ISTANBUL — 2019 · Murder
Murder of Halit Ayar
Halit Ayar, a 23-year-old electrical engineer who had graduated from Istanbul Technical University, was stabbed to death near Taksim on 7 September 2019 in a robbery. The perpetrators turned out to be on leave from prison, which triggered a debate on the sentencing system. On 4 September 2020 two defendants received aggravated life sentences plus 29 years and 3 months each. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality renamed the Tünel stop on the Taksim–Tünel tram line after Halit Ayar.
- Date
- 2019
- Place
- Beyoğlu, Istanbul
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 41.0350, 28.9790 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 7 September 2019Halit Ayar was killed near Taksim.
- September 2019Suspects were detained.
- 4 September 2020Two defendants received aggravated life sentences.
- 20 November 2020The Tünel stop was named after Halit Ayar.
Sources
- NTV – İki gözaltı ntv.com.tr ↗
- Vikipedi – Halit Ayar cinayeti tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- CNN Türk – Cezası belli oldu cnnturk.com ↗
- CNN Türk
- NTV
- Sözcü
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