Place
Ankara, Turkey
Date
10 October 2015
Description
On 10 October 2015, 103 people were killed in an attack on the peace rally at the crossroads of Ankara station in the Ulus district of the Altındağ district in Ankara.
Current legal situation
The charge of the attack was accepted on 13 July 2016. Investigations against 36 people revealed that the order for the attack came from Ilhami Bali (the person responsible for the IS in Turkey). Of these 36 persons, 19 are under arrest and 17 are on the run.
During the trial it was established that the same people who organised the Suruç attack, which killed 33 people, were also responsible for this bombing. For 14 defendants, including Balı, life imprisonment under aggravated conditions for negligent and intentional killing was demanded.
The first hearing of the case, one year after the massacre; it began on 7 November 2016 in the 4th Ankara Supreme Criminal Court. 397 people injured and affected by this attack are joint plaintiffs. The trial, which lasted about two years and involved more than fifty hearings, was concluded in August 2018. During the three-day court hearings in Ankara Sincan prison, the victims’ lawyers demanded that the case be extended to civil servants and that the attack be assessed as a “crime against humanity”. They also demanded that all links of the defendants to the IS be clearly disclosed. However, the court ignored these requests.
In deciding the case, in which no official was brought to justice, the court‘s delegation sentenced nine defendants once to “increased life sentences“ for “violation of the constitutional order” and 100 times for “intentional murder”. The other defendants were sentenced to between 7 and 12 years. Lawyers opposed the decision.
İdil Güneyi:
52-year-old İdil Güneyi worked as an engineer at TCDD. She graduated from Hacettepe University as a physics engineer. Güneyi, who comes from Trabzon and has one child, whose family lives in Bursa, was the women’s secretary of the United Trade Union of Transport Emplyees (BTS) in Ankara. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack at the peace rally in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Gülhan Karlı Elmascan:
25-year-old Gülhan Elmascan worked as a teacher. She was a member of Adana Eğitim Sen. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace rally in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Elif Kanlıoğlu:
Elif Kanlıoğlu, 20, was one of those who went to the rally from the city Aydın She was a 2nd year student at Mersin University School of Foreign Languages. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Ayşe Deniz:
Ayşe Deniz was a member of the HDP Karşıyaka District Board of Directors and financial advisor. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara Peace Meeting on 10 October 2015.
Berna Koç:
Berna Koç, 26, from Izmir, worked as a cleaner on the one hand and prepared for the university entrance examination on the other. Koç had won the Celal Bayar University Map and the Land Registry Department. In 2004, trade unionists took part in the gay and lesbian workers’ meeting organised by KaosGL, which was attended by LGBT workers and civil servants. She was a member of the People’s Houses branch İzmir. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Fatma Esen:
Fatma Esen was an HDP member. They had two children. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
Gülbahar Aydeniz:
Gülbahar Aydeniz was one of eleven members of the CHP youth who lost their lives at the Ankara rally. Aydeniz was a member of the Malatya Youth Branch. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Aşak Sidar Çevik:
Başak Sidar Çevik was a leading student at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Atılım University. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Nilgün Çevik:
Nilgün Çevik was Sidar Çevik’s aunt. She was 41 years old and had three children. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Sezen Vurmaz:
52-year-old Sezen Vurmaz worked at the Malatya tax office. She was in Ankara with her 15-year-old daughter. While Malatya Arguvanlı Vurmaz died in the explosion, her 15-year-old daughter was injured in the explosion. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Sarıgül Tüylü:
The 35-year-old Sarıgül Tuylu had two children aged 10 and 5. She was a member of the HDP Sarıyer District Organization. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Dilan Sarıkaya:
Dilan Sarıkaya, 22, studied archaeology at the University of Çukurova. She was a member of EMEP. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Emine Ercan:
Emine Ercan was 55 years old. She was a member of EMEP. She had two children. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
Kübra Meltem Mollaoğlu:
Kübra Meltem Mollaoğlu was a candidate for the 16th rank of the HDP Istanbul 1st Region. She was married and had two children. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Meryem Bulut:
Meryem Bulut, 70 years old, was a mother of peace and a member of the board of the HDP in Istanbul Şişli. Her grandson died a year ago in the fight against the IS in Shengal. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Seyhan Yaylagül:
Seyhan Yaylagül was 46 years old, married and had two children. She came to Ankara from Maraş. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Ebru Mavi:
Ebru Mavi, 20 years old, was a sophomore at Ankara University, Department of Chemistry. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Azize Onat:
Azize Onat was a member of the HDP Üsküdar District Organization. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
Dicle Deli:
Dicle Deli was a 17-year-old student. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara Peace Meeting on 10 October 2015.
Leyla Çiçek:
23-year-old Leyla Çiçek was a member of the HDP Tarsus District Board. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Şebnem Yurtman:
The 23-year-old Şebnem Yurtman was a student at Mersin University and a member of the Board of Directors of the Mersin Labour Party. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Şirin Kılıçalp:
The 34-year-old Şirin Kılıçalp, who was born in the Kulu district of Konya, taught Turkish at the Hacı Ethem Üktem Secondary School in Istanbul. Kılıçalp was an actress at the Eğitim Sen Istanbul Women’s Theatre. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Gözde Arslan:
Gözde Arslan attended the rally from Malatya. She was a member of the CHP Malatya Youth . She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Aycan Kaya:
Aycan Kaya was co-chair of the HDP Istanbul Üsküdar District. The 42-year-old Kaya had four children. She was one of 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Sevgi Öztekin:
Sevgi Öztekin was born in Ankara in 1964. She was married and had one child. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
Sevim Şinik:
Sevim Şinik was one of those who went from Alanya to Ankara. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
Fatma Karabulut:
43-year-old Fatma Karabulut worked in the HDP district office in Üsküdar. She had one child. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Necla Duran:
30-year-old Necla Duran was a member of the Community House. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Fatma Batur:
Fatma Batur Filiz was co-chair of the HDP Alanya District Organization. They had two children. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bomb attack during the peace meeting in Ankara on 10 October 2015.
Bedriye Batur:
Bedriye Batur had three children. She was Fatma Batur’s niece. She was one of the 103 people who lost their lives in the IS bombing during the Ankara peace meeting on 10 October 2015.
