The investigation launched into the attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya province has ended. The prosecutor's office ruled to not prosecuting the defendants for the charge of "inciting the public to enmity and hatred." Lawyers of the workers have announced that they will appeal against the decision.

Kurdish workers from Mardin were attacked by the employers and villagers in the province of Sakarya where they had gone to worl on 4 September.

Lawyers Leyla Kaya, Kemal Erdem, Nurullah Öner from the Mardin Bar Association and former Sakarya Bar Association Chair Zafer Kazan said that they will appeal against the decision of the prosecutor. 

Lawyer Kazan said in a statement that the attack was a clear act of racism: "As soon as the incident was exposed, the prosecutor's office opened an investigation. However, the administrative authorities, especially the governor's office, denied the racist features of the attack. Indeed the investigation was slow. During the attack, the Kurdish workers were told, 'Here is not like Mardin, it is Sakarya.' This has only one name: racism."