A decision was made in the death of 5-year-old Metehan! 4 years and 2 months imprisonment for shuttle driver

Metehan Kirazlı, who went down the street with his grandfather Recep Kirazlı to meet his older brother U. Kirazlı (8), who was studying at Levent Mimar Sinan Primary School in Gaziosmanpaşa, died after being run over by the vehicle when the school bus started to depart. The decision hearing of the case regarding Kirazlı's death was held. Defendant Recep Kirazlı, grandfather of Metehan, who lost his life, defendant Mehmet Keleş's lawyer and the complainants attended the hearing at Gaziosmanpaşa 23rd Criminal Court of First Instance.

Explaining his opinion on the merits, the prosecutor stated that on the day of the incident, the vehicle driven by the defendant Mehmet Keleş hit the underage Metehan Kirazlı, and that Metehan could not be saved despite all the interventions and died. According to the Forensic Medicine Institute report, it was stated that the driver of the vehicle, defendant Keleş, and defendant Kirazlı were primarily at fault. In the opinion where it was stated that the defendants committed the crime of 'reckless murder', it was stated that Metehan's grandfather, Recep Kirazlı, was aggrieved to a degree that made it unnecessary to impose a penalty on him in terms of his personal and family situation. In the opinion, it was requested that it be decided that there was no need to impose a penalty on Kirazlı.

In his defense against the opinion, the detained defendant Recep Kirazlı said, "I have no fault. Therefore, I request my acquittal."

Speaking at the hearing, complainant Ayşe Özlem Kirazlı said, "This is not a one-day negligence. The defendant Mehmet is not suitable for being a shuttle driver. The accident occurred because the defendant Mehmet did not look at the road. In the previous hearing, the defendant Mehmet said that he set off by looking at the mirrors, not the road. The defendant Mehmet must have seen my son. I demand that the defendant be punished. The defendant told me that he could not take my son to the hospital when I personally went to my son. He should be tried with possible intent."