On 17 May 2006, gunman Alparslan Arslan made his way into the Council of State building in Ankara and subsequently shot five judges.
[1] One of the wounded judges, Mustafa Birden, had been criticized for ruling against teachers wearing Muslim headscarves.
Judge Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin was shot in the head and was pronounced dead later that day after six hours of surgery in an Ankara hospital .
[3] Özbilgin's mass funeral saw protestors calling Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "murderer" and demanding the government's resignation.
[9] There were allegations that the attack was orchestrated by retired gendarmerie general Veli Küçük, who was detained in the Ergenekon investigation on conspiracy charges.
The detailed ruling by Ankara's 11th High Criminal Court stated that no connection to Ergenekon was found.