Appeals court to rehear case over 16-year-old’s death in Mersin

Hiranur Nilgün Aygar, 16, was shot in the head in a parked car in Mersin on August 31, 2025, and died.

In the first trial, H.A.Ş.

was sentenced to life in prison for killing a child with possible intent and two years for possessing an unlicensed gun.

Two other defendants were sentenced to four months each for destroying, concealing or altering evidence, and were released.

Aygar’s family appealed, saying the sentences were not acceptable.

An appeals court in Adana set aside the local court’s decision and decided to hear the case itself.

The first hearing in the new trial is scheduled for October 12 before the court’s 18th Criminal Chamber.

Aygar’s father says he wants all three defendants to receive the heaviest penalties and objects to the two released defendants remaining free.