An investigation permission was given against 4 educators, including the school principal at the time, regarding the armed attack in which 9 students and 1 teacher lost their lives at Ayser Çalık Secondary School in Kahramanmaraş's Onikişubat district.
In line with the evaluations in the deposit and preliminary examination reports prepared by the inspectors of the Ministry of National Education, the school principal at the time of the attack, C.K., the deputy principal, F.B., and the religious culture and ethics teacher, A.T. and guidance counselor E.İ. It was learned that an investigation permission was given against him and the decision was notified to the prosecutor's office.
In the inspection report, school principal C.K. and deputy principal F.B. "After hearing the gunshots, they went up to the floor where the attack took place, and left the school building after seeing the attack."
The report included the assessment that "school administrators did not fulfill their obligations to ensure the safety of students, direct them to protected areas and organize their evacuation."
The report stated that A.T., a teacher of religious culture and ethics, heard the gunshots in the classroom where he was working during the attack, and after looking in the direction of the sounds, he ran towards the ground floor without taking any action to protect the students. It was noted that the judicial authorities should evaluate whether the teacher's behavior constituted a "crime of abandonment".
Guidance teacher E.İ. In the evaluation about the student's statements about the attacker's tendency to violence and the process following the guidance services were discussed.
In the report, it was stated that E.İ violated the notification obligation under the Child Protection Law, and it was stated that it would be appropriate for the judicial authorities to evaluate the connection between her behavior and the attack and related deaths and injuries.
It was stated that as a result of the preliminary investigation, it was concluded that 4 personnel abused their duties, and it was decided to give permission for an investigation within the scope of Law No. 4483 on the Trial of Civil Servants and Other Public Officials.
"WE BELIEVE THAT THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THESE PEOPLE ONLY"
Furkan Mehmet Cinkara, the lawyer of the families of some of the students who lost their lives in the attack, told the AA correspondent that the decision to authorize the investigation is an important step towards ensuring justice.
Stating that the investigation should not be limited to the four personnel in question, Cinkara said, "Onikişubat District Governorate has given permission to investigate the four people in question. Allegations of abandonment, abuse of office and failure to report the crime are accused of the relevant people. This decision is an extremely important step towards the administration of justice, but we believe that the investigation should not be limited to these people only." he said.
FROM THE INDICTMENT
In the armed attack carried out by student İsa Aras Mersinli at Ayser Çalık Secondary School in Kahramanmaraş on April 15, teacher Ayla Kara and 9 students lost their lives and 15 students were injured.
As part of the investigation, the attacker's father, Uğur Mersinli, and his mother, Peyman Pınar Mersinli, were arrested.
In the 43-page indictment prepared by the Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the detained defendant Uğur Mersinli was accused of "killing with possible intent" against 10 people, "injuring with possible intent" of different qualities against 15 people and "violation of the Law on Firearms, Knives and Other Tools", and the detained defendant Peyman Pınar Mersinli was accused of "causing the death and injury of more than one person through conscious negligence". He was asked to be punished.
The trial of Uğur Mersinli and Peyman Pınar Mersinli, against whom a lawsuit was filed, started, and the hearing was postponed to December 4.
