Court Board Did Not Want LGBTs to Follow the Homophobic Murder Case!

In the 8th hearing of the Rosin Çiçek case yesterday who was murdered because of his sexual orientation in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır, justice was not granted once again. The new court board removed SPoD’s (the Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association)status as a joint plaintiff and the next hearing was postponed until February 10. The arrest warrant for the accused two uncles and the father is still in place.

SPoD whose request to be recognized as a joint plaintiff was accepted in the 3rd hearing, will not be able to be involved in the following hearings. The family’s objection to LGBTI association’s involvement in the trial was rejected in the previous hearings but the new court board repealed SPoD’s status as a joint plaintiff.

 

Kaos GL Association’s lawyer Hayriye Kaya stated that the decision was not made based on anything new and added, “When there is no change in the situation, the decision of the previous court board cannot be annulled with no reason.”

 

Kara also said, “Different court brand interpret ‘being affected by crime’ and ‘participation in the proceedings’ in their own way.” And stated that LGBTIs (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex) are deprived of justice.

 

While the relatives of the accused did not pass through a security check when entering the courtroom, LGBTI activists following the case were searched. Policewomen doing the body search did not want to search a trans woman who has a blue identification (ID) card. Turkey uses a blue and pink ID card system for men and women, respectively.  

 

Translation: LGBTI News Turkey