Şenyaşar family demands justice for 661 days

Erinç Sağkan, the head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, visited the Şenyaşar family today to support their struggle for justice.

Riha - The sit-in protest held in front of the Urfa Courthouse by Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were murdered in the attack carried out by the relatives and bodyguards of AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız in the Suruç (Kurdish: Pirsûs) district of Urfa province on June 14, 2018, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has entered its 661st day.

Today, Erinç Sağkan, the head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations visited the Şenyaşar family to support their struggle for justice. Erinç Sağkan received information about the legal process and listened to the demands of the Şenyaşar family.

‘Judiciary is helpless because…’

Today, the Şenyaşar family posted a tweet reading, “The banner shows a destroyed ambulance and three people, who were murdered at the hospital. There is the courthouse behind them. The mother (Emine Şenyaşar) has been waiting for justice from the judiciary for 661 days. Judiciary is helpless because the person who committed this inhuman crime is an AKP MP…”