Station Massacre case: The defendant wanted Davutoğlu to be heard

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ANKARA - At the hearing of the Ankara Station Massacre case, the defendant Resul Demir requested that the then Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu be heard.
 
The decision hearing of the case of the massacre in which 103 people lost their lives and 391 people, including 20 children, were injured in the ISIS attack on the peace rally in Ankara Train Station Square on October 10, 2015, started at the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court. Victims, families of those who lost their lives, representatives of non-governmental organizations, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Deputy Sevilay Çelenk, some defendants and their lawyers attended the hearing.
 
The hearing started with the statements of the victims and the families of those who lost their lives. Gülistan Uzan, who lost her brother in the massacre, said that most of those who lost their lives died when the police used tear gas. Commenting on the incident, Uzan said: "They sprayed gas on the injured people. My brother told me before leaving that there was something strange, because they did not stop any vehicles along the road. Normally, they would stop me a thousand times, but that day, even the police were hiding in the back in the area. My brother told me these things that day. In short, we were deliberately massacred that day. Why do these courts ignore these and those responsible are not prosecuted? That day, everyone there, including the taxi drivers, seemed to know something and acted accordingly."
 
'TELL ME THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GIVEN THE ORDER'
 
Literature teacher İzzettin Çevik, who lost his daughter and sister in the massacre, said: "This massacre is a massacre committed by someone and for a purpose, most likely for the benefit of the government. In the lessons I have taken and the education I have received, with such a massacre, the power will be overthrown and the government will change. This country has not changed, but the form of power has changed with October 10. Unfortunately, I do not want to appeal to conscience anymore, I do not expect your court to be pure in front of history, because they are also civil servants. I am a retired teacher now, so I will talk more politically from now on. It is this government that killed my daughter and sister. You are also a tool. My wife is still receiving treatment. My duty was to raise good people, and here I am cursing myself. I could not raise good people, if these two brothers came and killed us, I failed as an educator. As a result, this court will also fail, I could not educate you. Someone used you, you are here, they are in the palace, on the ship. Leave this court, say goodbye to us and tell us the names of those who gave you the order." 
 
'BRING IT AND LET THEM TALK'
 
Defendant Hakan Şahin made his defense after the statements and asked for his acquittal, arguing that he had nothing to do with the incident. 
 
Defendant Resul Demir, on the other hand, drew attention to the statements of the then Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu regarding the period when the massacres took place and said: "They fired Ahmet Davutoğlu from his job, he went for revenge. He said, 'If I tell you, it will shake the ground.' He said it right. I don't know how he looks at people after saying this. Let him come and explain. I don't know if you'll bring him here and ask him about this dark period, or if he'll appear on a program and talk about it. But by telling it, he will get rid of this brazenness."
 
FOR SEAT
 
Demir, who persistently denied the accusations and claimed that he was blamed by the prosecutors for the seat, said: "Ramazan Dinç, who set his sights on the Supreme Court, made me guilty in order to gain the seat. I have nothing to do with the incident. You know the Antep files, the prosecutor blacked out the evidence and accused us. Adnan Gümüş, who gave the opinion, says that I was caught while running away, but they took me as the person who sought his information and I gave my statement. There are messages that I buy fertilizer, but there are messages that I sell fertilizer, not that I buy fertilizer. A friend of mine from school tells me, 'ISIS will commit a massacre, don't go there.' He sent me the same message he sends to everyone else. They ask, 'Why did you receive this message?' and accuse him of this. The prosecutor who prepared the opinion says that ISIS ID cards were found in my home. I was accused because a sketch was found in my home that can be viewed on Google. Everyone can look that sketch."
 
The hearing continues with the defense of the defendants.
 

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