Emine Şenyaşar, Human Rights Association (IHD) Urfa (Riha) branch co-chair Mustafa Vefa, Lawyers' Association for Freedom (IHD) Urfa branch co-chairs Meral Halat, Ibrahim Halil Öyke and Emine Çetiner were summoned to testify on the grounds that they "opposed the law numbered 2911".

The accusation refers to the press statement they made in front of Urfa courthouse on the 800th day (31 May 2023) of the Justice Vigil carried out by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit.

For similar reasons, 32 investigations have been opened against Emine Şenyaşar since 9 March 2021, when the Justice Vigil started, and 10 of them turned into lawsuits.

Emine Şenyaşar will appear before the judge at the Urfa 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance today, Tuesday, on the grounds that she insulted AKP's İbrahim Halil Yıldız.

Background

On 14 June 2018, the bodyguards and relatives of AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız attacked the Şenyaşar family's shop in Suruç during the election campaign. In the attack, brothers Celal, Adil, Mehmet, Fadıl and Ferit Şenyaşar were severely injured and hospitalized. Relatives and supporters of AKP MP Yıldız killed Celal and Adil Şenyaşar in hospital, and their father Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar, when he went to the hospital to see his sons. He was brutally murdered, being lynched in front of his wife, Emine Şenyaşar.

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit have been holding a Justice Vigil in front of the Courthouse of Urfa since 9 March 2021, demanding those responsible to be brought to account.