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The lifeless body of 8-year-old Narin Güran, who went missing on August 21 in Diyarbakır, was found in the Eğertutmaz stream bed near the Tavşantepe neighborhood.
The first statement on the subject came from Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya made the following statement on the social media platform X: “Unfortunately, the lifeless body of our delicate daughter was found by our Gendarmerie teams.”
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Later, Diyarbakır Governor Murat Zorluoğlu, who appeared before the cameras, stated that Narin’s clothes, which she was last seen wearing in the Eğerturmaz stream, were found in a sack.
Zorluoğlu said that according to initial findings, Narin was brought to the stream after she was killed, and her lifeless body was placed in the stream bed and then covered with tree branches and stones.
Governor Zorluoğlu, who did not take questions due to the press ban, noted that the investigation was being carried out “multi-faceted and meticulously.”
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç also made a statement on behalf of X, saying that “those responsible for Narin’s death will be held accountable before justice.”
How did politicians and rights organizations react?
After Narin Güran’s lifeless body was found, AKP politicians issued condolence messages, while women’s rights organizations and opposition leaders called for stricter control mechanisms to be established to protect children.
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said, “As the Ministry, we will personally follow up on the process so that those responsible receive the harshest punishment.”
AKP Deputy Chairwoman and former Minister of Family and Social Services Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya shared the following on her social media account X: “Delicate… Oh my child… May those who killed our angel-faced daughter be damned!”
AKP Deputy Chairman and spokesperson Ömer Çelik said, “We are very saddened by the sad news of our daughter Narin who went missing in the Tavşantepe Neighborhood of the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır. We pray to God to have mercy on our daughter Narin. May she rest in peace.”
The We Will Stop Femicide Platform made a statement, “At the end of 19 days, Narin was found murdered. If effective policies were implemented for children, Narin might not have gone missing at all, she might have been alive.”
DEM Party Children’s Commission Co-Spokespersons Beritan Güneş and İhsan Seylan drew attention to the fact that the stream bed had been searched before, and said, “Narin’s murder is not an isolated, judicial incident, but one of the most painful examples of child policy in Turkey!”
DEM Party MP Ömer Gergerlioğlu also said, “Strict control mechanisms should be established to protect children. Even if they are the closest relatives, children should be kept under surveillance with a protective approach.”
CHP leader Özgür Özel said, “I hope that the incident will be revealed in all its aspects and that the public will be informed quickly and accurately during this process,” and thanked the security forces and civilian teams who carried out the search efforts.
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