Kiraz

For the past two years, Turkey has been in a downward political spiral where the language of hatred and demonization overshadows everything else. The spiral is only getting deeper and deeper by jumping to new levels with every new political crisis and drama. 

An autopsy report has alleged that Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was shot with a gun belonging to militants during a police operation at Ça?layan Courthouse on March 31, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor?s Office said April 2.

The courthouse in Istanbul?s Ça?layan Square is quite an odd architectural masterpiece. It is considered the largest courthouse in Europe. It took years and $250 million to build it, but it only took a couple of hours to destroy its credibility as well as the precious life of a prosecutor.

I was away from the country, so be assured everyone that neither myself nor any cat was involved in the national day of remembrance of the discovery of electricity. I do not even have a cat anyhow?

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. 

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

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.

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.