Ferit Şenyaşar: If justice is not provided, we will move our vigil before the ministry

Ferit Şenyaşar called on everyone to attend his brother’s hearing to be held on Tuesday, and said that they will move their Justice Vigil before the Ministry of Justice if necessary.

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.

Fadıl Şenyaşar, who was taken into custody after being discharged from the hospital where he was treated in Amed by the order of the prosecutor's office, was arrested in the courthouse to which he was transferred and sent to Urfa No. 1 T Type Prison.

Senyaşar, who was then transferred to the Elazig Closed Prison, has been kept in a solitary cell for 5 years. Fadıl Şenyaşar was sentenced to 37 years and 9 months and Enver Yıldız was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the case file, which only covers the assault at the workplace.

The second hearing of the combined case file will be held at Malatya 3rd High Criminal Court on Tuesday, 18 July.

Ferit Şenyaşar said that his brother's hearing will be held at the Malatya 3rd High Criminal Court on Tuesday and added: "My brother has been detained for 5 years. He is still in detention, despite the fact that he acted in self-defense in the attack at our workplace, as shown by both camera recordings and expert reports. If a proper decision is made at the hearing, our mother will take the banner and go home. If there is no decision, we will move our vigil in front of the Urfa Courthouse to Ankara."