Defense of the accused police officer in the martyr police Şeyda Yılmaz case

The first hearing of the case in which 3 police officers were tried for the martyrdom of police officer Şeyda Yılmaz by Yunus Emre Geçti, who escaped from the police station after being caught for 'motorcycle theft' on September 22, 2024 in Ümraniye Ihlamurkuyu and has a record of 26 crimes, was held. The unarrested defendant police officer Abdullah A. and the party's lawyers attended the hearing held at the 13th Criminal Court of First Instance.

'I THINK RAMADAN TAKES THE INITIATIVE'

In his defense, the defendant Abdullah A. said, "On the day of the incident, I was working as a group chief at the Martyr İsmail Akkoyun police station. I was on duty for the evening hours. I heard a noise while I was in the sink. When I came out, police officer Ramazan said that the mother of the person who committed the action had brought food, he moved a little away to give her the food, and at this time the person ran away. I immediately told the other groups via Whatsapp that the person had escaped, that he could be dangerous and that support was needed. Meanwhile, the main monitor at the police station could see in which direction the suspect was running." We looked at him with police officer Adem. When the vehicle arrived, Adem said that police officer Kürşat was following the suspect and that he was shot. I did not know that our two officers were following the suspect until Adem said so. Normally, we do not allow people to meet with their families at the police station for any reason. I think Ramazan took the initiative. "We do not allow the suspects to see each other. This procedure is followed for all suspects. No one had escaped from the police station in this way before, but normally, if I had not been in the bathroom, I would not have allowed Ramazan to see the suspect with his family. I do not accept the accusation, I demand my acquittal."

THE HEARING WAS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 27

Announcing its interim decision, the court postponed the hearing to Friday, November 27, to correct the missing issues.