Saturday, 06.04.2024 | 15:00 pm | Memorial site Burak Bektaş | Rudower Straße/Möwenweg | 12351 Berlin

„Those who want to commemorate should educate“.

Burak Bektaş was shot dead in front of the Britz hospital in Berlin-Neukölln on the night of 4 to 5 April 2012.

The crime has now been unsolved for 12 years.

After 12 years, we are still asking: Was the motive racism?

Together with Burak’s family and friends, we want to commemorate Burak on 6 April at 3 pm on the anniversary of his death and invite you all to join us.

The family, friends and supporters have been fighting for 12 years for clarification and certainty: „There are many question marks. Many unanswered questions. We didn’t deserve a murder like this. Nobody deserves this. I want my son’s murderer from the responsible authorities,“ says Melek Bektaş, Burak’s mother.

It recently became public that 387 cases of right-wing extremist offences were not processed at the LKA Berlin. The head of the police department, who is now under internal investigation, was also the lead homicide investigator in the Burak Bektaş case.

Melek Bektaş asks: „With what conscience could this commissioner, as a representative of the state, look me in the eye and say, „Mrs Bektaş, I understand you very well. We are looking under every stone?“

The many unanswered questions about the investigation into Burak’s murder and a series of right-wing extremist offences in Neukölln have been the subject of a parliamentary committee of enquiry since 2022. We have long called for this committee of enquiry.

However, the results so far have been anything but satisfactory:

A striking number of witnesses from authorities systematically avoid answering important questions. For example, they „cannot remember“ relevant facts or have not been authorised to testify.

The presence of the AfD on the panel is an imposition and a security problem for those affected.

Burak’s murder will be dealt with by the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry from mid-April.

We will critically observe and support the committee of enquiry.

Susmak yok. Mücadele var! In memory of Burak.