Istanbul police on the death of Bayram Mammadov (UPDATED)

Baku/05.05.21/Turan: The police of the Istanbul Kedikoy district told Turan some details of the death of activist Bayram Mammadov.

In response to a request from Turan, the police said that on May 2, at about 15:00, the police arrived at the scene after receiving information that the man swam into the sea and did not come back.

“According to the eyewitnesses of the incident, a young man of 25-30 years old dived into the sea, and then noticed that he had dropped his slippers. He floundered in the water for a while, but did not come out, and then disappeared in sight.

The body was later recovered in the area of ​​Haydarpasha Station and taken to Numune Hospital. When the photograph of the deceased was shown to a person who came to the police station on May 4 in search of a missing friend, he recognized the deceased as a citizen of Azerbaijan, Bayram Mammadov, born in 1995,” the response, which is conducting the investigation, says.

According to the information of his friends, a forensic medical examination is being conducted today. It is not clear when the body of Bayram Mammadov will be sent home. -02D-

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2021 May 05 (Wednesday) 11:16:30

Bayram Mamedov, an activist, found dead in Istanbul

Baku/05.05.21/Turan: Young activist Bayram Mammadov, convicted of political slogans on the monument to Heydar Aliyev, was found dead in Istanbul, as announced today in social networks by his relatives.

One of them, Elgiz Gahraman, told  Turan agency: “There has been no news from Bayram for two days. On May 4, the police informed me that his body had been found in the sea two days ago. The police have not yet reported the cause of death and is considering several possibilities: suicide, accident or attempted murder.

“I was shown a photo of the deceased, he had been identified. Today I will go to the morgue and check again, just to make sure, although the photo clearly shows Bayram, I have no doubt”, Elgiz Gahraman said.

Another friend of the deceased, Ulvi Hasanli, also reported on the death of Bayram Mamedov. On his Facebook page, he wrote that after disappearance, his friends went to the police. The police announced the discovery of the body last evening.

“Friends are trying to figure out what happened. We hope that the investigation will figure it out. A lawyer has been hired for this issue”.

Reminder, that Bayram Mammadov and Giyas Ibrahimov became widely known after May 9, 2016, when they wrote political slogans on the pedestal of the Heydar Aliyev monument in Baku. A few days later, they were arrested and convicted, but on drug trafficking charges. The inscription on the monument "Happy a slave day!" and "Fuck the system" cost them 10 years in prison.

On October 25 of the same year, they were found guilty and sent to prison. They were pardoned in March 2019.—0—