Murder of Fırat Çakıroğlu explained
Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1991 |
Birth Place: | Akşehir, Konya, Turkey |
Death Place: | İzmir, Turkey |
Death Cause: | Murder by stabbing |
Resting Place: | Pınarbaşı Cemetery |
Known For: | Political murder victim |
Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu (1 January 1991 – 20 February 2015) was a 24-year-old Turkish nationalist student from Akşehir, Konya. He was murdered after an argument he had with left-wing (according to some reports supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)) students in Ege University on 20 February 2015. Another student in Ege University, Nurullah Semo was convicted of his murder.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Incident
Çakıroğlu was the leader of the youth branch of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) at the Ege University.[8] On 20 February 2015, an argument between right-wing and left-wing students started in Ege University. The argument quickly turned into a fight and eight people from both sides were injured in the incident, three of them needing hospitalisation, including Çakıroğlu. After two hours he died at the hospital of his wounds.[9] [10] [11] [12] Oktay Vural, a parliamentarian of the MHP blamed members of the PKK for the murder.
Trials
After a 880 day long trial, Nurullah Semo was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for "membership in a terrorist organization" and life imprisonment for homicide.[13] [14]
Legacy
After his death, two fitness centers in Tarsus and Menderes, two parks in Nazilli and Aliağa and an intersection in Manisa were named after him.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] There is also a memorial forest named for Çakıroğlu in Etimesgut.[20]
See also
References
- Web site: Çakıroğlu İzmir'de toprağa verildi.
- Web site: Ege Üniversitesindeki olaylarla ilgili 6 gözaltı.
- Web site: 26 February 2015. Ege Üniversitesi'nde Fırat Çakıroğlu cinayeti: Gerilimin arkasında ne var?. 9 October 2020. BBC News Türkçe. tr.
- Web site: Fırat Çakıroğlu davasında hard disk çözülemedi. 9 October 2020. CNN Türk. tr.
- Web site: Ege Üniversitesinde gerginlik: 1 öğrenci öldü.
- Web site: Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu toprağa verildi. 9 October 2020. Al Jazeera Turk - Ortadoğu, Kafkasya, Balkanlar, Türkiye ve çevresindeki bölgeden son dakika haberleri ve analizler. tr.
- Web site: Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu kimdir? Nasıl öldürüldü?. tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131602/http://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/firat-yilmaz-cakiroglu-kimdir-74828. 26 February 2017. 25 February 2017. live.
- Web site: Death of nationalist student stirs politics in Turkey - Türkiye News . 2022-10-20 . Hürriyet Daily News . en.
- Web site: Fırat Yılmaz'ın babası: Ben CHP'liyim, oğlum MHP'li suç mu?. tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303045951/http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turkiye/218531/Firat_Yilmaz_in_babasi__Ben_CHP_liyim__oglum_MHP_li_suc_mu_.html. 3 March 2017. 2 March 2017. live.
- Web site: Fırat Çakıroğlu cinayeti davasında savcı müebbet istedi. 9 October 2020. www.sozcu.com.tr. tr.
- Web site: 20 February 2018. O gün Fırat'ın yanında olan arkadaşı anlatıyor. 9 October 2020. Yeni Çağ Gazetesi. tr.
- Web site: 20 February 2016. Fırat Çakıroğlu Belgeseli. 9 October 2020. Yeni Çağ Gazetesi. tr.
- Web site: Kașikçi'dan Stk'lara Sıtem. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170722200507/http://www.hataysoz.com/haber/kasikci-dan-stk-lara-sitem.html. 22 July 2017. live.
- Web site: Fırat Çakıroğlu davasında karar çıktı. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170719091215/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/firat-cakiroglu-davasinda-karar-gundem-2486976/. 19 July 2017. 20 July 2017. Milliyet.
- Web site: Fırat Çakıroğlu Yaşam Boyu Spor Merkezi Tarsusluların Hizmetinde. 18 June 2016. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080148/http://www.haberler.com/firat-cakiroglu-yasam-boyu-spor-merkezi-8538841-haberi/. 20 December 2016. live.
- Web site: Şehit Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu'nun İsmi Nazilli'de Ölümsüzleşti. 5 November 2016. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080853/http://www.haberler.com/sehit-firat-yilmaz-cakiroglu-nun-ismi-nazilli-de-8931662-haberi/. 20 December 2016. live.
- Web site: Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu Hatıra Ormanı Kuruldu. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101232240/http://www.etimesgutunsesi.com/firat-yilmaz-cakiroglu-hatira-ormani-kuruldu.html. 1 January 2017. dead.
- Web site: Ağlatan Açılış. 29 January 2017. tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303050713/http://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-aglatan-acilis-2-9210400/. 3 March 2017. 2 March 2017. live.
- Web site: Firat Yilmaz Çakiroğlu İsmı Alıağa'da Yaşaycak. tr. 5 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014011/http://www.aliaga.bel.tr/firat-yilmaz-cakiroglu-ismi-aliagada-yasayacak. 6 September 2018. live.
- Web site: Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu Hatıra Ormanı Kuruldu. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101232240/http://www.etimesgutunsesi.com/firat-yilmaz-cakiroglu-hatira-ormani-kuruldu.html. 1 January 2017. dead.