The trial of Sinan Ateş, the former President of the Grey Wolves' Hearths who lost his life in an assassination attempt in Ankara, started at Ankara 32nd High Criminal Court. Twenty-two arrested defendants appeared before the judge for the first time in the hearing held on July 1. Among the detainees are former executives of the Grey Wolves and MHP members. During the hearing, the shooter, Eray Özyağcı, denied all his statements, while the alleged instigator, Doğukan Çep, claimed that he was "the main actor of the case." At the hearing where the interim decision was made, ten defendants who were arrested were released on judicial control conditions. Sinan Ateş's wife, Ayşe Ateş, reacted to the interim verdict by saying, "The theater of conspiracy supported by the press and social media, which witnessed the efforts of the defendants and defense attorneys to reduce a political murder to a case of credit and debit for five days in the Sincan campus, ended today."The court also rejected the request to merge the 17 suspects' separate investigation files with the main case. In the first session of the hearing, the lawyers of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) requested to participate in the case. The court unanimously rejected the request for participation on the grounds that "MHP does not have the title of victim of the crime."Ayşe Ateş says that since the police statement and the investigation phase, the attempt to shed light on the murder has been hampered by concerns about protecting someone. Ateş stated that the indictment ignored important information about her husband's death, disregarded the testimonies of some key witnesses, and removed some suspects from the file. She also claimed that there were political reasons behind the dismissal of some prosecutors during the trial. As there has been no satisfactory explanation or investigation into Ayşe Ateş's allegations, the public has raised serious doubts about the due process of the case.The murder of Sinan Ateş is one of the most significant incidents of recent years that has damaged the sense of justice, the demand for clean politics, and trust in the judiciary. This murder has shown us how violent political infighting in Turkey can be. The manner in which the investigation and prosecution were carried out also reveals how the rule of law was violated. It has also brought back the traditional issues of the relationship between politics, the judiciary, and the structures within the state. Finally, the unsolved murders that marked our recent political history have been replaced by "forensic" cases whose perpetrators are known but cannot be brought to justice despite social pressure.

The Freedom Observer

The murder of Sinan Ateş is one of the most significant incidents of recent years that has damaged the sense of justice, the demand for clean politics, and trust in the judiciary. This murder has shown us how violent political infighting in Turkey can be. The manner in which the investigation and prosecution were carried out also reveals how the rule of law was violated.

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