Ali İsmail Korkmaz
{{Short description|Killed university student in Gezi Park protests}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ali İsmail Korkmaz
| birth_date = {{birth date|1994|3|18|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|7|10|1994|3|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Eskişehir, Turkey
| death_cause =
| resting_place = Antakya Ekinci Neighborhood Cemetery, Hatay{{cite web | title = Ali İsmail Korkmaz mezarı başında anıldı | url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ali-ismail-korkmaz-mezari-basinda-anildi-hatay-yerelhaber-1462201/ | publisher = Milliyet.com | access-date = 25 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161226061749/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ali-ismail-korkmaz-mezari-basinda-anildi-hatay-yerelhaber-1462201/ | archive-date = 26 December 2016 | url-status = live }}
| citizenship = Turkey
| parents = Şehap Korkmaz
Emel Korkmaz
}}
Ali İsmail Korkmaz (18 March 1994 – 10 July 2013) was a Turkish university student who was killed at the age of 19 after being battered by police and opposing groups who intervened in the march in which he had participated in support of the Gezi Park protests.
A freshman student at Anadolu University, Ali İsmail Korkmaz had come to the streets of Eskişehir in support of the Gezi Park protests but after being beaten by police and escaping, he was beaten and physically abused two more times by opposing groups. After being beaten, he could not be treated in the hospital he was staying in and was able to get the first medical intervention after 20 hours of being injured.{{cite news|url=http://www.siddethikayeleri.com/sopali-ceteler-dovdu-hastaneler-kabul-etmedi/|title=Sopalı çeteler dövdü, hastaneler kabul etmedi|date=3 July 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Şiddet Hikayeleri}}{{cite news|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/eskisehir_ali_ismail_korkmaz_icin_yurudu-1147661|title=Eskişehir, Ali İsmail Korkmaz için yürüdü|date=25 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Radikal}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnnturk.com/2013/guncel/08/28/ali.ismail.korkmaz.3.kez.dovulmus/721288.0/|title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz 3 kez dövülmüş!|date=25 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|publisher=DHA|work=CNNTÜRK}} Korkmaz, who had started to suffer from brain hemorrhage, remained in a coma for 38 days and died 10 July 2013. His death gave rise to protests in Eskişehir{{cite news|url=http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/galeridetay/71055/2/1/eskisehirde-ali-ismail-korkmaz-protestosu|title=Eskişehir'de Ali İsmail Korkmaz protestosu galeri|date=26 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Hürriyet}} and a statue was erected in his memory.{{cite news|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/Gundem/2013/08/26/eskisehir-valiliginden-ali-ismail-korkmaz-aciklamasi|title=Eskişehir Valiliğinden Ali İsmail Korkmaz açıklaması|date=26 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Sabah}}
Reactions
Following Ali İsmail Korkmaz's death, protests began in various provinces of Turkey{{cite news|url=http://www.skyturk360.com/haberdetay.asp?id=25831|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130827103355/http://www.skyturk360.com/haberdetay.asp?id=25831|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 27, 2013|title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz'ın ölümünün ardından protestolar arttı|date=26 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Türkiye}} and 40 days later protesters came to streets in Hatay.{{cite news|url=http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/870391-hatayda-olayli-protesto|title=Hatay'da olaylı protesto!|date=26 August 2013|access-date=10 March 2014|work=HABERTÜRK}}{{cite news|url=http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/gundem/52514.aspx|title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz'ın ölümünün ardından protestolar arttı|date=11 July 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|work=Türkiye}} Members of the "Justice" marching team, started a march from Antalya in memory of those who were killed during the Gezi Park protests and reached Eskişehir. Together with the people, they marched to the street where Ali İsmail Korkmaz was assaulted.[http://muhalefet.org/haber-adalet-yuruyusculerini-eskisehir-halki-karsiladi-8-6986.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820075807/http://muhalefet.org/haber-adalet-yuruyusculerini-eskisehir-halki-karsiladi-8-6986.aspx |date=2016-08-20 }} {{Cite web |url=http://muhalefet.org/haber-adalet-yuruyusculerini-eskisehir-halki-karsiladi-8-6986.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-06-05 |archive-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820075807/http://muhalefet.org/haber-adalet-yuruyusculerini-eskisehir-halki-karsiladi-8-6986.aspx |url-status=dead }} After this protest, the team marched to Ankara, where Ethem Sarısülük, who also lost his life in the Gezi Park protests, was killed.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160822191431/https://zete.com/antalyadan-yola-cikan-gezi-protestoculari-ankara-yolunda/]
Court process
On 2 June 2013 at a court hearing in Eskişehir{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce/haberler/2013/07/130710_gezi_olum.shtml|title=Gezi eylemleri: Ali İsmail Korkmaz hayatını kaybetti|date=25 August 2013|access-date=10 March 2014|work=BBC Türkçe}} about the death of the 19-year-old Korkmaz, who lost his life after a 38-day coma as a result of an attack he suffered during the Gezi Park protests, a life imprisonment sentence was requested for the 8 accused individuals.{{cite web | title = Ali İsmail davasında ömür boyu hapis istemi | url = http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25468353/ | publisher = NTVMSNBC | access-date = 18 January 2014 }}
On 21 January 2015, Mevlüt Saldoğan was sentenced to 13 years in prison for 'deliberately causing the death'. His sentence was reduced to 10 years and 10 months considering the effect on his future and his detention was decided to continue. Police officer Yalçın Akbulut was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but due to the same reasons, he was sent to prison for 10 years following his detention period. Fırıncılar İsmail, Ramazan Koyuncu and Muhammet Patansever were sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment for wounding the victim. Their penalties were reduced to 3 years and 4 months since they had only helped in committing the crime. Other police officers, Şaban Gökpınar and Hüseyin Engin, were acquitted for lack of evidence.{{cite news|title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz davasında karar çıktı |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/28013926.asp |access-date=21 January 2015 |newspaper=Hürriyet|date=21 January 2015}}
Legacy
File:Ali İsmail Korkmaz Parkı.jpg
Ali İsmail Korkmaz's statue was erected in Eskişehir with the contribution of the Fikir Clubs Federation (FKF) after Korkmaz's death.
He was a Fenerbahçe supporter, and Fenerbahçe fans composed the "Ali İsmail Korkmaz" march and sing it at various matches.{{cite news|title="O marşı ağlayarak dinledik" |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/o-marsi-aglayarak-dinledik-25480055 |access-date=2025-03-20 |date=2017-05-09|language=tr}}
An old car park area located in İskele Street in Rasimpaşa Neighborhood, was converted by Kadıköy Municipality into a park and named after Ali İsmail Korkmaz.{{cite news|title=Kadıköy'de Ali İsmail Korkmaz Parkı açıldı|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/kadikoy-de-ali-ismail-korkmaz/gundem/detay/1856001/default.htm}}
The 1907 ÜNİFEB Çukurova University organization created the Ali İsmail Korkmaz Memorial Forest in Kemerhisar.{{cite news|title=Kemerhisar'a, Ali İsmail Korkmaz Hatıra Ormanı Oluşturuldu|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yerel-haberler/nigde-haberleri/kemerhisar-a-ali-ismail-korkmaz-hatira-ormani_93953/}}
Hatay Samandağ Municipality named a bridge in the district entrance after Ali İsmail Korkmaz.{{cite news|title=Samandağ Belediyesi'nden iki karar: Abdullah Cömert Alanı ve Ali İsmail Korkmaz Köprüsü|url=http://sendika10.org/2013/07/samandag-belediyesinden-iki-karar-abdullah-comert-alani-ve-ali-ismail-korkmaz-koprusu/|access-date=2019-06-05|archive-date=2016-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013053813/http://sendika10.org/2013/07/samandag-belediyesinden-iki-karar-abdullah-comert-alani-ve-ali-ismail-korkmaz-koprusu/|url-status=dead}}
The Ali İsmail Korkmaz Foundation, founded by the Korkmaz family, has a variety of activities that help the students, the elderly, nature, animals, artists, artisans and provides scholarships to the students.{{cite web |url=http://alikev.org/vakif-hakkinda |title=Vakıf Hakkında – Ali İsmail Korkmaz Vakfı |website=alikev.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325105010/http://alikev.org/vakif-hakkinda/ |archive-date=2016-03-25}}
Court status
The Eskişehir 2nd Administrative Court later announced its decision about the Gezi Park protests in Eskişehir on 2 June 2013 during which Ali İsmail Korkmaz was assaulted by the police and a group of civilians and lost his life following a 38-day coma. The court sentenced the Ministry of the Interior to pay his family {{Turkish lira}}57,180 for material damages, and {{Turkish lira}}650,000 for moral damages for a total of {{Turkish lira}}707,180.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sozcu.com.tr/2017/gundem/ali-ismail-korkmazin-ailesine-707-bin-180-lira-tazminat-odenecek-1759257/|title = Ali İsmail Korkmaz'ın ailesine 707 bin 180 lira tazminat ödenecek}}
Even after 10 years, the trials are still being held about other suspects in this case, one of them is the Police officer Hüseyin Engin, who was accused of "torture" by Ali Ismail's and his family's lawyers, but was found not guilty. Ali İsmail's family and lawyers brought this sentencing to the Constitutional Court of Turkey, with a series of accusations about the previous trials, saying that the Investigations and trials were not conducted properly. The Constitutional Court ruled that the suspect, Hüseyin Engin, was to be tried again.{{Cite web |title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz davası: Yeniden yargılanan sanık polise yedi ay 15 günlük ‘ceza’ — Diken |url=https://www.diken.com.tr/ali-ismail-korkmaz-davasinda-sanik-polise-yedi-ayli-15-gunluk-ceza/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.diken.com.tr}} This resulted in another trial in 2023, by the 3rd Heavy Criminal Court in Kayseri, and this time Hüseyin Engin was found guilty of "simple wounding" and sentenced to 7 months and 15 days in prison, and the verdict was not witheld.{{Cite web |title=Ali İsmail Korkmaz davasında sanık polise 7 ay 15 gün hapis cezası |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ali-ismail-korkmaz-davasinda-sanik-polise-7-ay-15-gun-hapis-cezasi,m4uGpLye8kmZdLPtzqRqGA |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.ntv.com.tr |language=tr}} After the Trial, lawyers of Korkmaz family stated that the Murder of Ali Ismail Korkmaz is still an ongoing case at the European Court of Human Rights, and that they will apply to the Court of Cassation, again accusing the suspect of torturing the victim.
Further reading
- Ali İsmail-Emri Kim Verdi? – İsmail Saymaz
References
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