Decision in the 19-year-old murder case in Kahramanmaraş: Aggravated life sentences for two defendants

Relatives of Fatma and Gülcan Alıç, who suddenly disappeared in Kahramanmaraş in 2005, appealed to the Provincial Police Department in 2024 and asked for help. Since no trace of the sisters being alive was found during the studies, it was considered that they might have been murdered, and a special team was established by the Homicide Bureau.

The special team was suspicious of the movements of Behçet Yediminareli, with whom Gülcan Alıç had a religious marriage, and her cousin Mevlüt Doğan, before she was killed. Mevlüt Doğan, who was detained on November 6, 2024, confessed that they killed the brothers and buried them in the garden of the vineyard house. The bones of the brothers were found in the place indicated by Doğan. Thereupon, Behçet Yediminareli and Y.K., with whom she lived in a religious marriage. and his sister A.K. He was detained. While Mevlüt Doğan and Behçet Yediminareli, among the suspects referred to the courthouse, were arrested, Y.K. and A.K. was released.

At the end of the investigation, a lawsuit was filed against 4 people at Kahramanmaraş 4th High Criminal Court, demanding aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of 'premeditated murder of more than one person for the same reason'. The decision was made at the hearing of the case today. While the detained defendants Behçet Yediminareli, Mevlüt Doğan, Fatma Alıç's children Ferhat Alıç and Erkan Alıç and the defendants' lawyers attended the hearing, Y.K. and A.K. He did not attend the hearing. At the hearing, the prosecutor gave his opinion on the merits and decided that Behçet Yediminareli and Mevlüt Doğan should be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment by Y.K. He also demanded the acquittal of A.K. and A.K.

Behçet Yediminareli and Mevlüt Doğan, who accused each other in previous hearings, did not accept the accusations at the verdict hearing. Yediminareli, one of the defendants to whom the presiding judge asked his last words, said, "I do not accept the accusations. I request additional time for my defense. Also, I do not have a lawyer present. That's why I request additional time." Mevlüt Doğan defended himself by saying, "I am innocent. I could not do this job. I repeat my old defense exactly. I demand my acquittal."

Ferhat and Erkan Alıç also demanded that the defendants be punished in the most severe way. The court rejected Yediminareli's request for additional time on the grounds that both the defendants and the lawyers had made detailed defenses in the previous hearings.

'IS HUMAN LIFE THAT SIMPLE?'

At the end of the hearing, the court sentenced Behçet Yediminareli and Mevlüt Doğan to aggravated life imprisonment, while Y.K. and A.K. were acquitted. Hearing the punishment, Behçet Yediminareli reacted to the delegation. Reminding that another committee handled the previous hearings, he said, "Mr. President, you have just arrived, you are not in control of this file. How do you make decisions in such a court? Is human life that simple? God damn you all."