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2009 on the grounds that they did not take Lice Public
Prosecutor Mustafa Kamil Çolak to the scene where the incident occurred. On 4 April 2013, this investigation resulted in non-prosecution on the grounds that 'there was no evidence that any crimes had occurred'. On 30 April 2014, the Lice Chief Public Prosecutor's office, conducting the investigation, concluded that the evidence and reports in the file were inadequate for the detection of the perpetrators and decided to issue a "permanent search order" for the case.
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filed a criminal complaint against the prosecutor Çolak on the allegations of "abuse of power and obscuring evidence of crime". Thereupon, the
Ministry of Justice, launched an investigation to address the allegations about Çolak. An investigation was opened against the gendarmes in Lice on 25 October
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covered Ahmet Altan's article on its headline for 2 October. A group of women artists and activists filed a criminal complaint against the Lice prosecutor who did not go to the scene after the death of Önkol and did not initiate an investigation in time, and about the
General Staff and the Ministry
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Almost all of Turkey is silent. Look at this media. What kind of silence is this? My god! Why can't a newspaper ask about an incident that caused a child's death? Shame on you for wasting all the paper, ink, and labor . You live in a country where a girl was shot and smashed with a rocket, the state
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Diyarbakır Branch, Diyarbakır Bar
Association and Diyarbakır Medical Chamber, on 5 October 2009, the incident could was not being investigated properly due to the negligence of the Lice public prosecutor's office and the security forces. It was stated that the necessary sensitivity was not shown in
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on 28 September 2009, lost her life due to a mortar bullet that was allegedly thrown from
Tapantepe Police Station. The prosecutor and the doctor who did the autopsy did not go to the scene on the grounds that the area was risky and did not have enough security due to the fact that it was a "terror
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General Metin Gürak, Chief of Communication Department of the Turkish General Staff, held a briefing on October 10 and made a presentation with a map and a photo. Investigations done on the day of the event determined that the mortar was not shot on the day Ceylan was killed, he said. He
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newspaper writer Enver
Aysever criticized the liberals in an article for overreacting to the incident. His statements drew reactions from both his own newspaper and other people. Later Aysever left his position at
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likely zone". This situation also postponed the forensic examination. Ceylan's body was left at the scene for six hours. Her body was then taken to the police station by the villagers and an autopsy was performed.
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disappeared, the prosecutor did not go to the village, and the doctor did an autopsy in the police station yard. Doesn't any of this sound strange to you? Don't you even find one of these news-worthy?
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was responsible for the incident, saying it was a high-risk land with handmade explosives and mines. He also said that the death of Ceylan Önkol was used as a propaganda against the
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982:"Sezen Aksu ve Tarkan'dan Ceylan Önkol için ağıt"
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214:. Aksu performed the song "Ceylan" together with
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990:(in Turkish). cumhuriyet.com.tr. 26 May 2017
579:"Ceylan'ın savcısına bakanlıktan inceleme"
630:"Ceylan Önkol Soruşturmasına Takipsizlik"
345:"Havan topuyla ölen çocuğa geciken keşif"
682:"Ceylan Davasında "Daimi Arama" Kararı"
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604:"Lice'de jandarmaya soruşturma açıldı"
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403:from the original on 1 September 2018
137:newspaper editor-in-chief Ahmet Altan
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857:"AHMET ALTAN MİLLİYET'TE NE ARIYOR?"
449:"Genelkurmay'dan fotoğraflı brifing"
78:the confidentiality two days later.
932:"Enver Aysever, Birgün'den ayrıldı"
553:"Ceylan dosyasında gizlilik kalktı"
907:"Cihangir'in liberal çocukları(!)"
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325:(in Turkish). T24. 7 January 2015
1106:Violence against women in Turkey
688:from the original on 7 July 2018
559:from the original on 7 July 2018
475:"Genelkurmay'dan haritalı cevap"
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1091:Victims of human rights abuses
812:Ahmet Altan (2 October 2009).
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832:"2 Ekim 2009 tarihli manşet"
297:"İşte Ceylan'ın ölüm nedeni"
277:(in Turkish). radikal.com.tr
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423:"O halde nasıl öldü"
397:"YERFE DİZ ÇÖKMÜŞTÜ"
179:Nihal Bengisu Karaca
55:Turkish Armed Forces
710:. 19 January 2017.
377:. 30 September 2009
84:Selahattin Demirtaş
64:Diyarbakır Branch,
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