Casim Ozan Çeltik, who attacked Berfin Özek with acid, was sentenced by the court to 13 years and 6 months in prison for ‘deliberate injury’. After the verdict was announced, Özek said: “Is the sentence equal to my pain for a very short time? I ask you, is it equal to my pain. I was so twisted, my eyes couldn’t see, I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t breathe I couldn’t even speak. I won’t let go of the case. Can you give me my old beauty? No. My eyes are gone, my eyes don’t see. One eye sees 30 percent, “he said.
Later, Berfin Özek petitioned the court and withdrew his complaint, saying: “I don’t feel comfortable when he’s within four walls there. We wrote a lot of letters to each other. I made my right to him. I love him very much, he loves me very much.”