Education was suspended today at Yukarıtandır Secondary School, where Science Teacher Ayşe Sena Demir and Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Hilal Mete, who lost their lives in the armed attack in Afyonkarahisar, worked. It was noted that Hilal Mete has been working at the school for 2 years, and Ayşe Sena Demir has been working at the school for 7 years. It was seen that the two teachers shared the photo they took in front of the school with the students they graduated in June on their virtual media accounts.
"THERE IS A VIOLENCE THERE"
Stating that he has known Arif Sefa Özdemir since his childhood, Mehmet Özdemir from Bozhüyük village said, "There is brutality. However, this person may have a psychological problem. I have known him since he was a child." Özdemir, who noted what he learned hours after the incident, said, "We came to know about it much later because we were at work in the village."
Stating that he last saw the attacker 2 weeks ago, Mehmet Özdemir said, "They bought a new combine harvester, harvesters are constantly breaking down anyway. The last time I saw him was two weeks ago. He was with his father. Apart from that, I saw him here in the village. He usually stayed and resided here in the summer seasons, and in city centers in the winter seasons. He divorced his wife, there was a disagreement. He did not live here either, he was not staying with his family, as far as I know, he was a crane operator. He was working as an operator in Afyon's Sandıklı district. "I knew it, may God not show it to anyone."
On the other hand, the funerals of Ahmet Uzel, Bekir Toprak and Numan Toprak, who lost their lives in the attacks, are in Kırşehir; The funerals of Seydi Ahmet Aydoğmuş, Satı Aydoğmuş, İsmail Şen and Hilal Mete will be buried in Afyonkarahisar, and the funeral of Ayşe Sena Demir will be buried in Antalya.
Ayşe Sena Demir - Hilal Mete
AYŞE SENA, TEACHER'S MOTHER, LEARNED THE INCIDENT FROM TELEVISION
Hayrunissa Demir, the mother of Science Teacher Ayşe Sena Demir, who was killed by Arif Sefa Özdemir in Afyonkarahisar's İhsaniye district, and who lives in Antalya, said that she learned about the incident from television. Hayrunissa Demir said, "There was a subtitle on TV about the incident in İhsaniye. The phone rang. The Principal called. I thought it was an extraordinary situation regarding the Principal's call. I asked, 'Principal, is there something going on?' He said, 'No, teacher Sena was involved in a minor accident.' I said, 'I saw it on television. It was a murder case. That shouldn't be the case.' The Principal said, 'No, it has nothing to do with that.' But of course, I felt hot inside. I believed it first, then I changed the color of the situation." "I understand," he said.
"HE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ENJOYMENT"
Hayrunnisa Demir said, "He was a teacher who went to school very enthusiastically, loved village schools, tried to enlighten the horizons of village children, constantly experimented on them and prepared for the lesson. He was very idealistic. When there was an emergency, when I called my child, he would never answer the phone. He would say, 'Mom, do not call during the lesson, no matter what.' Even though he was such an idealist and a teacher for years, he would go to the lesson prepared. He was a teacher for 15 years."
"HE WAS VERY HAPPY AT THE VILLAGE SCHOOL"
Demir said, "He graduated from Hacettepe as the top student of the semester. He was very happy in the village school. He said, 'I teach them how to sit, stand up, have good morals, and environmentalism, mom.' He wanted to be a pharmacy, but he thought it was a better profession than pharmacy. Because he thought he was doing something more useful. He was very idealistic in every sense, he was a truly exemplary teacher in terms of behavior, sitting, standing, honesty, justice. During the pandemic period, when he had paid for 3-4 courses that he could not attend during the trip, he called me and said, "He was a teacher who said, 'Mommy, you take this and give it to the needy, I don't take illicit money,'" he said.
"I WILL CONTINUE TEACHING IN HIS MEMORY"
Saying that her daughter had dreams, Hayrunissa Demir said, "She had dreams about the future of the children. She said that they were very smart children. She became an expert teacher and was very happy with teaching, she was a teacher who was very happy with the village and Afyon. She said, 'Mom, I am very happy here. When I come to Antalya, there is so much turmoil and confusion. I find time to think and contemplate there.' She would say, 'I am very happy there. I always teach them something and buy them gifts.' I left teaching last year. I am not able to receive education, I receive special education. "I have goals such as giving honorary lessons to children who need it, teaching them to read and write, and providing behavioral education. Of course, after such a brutal murder of my child, I will continue in his memory," he said.
"'I DON'T THINK HE DIED"
Demir said, "That attacker took down the teacher behind him. The teacher begged him, knelt on the ground, saying 'Don't kill me'. He said to them 'Get downstairs'. I think it was probably my child, so as not to leave his friend behind. In other words, he could have stepped on it and left. The religious studies teacher next to him does not get down either. I think it is probably because my daughter is not a child who betrays people, that friend of hers did this in order not to leave her friend there. She scans him from the outside. He enters from the side, destroying his lungs and heart. He does not leave dead. "They couldn't take him to the hospital during surgery, he died from blood loss. I don't think he died at all," he said.
2 THEY WERE PLANNING TO GO TO IZMIR, WHERE THEY LIVE, LATER
On the other hand, it was learned that Seydi Ahmet Aydoğmuş (73) and Satı Aydoğmuş (68), who were killed by Arif Sefa Özdemir in Kıyır village, lived in Izmir and spent the summer months in their hometown. It was revealed that the couple went market shopping in Afyonkarahisar yesterday and were then attacked 1 kilometer away from their village. It was learned that the Aydoğmuş couple, who were planning to go to Izmir 2 days later, had 2 sons, 1 daughter and 8 grandchildren. A funeral ceremony will be held at noon prayer for the Kıyır couple, who are known as helpful and hospitable in their hometown.
"WHEN I WENT TO THE SCENE, I FACED THE LIFE BODY OF TWO PEOPLE"
Kıyır Village Headman Lütfi Yaşar stated that he was at home the day the incident took place and said, "It was a bit cold. While I was sitting at home, my phone rang. The caller said, 'Muhtar, there is a white vehicle on the road. A man and a woman are lying motionless in front of it. I think they are dead. I couldn't get close, so I turned back immediately.' I told him, 'Don't approach them, I'm coming right away.' When I went to the scene, there was a white minibus in the middle of the road and the lifeless bodies of two people in front of the vehicle. "At first we could not identify them, we thought they were foreigners, but later we learned that the deceased were our villagers Seydi Ahmet Aydoğmuş and his wife Satı Aydoğmuş," he said.
"THE ATTACKER STOPPED THE COUPLE'S VEHICLE AND GOT AWAY"
Sharing the information they obtained about how the attack took place, Yaşar said, "According to the information we obtained, the attacker came to the region with his own vehicle, killed the Aydoğmuş couple, then stole their vehicle and left the scene. He left his own vehicle on the road with the doors open. About 500-600 meters away, he encountered İsmail Şen, who was coming from Olukpınar village towards our village, and continued on his way after killing him. When we reached the scene, we closed the road to traffic to ensure security and immediately "We informed the gendarmerie," he said.
"I DO NOT THINK THEY HAVE HOSTILITY OR CREDIT ISSUES WITH ANYONE"
Explaining that the Aydoğmuş couple who lost their lives were loved people in the village, Yaşar said, "Seydi Ahmet Aydoğmuş and his wife Satı Aydoğmuş were modest, self-contained people who did no harm to anyone. I do not think they had any enmity or debt with anyone. I do not even think they had met the attacker before. They were living in Izmir, spending the summer months in their house in our village. They were going to return to Izmir soon. On the day of the incident, they went to Afyonkarahisar to meet the needs of their home. "They went there. After visiting their brother-in-law who lived there and doing their shopping, they set out to return to the village. Unfortunately, they lost their lives when they were attacked about 1 kilometer from our village."
HIS VEHICLE WAS ATTACKED
On the other hand, it was determined that the car of suspect Arif Sefa Özdemir, with plate number 03 ADR 900, parked in front of his house in Hasan Karaağaç District of Afyonkarahisar city center, was attacked by an unidentified person or persons late on March 17. It was learned that Özdemir, who contacted the police for help after the incident, declared that his vehicle was totaled and filed a complaint.
MARRIED AND DIVORCED 3 YEARS LATER
It was learned that the suspect Arif Sefa Özdemir lived in Bozhüyük village of İhsaniye district, got married in 2021 and divorced 3 years later. It was stated that the attacker, who was a farmer in the village and made his living this way, was the father of one child. It was noted that Özdemir's ex-wife and children were taken to another place. It was seen that security measures were taken by the gendarmerie in front of Özdemir's house.
