The objection against the verdict of non-prosecution issued in the investigation opened on the death of 71-year-old Ata Borçin, who died after a heart attack during the “curfew” declared in Cizre district of Şırnak in 2015, was denied.
Cizre Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office had issued a verdict of non-prosecution in the investigation started on the death of Borçin with the allegations of ‘misuse of duty’ and ‘homicide with eventual intent.” Denying the objection against the verdict, Cizre Criminal Judicature of Peace claimed, “there is no causal relation between the curfew and Borçin’s death and it is therefore impossible to impose charges on the officers declaring the curfew.”
Making a criminal complaint against those responsible for his father’s death, Borçin’s son Mesut Borçin had indicated that his father was in great distress and his health had gotten worse one day after the curfew was declared. In his criminal complaint, Borçin further expressed that the ambulance called could not arrive and that they had to take his father to the hospital with their neighbor’s car, and that the doctors were late in applying a medical procedure.
Thousands of residences were damaged and tens of thousands of people had to leave Cizre during the 79-day long curfew in the district. 279 people had lost their lives during this period; many were civilians, including babies and old people.
08.08.2018
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