14-Year-Old Missing Murder in Aydın Solved: His Wife Arrested

Gülizar Aydın (55), who lived in Akçakonak District of Aydın's Söke district, disappeared on December 2, 2012. Aydın started to be searched as missing after his son Burak Zülam applied to the police on October 31, 2017. An investigation was launched against Gülizar Aydın by the Söke Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. In the investigation, no evidence was found that Gülizar Aydın was alive. Thereupon, it was evaluated that Aydın might have been killed and the investigations were concentrated on the suspicion of murder.

Within the scope of the investigation, records regarding the unidentified bodies found in surrounding provinces were examined. On the day Gülizar Aydın disappeared, it was determined that a dismembered woman's body was found on the highway connecting Muğla's Milas and Aydın's Söke districts. Police teams deepened the investigation and found that Gülizar Aydın's husband, Selami Aydın, left Aydın after her husband's disappearance, lived in different provinces for about 14 years, did not file a missing persons complaint about her husband and cut off contact with her family.

In the studies carried out under the coordination of Söke Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Selami Aydın's base records, HTS data, vehicle movements and witness statements regarding the incident period were analyzed in detail. During technical examinations, it was determined that Selami Aydın was in the area where the woman's body was found on the date of the incident.

Selami Aydın, who was determined as a suspect in line with the evidence collected, was caught during an operation carried out at his address in Izmir on June 11, 2026. Selami Aydın was arrested by the court on June 12, 2026, on suspicion of killing Gülizar Aydın.