A decision has been made in the death of 6-year-old Ela! Father rebelled: I am ashamed to go to my daughter's grave

The accident occurred on February 4 in Cumhuriyet District of Gebze district. The student bus with license plate 41 P 3597, driven by İsa Can, hit Ela Tabakoğlu, a first grade primary school student, while turning from 2232nd Street to 2230th Street. Despite the intervention of the medical teams who were dispatched to the address upon notice, Ela could not be saved. Driver İsa Can, who was arrested after the accident, was released from prison during the trial phase after being detained for 4.5 months, and it was decided to impose house arrest on him.

DECISION HEARING

The decision hearing of the case filed regarding the incident at the Gebze 12th Criminal Court of First Instance was held today. Ela's mother Serpil and father Fatih Tabakoğlu and the party lawyers attended the hearing. Defendant İsa Can's lawyer requested that the judicial control measure in the form of house arrest against his client be lifted. While the court sentenced İsa Can to 5 years, 10 months and 22 days in prison, it also took into account the time he spent in detention and ruled that his house arrest be lifted and he be released.

'WE WANTED THE PERSON TO BE TRIED WITH THE HEAVIEST PUNISHMENT'

Ela's father, Fatih Tabakoğlu, who could not control his anger after the decision and reacted to the decision by throwing the microphone on the floor in the courtroom, was injured in his finger. Making a statement after leaving the courthouse, Tabakoğlu stated that he had been fighting for his daughter for about 8 months and that the release of the defendant made all his efforts in vain and said:

"We wanted the incident to be a possible premeditation and the person to be tried for the heaviest penalty. According to the decision made here, the murderer will now be able to walk around the streets very easily. Since he has his driver's license, he will be able to hurt others very well until the verdict is announced. I want to call out to our state officials from here. If my blood will remain on the walls of this courthouse, what are you doing there? Those who murdered a 6-year-old child in a chain of negligence are now spending their time very comfortably on the streets, in their homes, with their children. I will meet tomorrow." "I am ashamed to go to my village, to my daughter's grave. If I am ashamed, you should be ashamed too. My wife and I worked so hard. I came here without sleeping for an hour. This is how I spend my life."

'WE WANT JUSTICE'

Tabakoğlu family's lawyer, Kübra Süleyman, said that they found the sentence given to the defendant low. Stating that their demands for the incident to be evaluated within the scope of possible intent were not met, Süleyman said:

"An increase in conscious negligence was made against the defendant and no discount for good behavior was applied. However, our demands that this incident was possible intent were not met. We do not want revenge here, we want justice. We do not want a family's pain to turn into anger, we want this anger to find a voice in the face of the law. Ela will not come back, but this court decision has increased our pain even more. Because the house arrest decision on the defendant has also been lifted and from today on, the defendant will be able to walk around among us freely and, unfortunately, even drive a vehicle. We are for Ela, for her family, for public conscience. "We demand that the most fair decision be made as required by the evidence in the file, and we want the defendant to be tried in custody. We will make all necessary objections in this regard. I would like to tell the grieving family, please do not bend your neck."