First hearing in the gunfight case in which 2 people died in Diyarbakır! 'We went to make peace' defense from the defendants

The incident took place on July 16, 2025, in the evening hours, in front of a mourning house on 205th Street, Medya District, Bağlar district. The argument that broke out between two related families due to a land dispute quickly turned into an armed fight. In the incident, Erkan Tekin, who went out with his wife to calm down his 7-month-old son who was crying due to the sounds of the argument and was not involved in the incident, and Ahmet Arif Gökçek, one of the parties, were injured. Upon notice, health and police teams were dispatched to the scene. During the check, it was determined that Erkan Tekin and Ahmet Arif Gökçek lost their lives. After the autopsy procedures at the Forensic Medicine Institute, the bodies were handed over to their relatives and buried. During the work carried out by the police teams, the suspects Nusret Tuğaç (39) and his brother Aydın Tuğaç (32), who was thought to have helped him, were caught and arrested. An arrest warrant was issued for the fugitive suspect Mehmet Salim Gökçek, (34) and his relatives.

In the investigation initiated by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, an indictment was prepared against 3 suspects, 2 of whom were detained and 1 of whom was wanted. The indictment also included information that security cameras at the scene were examined. In the images; It was stated that the suspects shot towards Ahmet Arif Gökçek with the guns in their hands in front of the house of mourning and shot Erkan Tekin, who was passing by the scene at the time. In addition, as a result of the seizure of 9 cartridges and 2 bullets at the scene, it was revealed that the seized cartridges belonged to three separate unlicensed weapons.

Detained defendants Nusret Tuğaç and Aydın Tuğaç, complainants and party lawyers attended the first hearing of the case held at Diyarbakır 10th High Criminal Court. At the hearing, the defenses of the defendants who were tried for the crime of "premeditated murder" against the victim Ahmet Arif Gökçek and "possible murder with possible intent" against Erkan Tekin, who was shot accidentally, were taken.

Defendant Nusret Tuğaç, who denied the accusations, claimed that he and his father were attacked in the house of mourning and that a knife was held to his throat, and said, "In the house of mourning, Ahmet Arif Gökçek took out the knife and cursed my mother and my wife. They were beating my father and uncle inside, and 20 people attacked me. They took the knife from my hand and put it to my throat. While taking my father to the hospital, the elders of the family called and wanted to reconcile us. In order to make peace, while I was going to the house of mourning, I took my sister with me and Ahmet Arif Gökçek said, "He came at us from behind the ATM with a knife in his hand. I pulled the gun from my waist and shot it towards the ground. When he didn't stop, I shot him two more times. I did not see Erkan Tekin. I regret his death. I had no problem with Ahmet Arif Gökçek; 3 years ago, I reconciled the feud between them by collecting 5 million liras and passing it under the Quran."

Aydın Tuğaç argued that they went to the house of mourning to prevent the incident from prolonging and to make peace, and said, "They had a fight with my brother before, they put a knife to my brother's throat, they beat my father, my father was disabled. I came home from work. 3-4 hours had passed. My father told us that the elders called and attacked them in the house of mourning. My father also said, 'Go to the house of mourning with your brother and do not let this situation drag on, make peace.' We took our sister too. To prevent the incident from taking longer. istedik. Birisini öldürmeye gitsek bir çocukla ya da bir bayanla gitmezdik. Ağabeyim Nusret o sırada lavabodaydı. Biz gittikten sonra 3-4 kişi yas evinin kapsının önündeydi ve bize ateş ettiler. Biz bu olayın bu duruma gelmesini hiç istemezdik. Biz aileydik. Bizim onlarla bir sorunumuz ve sıkıntımız yoktu. İki aileyi birbirine düşürdüler, bizi birbirimize düşürdüler. Bizim bazı mallarımız iç içedir. Bizi çekemediler. Olay buraya kadar geldi. Erkan Tekin isimli sahsın vurulma "I didn't see the moment, I don't know how he died. Even if the family is here, I regret it. I also apologize to my aunt. I request my release."

Complainant Ayşe Gökçek, the wife of the deceased Ahmet Arif Gökçek, said that the defendants' claims were not true and said, "Nusret Tuğaç came to the mourning house and fought with us directly. He cursed by saying 'It's time for reckoning, you shot our uncle'. He cursed in a sarcastic way. Then he went to the men's side. Then he pulled a knife on my wife. People calmed him down and left the mourning house. After a while, they came to the mourning house again and combed him. My husband did not take out a knife during the argument. My husband did not take out a knife. "He had nothing in his hand. This is evident in the footage. My daughter said to Nusret, 'Why are you cursing my mother?' Nusret then started to grab my daughter's face and said, 'It's your time of reckoning, I will kill you all.' I was at home when my wife was shot. I am making a complaint."

Erkan Tekin's wife Ebru Tekin's lawyer, Mervan Eren Gül, also stated that the defense of the defendants was contradictory and aimed at getting rid of the crime, and demanded that the defendants be punished for the crime of "premeditated murder".

The hearing was postponed.