Call for justice from the mother of Fırat Baraj, who was killed in Mardin

Nazan Öztap, the mother of university student Fırat Baraj (23), who was killed in Mardin on December 22, 2025, claimed that the suspects were taken out of hiding with women's clothes and sheets about 1 hour after the incident, and then were smuggled abroad.

"THE SUSPECTS ARE RUNING AWAY IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES, THERE ARE IMAGES"

The incident took place on December 22, 2025 in Artuklu district. Hearing that Fırat Baraj, a student of Istanbul 29 Mayıs University Faculty of Law, had come to his hometown Mardin from Istanbul, his cousins ​​allegedly called him to Ravza Street to talk about the inheritance dispute.

The argument that broke out between the parties escalated into an armed fight. During the fight, Fırat Baraj was seriously injured by the bullet fired from the gun. Upon notice, health and police teams were dispatched to the scene.

Dam was taken to Mardin Training and Research Hospital after the intervention of medical teams. Dam, who was taken into treatment, died. Fırat Baraj's body was buried after the autopsy. An investigation has been launched to capture the escaped suspects.

'LET FIRAT'S BLOOD LEFT ON THE GROUND'

Fırat Baraj's mother, Nazan Öztap, said that the security camera footage, in which the suspects claimed that they were kidnapped by their relatives in women's clothes and sheets, was added to the case file. Öztap, who wanted the suspects, who he said had fled abroad, to be caught and given the necessary punishment, said, "My son's murderers have still not been found. We haven't knocked on the door, there is no one left. I am calling out to my justice. On the night of my son's shooting, 1 hour after the incident, they escaped from their uncle's house in women's clothes.

There are images, there are camera recordings. Please hear my voice now, I'm very tired. Don't let Fırat's blood remain on the ground. I'm asking you, hear my scream. There are camera recordings of all family members in a street below. There are those who escaped, they came out wearing women's clothes and sheets. It's a mystery how to get out of there after 1 hour. I complain about the whole family behind it. I also requested a search via a red notice. The fact that nothing has come of it so far is seriously hurting me. "I seek refuge in my state, I seek refuge in my God, I pray for divine justice so that the blood of the Euphrates does not remain on the ground," he said.