The trial of 13 law enforcement officers charged with the death in custody of Ahmet Güreşçi and the torture of his older brother Sabri Güreşçi on February 11, 2023, offers a rare opportunity for justice, Human Rights Watch said. The first hearing in the trial begins on September 9, 2025, in First Assize Court in the southern province of Hatay.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International documented the case of the two men in a report about abuses by police and gendarmes in rural areas, in the aftermath of the devasting February 6, 2023 earthquakes in Hatay and the surrounding region. The case is among the most egregious in a pattern of security forces mistreating people they accused of theft during that period.

“The trial of 13 gendarmes in connection with the death in custody of Ahm

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