A public prosecutor’s office on Aug. 11 filed a criminal case against five prison personnel on charges of "neglect of duty" after a jailed suspect in a case into the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) previously appeared in court wearing a t-shirt bearing a logo reading "hero."
Gökhan Güçlü, a suspect in the case into the assassination of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the failed July 15, 201, coup attempt, appeared in a court hearing in the Aegean province of Muğla wearing the t-shirt on July 13.
An investigation was immediately launched after the incident and five personnel from the Muğla E-Type Prison - the prison’s second director, an inspector administrative affairs officer, and three guardians - were suspended from duty by the Justice Ministry on Aug. 10, Hürriyet Daily News reported.
Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor İlyas Yavuz stated that although there was not a "wrongful intention" on behalf of the sued personnel, "they did not show the necessary care and attention in relation to the authorities that the law gives them."
Another lawsuit has been opened into Gökhan Güçlü’s sister, who sent the “hero” t-shirt to the prison along with a letter, on accusations of “making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization.”
