Criminal complaint filed against police and prosecutor for fatal crash involving Somali President’s son in Turkey

Duvar English

Öznur Göçer, the wife of motor courier Yunus Emre Göçer who was killed by the Somali President’s son in a car accident in Istanbul, filed a criminal complaint against the responsible police officers and prosecutor who found her husband negligent in the accident report.

Testifying at the prosecutor’s office, Öznur Göçer said her husband did not commit suicide as the police told her previously. “On the day of the incident, my husband went out wearing her knee pads, biker shoes, protective jacket and helmet. He was a person who was very fond of his motorcycle, himself, and his life. He was also someone who obeyed traffic rules,” she said, the Demirören News Agency reported on Dec. 13.

Göçer said she was filing a criminal complaint against the police officers “who found my husband negligent in the accident report,” against Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the Somali President’s son, and against the public prosecutor who did not impose judicial control measures on Mohamud after the accident despite the motor courier was heavily injured.

Öznur Göçer previously said the police told her that her husband died by suicide until the footage of the crash was revealed.

What happened?

The Nov. 30 traffic accident in Istanbul resulted in motor courier Göçer heavily injured, whereas the police released the then-unidentified driver after taking a statement. Göçer died six days after the accident.

It was later revealed the driver was the Somalian President’s son Mohamud, who was driving a vehicle belonging to the Somali Consulate.

An expert’s report denied the claims made by Mohamud during his police statement and found him the primary negligent party in the accident. 

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), revealed the footage of the accident on Dec. 7 and said they would follow the legal process to the end.

Only after the footage, a Turkish court issued an international travel ban for Mohamud on Dec. 7. A prosecutor’s office stated that they suspected Mohamoud fled Turkey on Dec. 2, days before the travel ban, and issued an arrest warrant.