Osman Güler, who lived in the rural Beşpınar District of Çınar district, disappeared after leaving home to irrigate the cotton field on September 3, 2017. Upon the application of his family, gendarmerie teams searched the area, but no trace of Güler was found. The family claimed that Güler was kidnapped in 2019 and filed a complaint.
On the other hand, it was stated that Osman Güler's family received a negative response despite asking 4 times for R.A., whom his brother Burak wanted to marry, from his family. It was stated that R.A. later ran away from home and went to the Güler family to get married, causing hostility between the two families.
THE FILE WAS CONSIDERED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CRIME OF 'INTENSIVE MURDER'
The file, where no progress was made because sufficient and concrete evidence could not be obtained at the first stage, was reconsidered by the Gendarmerie Criminal Investigation Team (JASAT) in 2022. JASAT teams re-examined the phone records, HTS data, base station signal information and the statements of the suspects before and after the incident. After the investigation, the file was evaluated within the scope of the crime of 'deliberate murder' for the crime of 'deprivation of liberty'. In the investigation, 8 suspects were detained on February 12 and 13 this year. While 1 of the suspects was released, 4 were released on condition of judicial control. Rozerin's father, Selahattin Akbuğa, and his brothers, Halil İbrahim Akbuğa and Muhammed Akbuğa, were arrested on the charge of "deliberate murder".
'I HAVE NO GOODNESS WITH ANYONE'
The defendants, witnesses, lawyers and Osman Güler's mother Zehra and father Lütfü Güler attended the first hearing at Diyarbakır 3rd High Criminal Court. Defendant Selahattin Akbuğa, R.A.'s father, claimed in his defense that his daughter was kidnapped by Osman Güler's brother, but the families later reconciled. Arguing that he had nothing to do with Güler's disappearance, Akbuğa claimed that he was at home on the day of the incident and said, "Osman's brother came to ask for my daughter. I did not give it to him because I did not know him. Then they kidnapped my daughter. I called his father and said, 'Bring my daughter, ask for a bride.' They brought him, we made peace. They got married. We did not ask for money from them. 7-8 months passed. While I was lying at home, they called from the police station. They said Osman was missing. So I said, "I didn't ask for money from anyone, I didn't threaten anyone. I was at home on the day of the incident, I went to Çınar during the day," he said.
The other defendants also denied the accusations and claimed that they had nothing to do with the incident.
'WE WERE FOLLOWED AFTER THE INCIDENT'
Osman Güler's father, Lütfü Güler, claimed that he and his sons were being followed and said, "I am complaining about all the defendants. They are all lying. At the beginning of the incident, two young people loved each other. I asked for the girl 4 times, but they did not give me. R.A. then ran away. Her father called us and said, 'Did you kidnap my daughter?' I asked the wife, 'Where is my son?' She said, 'Burak is not at home.' Meanwhile, I learned that R.A. had run away with my son. Then he asked me for 160 thousand TL. They said, 'If he doesn't give me 160 thousand TL, we will hurt him.' I told them, 'I can't give that much, it's too much, I can't pay more.' I sent him 40 thousand TL, but a few days later the money came back to my house, and they didn't accept it. Later, Selahattin and his sons came to the entrance of the village in front of our house and watched us. They watched us for 3-5 months. They followed us every day in the Beşpınar District. Once, they blocked me and pulled a gun on me. The day Osman disappeared, I was working on the field. I said, "Let's go to the field together." "I went after dark. The tractor was running when I went. We have no other hostility with this family since 1939. I have been complaining about the defendants for 9 years. We have been dying every day for 9 years."
Muhammet Can Kocakap, one of the lawyers of the defendants, said, "A file is being carried out on assumptions and hearsays. The incident came to this point after everyone came up with their own ideas and talked. Since the kidnapping of the girl is degrading, the request for the girl to be taken out of the house in her wedding dress is normal. There is no concrete evidence that my clients committed the incident. I request that they be released, taking into account the time they were detained."
Following the defenses, the presiding judge ordered the continuation of the defendants' detention and ruled that R.A. He postponed the hearing to January 28, 2027 to hear some witnesses.
