The controversial decision in the murder of 16-year-old Gülden Coni! 'They left him to die for 8 hours'

The incident took place on April 5, 2025, in the garden of Edirne Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School on Horozlu Bayır Street, Çavuşbey District. Those who saw the person lying motionless in the school yard reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Upon notice, police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene.

Under the control of the arriving teams, it was determined that the child, identified as Gülden Coni, was stabbed to death. In the investigation into the incident, the murder suspect E.A. He was caught and detained. E.A. After the procedures, he was arrested by the judgeship on duty at the courthouse to which he was referred.

In the indictment prepared by the Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, E.A. Aggravated life imprisonment was requested for the crime of 'deliberately killing a woman by planning, with a monstrous feeling, by inflicting torture, against a person who cannot defend herself physically and mentally against the child'. In the second hearing held at Edirne 3rd High Criminal Court on September 26, 2025, the defendant E.A. He was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for 'deliberate murder against a child and a woman'. The committee then reduced E.A.'s sentence to 20 years because he was 15 years old. E.A. No unfair provocation or good behavior reduction was applied to him.

The decision was taken to appeal in the 1st Criminal Chamber of the Tekirdağ Regional Court of Justice by the lawyers of the parties and the lawyer of the Ministry of Family and Social Services. Evaluating the requests of the parties, the court ruled that E.A. He decided to overturn the verdict given against him. In the decision, it was stated that no reasonable time had passed for the event to be planned. Following the decision, on February 12, E.A. He was tried again. At the hearing, the court ruled that E.A. He annulled the previous sentence of 'premeditation' and sentenced him to aggravated life imprisonment for 'intentional murder of a child and a woman'. E.A.'s sentence was reduced to 19 years because he was a minor.

Regarding the incident, E.A.'s father D.A. and mother B.A. and his aunt S.S. A separate lawsuit was filed against him for 'destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence'. The prosecutor's office requested that each of the defendants be sentenced to imprisonment from 6 months to 5 years. The third hearing of the case was held today at the Edirne 3rd High Criminal Court. Gülden Coni's older sister, Nurhan Alüzrek, her relatives and party lawyers attended the hearing. Unarrested defendants D.A., B.A. and S.S. He did not take part in the hearing.

At the end of the hearing, the court sentenced 3 defendants to 6 months in prison each for the crime of 'destroying, concealing or changing criminal evidence'. The defendants, who received a good behavior reduction, were sentenced to 5 months in prison each, and the announcement of the verdict was postponed.