Fatma Şengül’s killer Zeynel Akbaş has been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.

News Center- The reducing prison sentence to Zeynel Akbaş, who killed his colleague Fatma Şengül has been reversed by the Court of Appeals. He has been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.

Fatma Şengül was killed by her colleague Zeynel Akbaş in front of her house in the Gülensu neighborhood of Istanbul’s Maltepe district on March 30, 2019. He was arrested after killing Fatma Şengül. The court sentenced Zeynel Akbaş to 18 years in prison by reducing his prison sentence for “Unjust provocation” on December 19, 2019. The attorneys raised an objection against the judge's ruling and demanded Zeynel Akbaş be charged with “knowingly and willingly killing”.  The trial was held today at 10:30.

The Court of Appeals has reversed the judge’s ruling and sentenced Zeynel Akbaş to aggravated life imprisonment.