27 January 1973 Biltmore Hotel Murder (Mehmet Baydar- Bahadir Demir) İnvestigation Reports (Los Angeles Police Department)
| Tracking # |
24-4358 |
| Multi Request | 27 January 1973 Biltmore Hotel Murder (Mehmet Baydar- Bahadir Demir) İnvestigation Reports |
| Submitted | April 18, 2024 |
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From: Gülseda H. Çelebi
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
First of all, I would like to extend my sincerest love and respect to your esteemed authority. For my master's degree, I am researching the murder of Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir, who were killed by Gourgen Yanikian at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara in 1973. Of course, in order for my study to be fully finalized, I need official reports prepared and recorded by you. I would be very grateful if you could help me with this. I would also like to emphasize that this study will not be used for any other purpose.
Sincerely regards
Gulseda H. Celebi
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Gülseda H. Çelebi
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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From: Gülseda H. Çelebi
Greetings,
I could not log in from the link below, how can I access the documents you will send. Also, thank you very much in advance and thank you very much in advance.
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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From: Gülseda H. Çelebi
How long it takes to complete the procedures ? I would be very grateful if you could inform me about this issue.
Sincerely regards...
From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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From: Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles
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Record request #24-4358 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:
Dear Requester:
We reviewed your request for official reports regarding Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir from 1973.
Your request was made under the California Public Records Act (the Act). The Department is cognizant of its responsibilities under the Act. It recognizes the statutory scheme was enacted to maximize citizen access to the workings of government. The Act does not mandate disclosure of all documents within the government’s possession. Rather, by specific exemption and reference to other statutes, the Act recognizes that there are boundaries where the public’s right to access must be balanced against such weighty considerations as the right of privacy, a right of constitutional dimension under California Constitution, Article 1, Section 1. The law also exempts from disclosure records that are privileged or confidential or otherwise exempt under either express provisions of the Act or pursuant to applicable federal or state law, per California Government Code Sections 7927.200; 7927.700; 7923.600-7923.625; 7927.705; and 7922.000.
You are seeking records that pre-date existing record keeping policies and practices. It should be noted that the records retention policy of the City of Los Angeles provides the authority to purge or destroy records that have been stored ten years or more. Generally, the Department adheres to this policy, although exceptions to this policy are made for specific circumstances such as unsolved cases. Without a report number that would narrow the scope of the search, Department staff would have to manually review voluminous boxes of records in order to determine what, if anything exists at this time. Performing this type of search would place an undue burden on the Department. Additionally, to the extent that responsive records may exist, in accordance with Section 7923.600-7923.625, records of investigations conducted by, or investigatory files compiled by, any local police agencies for law enforcement purposes are exempt from disclosure under the Act. Therefore, we are denying your request.
If you have any questions, please respond to this email.
Respectfully,
LAPD Public Records & Subpoena Response Section, CPRA Unit
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