Mehmet Selim Kiraz

The two far-leftist militants who were killed by security forces after they took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz hostage on March 31 inside an Istanbul courthouse were laid to rest on April 2. 

?afak Yayla, one of the captors of 46-year-old Kiraz, was laid to rest in his hometown of Çanakç?'s Karabörk village, which is located in the northern province of Giresun. 

After police witnesses took back their accusations against the Be?ikta? football fan group Çar??, an Istanbul court adjourned the April 2 hearing of a case in which 35 members of Çar?? are on trial for organizing a plot against the government during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. 

An investigation into seven Turkish newspapers for publishing the hostage photo of slain prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was launched on April 2.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday during a one-day visit to Romania that the two countries would work together on developing trade and tourism.

The murder of Istanbul criminal prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz in a raid on his office in the Istanbul Courthouse by two militants of the outlawed Revolutionary People?s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) on March 31 triggered waves of trauma at a time when Turkey is heading for critical parliamentary elections on June 7.

We call "terrorists" those people who take up arms and commit acts of terror.
If terrorists render it much more difficult to shout out loud for democratic rights with their actions...
If they serve the dominant power by making it show its teeth more aggressively...
If their actions lead to renewed attacks on the memory of a 14-year-old child...

Istanbul prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was killed in an operation against his two captors late on March 31, had made considerable progress in the cases of protesters wounded and killed during the Gezi Park protests in the summer of 2013.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has vowed that the government will not tolerate demonstrations in the street ?whoever they are and whatever their intent is,? while slamming elements of the media and the opposition over the March 31 killing of a prosecutor.

Turkey?s opposition parties have blamed the government for failing to rescue prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, 46, who was killed after he was taken hostage by two members of an outlawed group on March 31, decrying the security forces? failed rescue operation that ended with death of all three individuals.

Do?an Media Group?s Publishing Principles Committee, a board that supervises media ethics in all Do?an Holding-linked media outlets, held an extraordinary meeting on April 1 to evaluate publications and broadcasts regarding the killing of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz at his Istanbul office on March 31.