Mekiye Akyel married İsa Güç in 2015 and moved from Bitlis to Karakaya village in Baykan district of Siirt. The couple had 4 children from their marriage, which lasted about 9 years. Akyel left her home in Karakaya village on July 29, 2024, claiming that she was subjected to violence and pressure from İsa Güç during the marriage process. Mekiye Akyel, who settled in Siirt Women's Guesthouse on the same day, went to Van on 6 August. One day later, Akyel settled in Batman Women's Guesthouse and stayed here for 21 days. Mekiye Akyel, who left the guesthouse on August 29, rented a house after working as a dishwasher in a workplace for a short time in Batman. Akyel divorced İsa Güç on September 5, 2024. After Güç came home at around 10:00 on October 18, 2024, Mekiye Akyel was never heard from again, she packed her belongings and left the house with him. While the body of Akyel, who was considered to have been murdered, could not be found, his ex-wife İsa Güç was caught and taken into custody on February 16 this year, his ex-brother-in-law Hüseyin Güç (42) on February 17, and his ex-father-in-law İhsan Güç (69) on February 19 this year. 3 suspects were arrested by the court on February 20. Mekiye's other brother-in-law, H.G. (39) and the family's relative A.Ş. (66) was detained on July 10, but was released pending trial after his statements were taken on July 13.
In the indictment prepared by the Siirt Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, aggravated life imprisonment and imprisonment from 2 to 7 years were requested for the detained defendants, ex-husband İsa Güç, for the crimes of 'deliberate murder of the divorced spouse and woman, with a customary motive' and 'deprivation of liberty against the divorced spouse by cheating on more than one person'. Aggravated life imprisonment and imprisonment from 2 to 7 years were requested for former brother-in-law Hüseyin Güç for the crimes of 'Deliberately killing a woman with a moral motive' and 'Depriving more than one person of their liberty by deception'. Former father-in-law İhsan Güç and undetained defendants H.G. and A.Ş. A prison sentence of 21 years and 4 months to 29 years and 6 months each was requested for the crimes of "instigating intentional murder against women, with a moral motive" and "instigating the deprivation of liberty of more than one person through fraud."
The detained defendants İsa Güç, Hüseyin Güç and İhsan Güç attended the second hearing of the case at the Siirt 1st High Criminal Court via SEGBİS from the Batman T Type Closed Penitentiary Institution, where they are located. Unarrested defendant A.Ş. The hearing was connected to Bitlis 2nd High Criminal Court via SEGBİS. H.G., who was tried without arrest, the victim's parents, lawyers from the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the lawyers of the parties were also present at the hearing.
In his defense, A.Ş. stated that he mediated the marriage of Mekiye Akyel and İsa Güç and said, "I have no knowledge of anything else."
Witness B.E. claimed that he connected with SEGBİS from Alanya and met with Mekiye Akyel for 2 weeks. B.E. said, "When Akyel called me in the morning, he said that his ex-wife would pick him up. He called me in the evening, but did not say where he was. He was speaking in a low and shaky voice. He could not speak much, he said, 'Give me your rights.' He had previously said that his ex-wife had threatened him."
Mekiye Akyel's girlfriend B.Ç. Stating that they met in 2024, he said, "We stayed together in Batman for 3 days. During this time, we met İsa Güç, whom he introduced as his older brother, but I later learned that he was his ex-wife. Mekiye left home with İsa Güç. When Mekiye left me, the clothes he was wearing were the same as those shown to me later."
Making his defense at the hearing, İsa Güç denied the accusations and said, "Although her family claimed that I hit Mekiye and broke her arm, they did not have any complaints about it. Mekiye Akyel came to me during the divorce process and nothing happened to her. After the divorce with Mekiye, we handed her over to her family and 3 days later she clicked on the KADES application. Later, she moved to Batman province and told me her address without telling her family where she was. I was at her house many times." "Despite this, he has not stepped on KADES. No one would pay the rent of a person he would kill. If I had such an intention, I would have done so when he first cheated on me. For this reason, I do not accept the allegations against me."
Detained defendants Hüseyin and İhsan Güç also stated that they did not accept the accusations and claimed their innocence. H.G., who was tried without arrest. He claimed that he had not committed any crime and that he was under house arrest and therefore he was a victim.
Lawyers of the victim's family stated that it was proven by the evidence that the defendants committed the crimes charged against them and demanded that they be punished.
The court board decided to continue the detention of the detained defendants, and H.G. It was decided to abolish the judicial control measure in the form of house arrest and replace it with a signature obligation. The hearing was postponed to December 11.
