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The investigation carried out by the Istanbul Anatolian Prosecutor General’s Office against Rana Batı and her friend Zeynep K., who were arrested and argued with the police for not wearing a mask on August 19, 2020 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, has ended.
In the indictment against Rana Batı and Zeynep K. as a result of the investigation, two police officers participated as complainants. The indictment, which included the information that police officers were present at the scene to inspect the mask on the day of the incident, stated that “the police warned the suspect Rana Batı because she was not wearing a mask according to the rules”.
” He insulted and defamed the police ”
In the indictment, which claims that Rana Bati, with his mask, cursed and insulted the police while leaving the scene, the police officer BS asked why he cursed, the suspect made a sign with the middle finger that means insult in social life, the policemen were suspects Rana Bati and Se claimed they went to Zeynep K. and said they would complain and invited them to the police station.
The indictment claimed that Zeynep K. also handed down insulting sentences against the police: “Then the police officer BS intervened within the limits of the use of force to neutralize the suspect Rana Batı and prevent the ongoing attack.”
In the indictment, which indicated that the suspects did not accept the accusations, it was noted that Rana Batı gestured with the middle finger to the complainants in the camera images obtained in the field of the investigation, injured by jumping and sliding the hand, and according to the report of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, injured the complainants in such a way that they could be repaired with a simple medical intervention.
PENALTY OF UP TO 9 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS REQUESTED BY RANA BATI
In the indictment, Rana Batı was charged from 2 years 15 days to 9 years and 4 months for “resisting not to have his duty in a chain” and “insulting a public official in a chain”, and Zeynep K. for ” chain insult to a public official “1 year 5 Imprisonment of 4 years and 1 month requested.
The Istanbul Anatolian Criminal Court of First Instance, to which the indictment was sent, is expected to decide whether to accept or reject the accusation within 15 days.
DECISION OF NON-FOLLOW-UP ON THE POLICE
The decision not to prosecute the policemen for the same incident was made in the investigation conducted for “Abuse of Duty”, “Exceeding the Limit of Authority to Use Force”, “Sexual Assault” and “Sexual Harassment”.
During the incident, it was claimed that the police intervention against Rana Batı was kept within legal limits and Rana Batı kicked the police for failing to do his duty and waved his hands towards the police in the decision not to prosecute. ” Police officer BS said that the ongoing attack on Rana Batı Se recorded that he was seen to intervene using force.
‘INTERVENED FOR FORCED USE WITHIN LEGAL LIMITS …’
In the decision, “When all these issues are considered together, the police officers on duty at the site of the mask inspection gave legal warnings to the complainant Rana Bati about the problem of the masks, and the police invited her to the police station after Rana Bati insulted her. Rana Bati did not want to go to the police officers. that the police officers acted violently, that the police officers intervened by force within legal limits, that the police officers intervened in such attacks While on duty, considering the state authority and the act of violence to which they were subjected, it is within the scope of the authority to use force, therefore, it was argued that it does not occur.
