatih district.
The statement announced that international procedures were being followed to capture the suspect. It was noted in the statement that despite an arrest warrant being issued for the suspect, the instructions could not be executed due to his escape abroad.
(MÇ/VC/PE)
