Kemal Kurkut

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Turkish court acquits police officer who killed Kurdish student in SE Turkey

January 17, 2023

A Turkish court has acquitted police officer Yakup Şenocak, who shot a Kurdish university student Kemal Kurkut to death during Nevruz celebrations in the...

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Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 sentenced for terror propaganda

June 30, 2022

A local court has sentenced a photojournalist who took photos of a university student being shot to death by a police officer in southeastern...

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Court says killing of Kurdish student by police officer in SE Turkey was ‘legal’

March 14, 2022

A regional appeals court has ruled that no charges can be leveled against a police officer who shot a Kurdish university student to death...

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Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges

February 23, 2021

The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of "membership in a...

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Court acquits police officer charged with killing student during Nevruz celebrations

November 18, 2020

A Turkish court has acquitted a police officer who shot a university student to death during Nevruz celebrations in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır...

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Prosecutor demands arrest of police officer who shot Kurkut to death

March 30, 2017

A Diyarbakır prosecutor has requested the arrest of a police officer who shot a young man, Kemal Kurkut, to death during Nevruz celebrations in...

[UPDATE] 2 policemen suspected in Kurkut killing suspended after release by court

March 25, 2017

Two officers who were detained then released after Kemal Kurkut was shot dead by police at Nevruz celebrations in the Bağlar district of southeastern...

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