As a part of the probe into the murder of 16-year-old Yasin Börü, prosecutors are demanding six aggravated life sentences for each of the 23 defendants. Börü was killed in Diyarbakır during riots that occured in October, 2014.
The indictment asks for six separate aggravated life sentences for 23 defendants, including eight released pending trial, for 'torturing victims to death' and 'harming the unity of the state'.
Yasin Börü and his friends Hakan Gökgöz and Hüseyin Dakak were mugged and killed while handing out meat prepared by a voluntary union for the poor during the Eid al-Adha.
The prosecution alleges that the killing of the three young men happened during the two days of riots on October 6-7, 2014 and that the unrest was instigated by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after a call by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
The HDP had called upon their supporters to take to the streets in support of Kobani, which was besieged by Daesh terrorist organization at the time.
The protests quickly devolved into riots by pro-PKK groups targeting everyone they deemed to be Daesh supporters in the southeast.
The victims Börü, Gökgöz and Dakak were distributing aid to Syrians who had fled Kobani.
