ESKIŞEHIR — 2013 · Murder
Death of Ali İsmail Korkmaz
Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a 19-year-old Anadolu University student, was beaten in Eskişehir on 2 June 2013 while fleeing into side streets during the Gezi Park protests. Seriously injured, he died on 10 July 2013. CCTV footage proved decisive in the investigation. In the verdict announced in January 2015, the main defendants received 10 years 10 months and 10 years, three others 3 years 4 months; two police officers were acquitted. Parks and places in many provinces have been named after him.
- Date
- 2013
- Place
- Centre, Eskişehir
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 39.7760, 30.5200 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2 June 2013Ali İsmail Korkmaz was beaten in Eskişehir.
- 10 July 2013He died in hospital.
- August 2013CCTV footage became public.
- January 2015The court announced its verdict.
Sources
- CNN Türk – 3 kez dövülmüş cnnturk.com ↗
- Hürriyet – Ali İsmail Korkmaz hurriyet.com.tr ↗
- Vikipedi – Ali İsmail Korkmaz tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- CNN Türk
- Hürriyet
- Radikal
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