BATMAN — 2025 · Murder

Esra Yılmaz case

SolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026

The court issued its ruling in the case concerning the killing of Esra Yılmaz and Rükneddin Özdemir in Batman. The defendant was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment without any reduction for the "intentional killing of a woman" in relation to Esra Yılmaz, and to 15 years in prison for the "intentional killing" of the other victim, with reductions applied for unjust provocation and judicial discretion.

Date: 2025
Place: Central, Batman
Category: Murder
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: 37.8812, 41.1351 ↗

Timeline of Events

2025Incident occurred
2025Defendant arrested
2026Court ruling: aggravated life imprisonment without reduction, and 15 years in prison

Sources

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