Tekirdağ Şarköy Mayor Alpay Var’s elder brother Alper Var attacked Şarköy’ün Sesi local newspaper’s editor Deniz Önal, who reported on the irregularities for which the Interior Ministry had given a permission for investigation. Also, his father threatened Yakup Önal (October 3).
Şarköy 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance has delivered its judgment in the case against Alper Var, the brother of Şarköy Mayor Alpay Var. The court found Var guilty of the offenses of intentional injury (Article 86 of the Turkish Penal Code), insult (Article 125), threat (Article 106), and damage to property (Article 151). He was sentenced to 8 months and 19 days of imprisonment and imposed an administrative fine of 7,500 Turkish lira.