
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that 3 murder files that had been unsolved for years in Bursa and Bitlis were reopened and a total of 83 murders were left unsolved.
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Files from previous years are being examined under the coordination of the Unsolved Crimes Investigation Department within the Ministry.
According to the statement made by Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek on his social media account; He announced that 3 murder files that had not been solved for years in Bursa and Bitlis were reopened within the scope of the studies carried out to shed light on the unsolved murders. Developing technological opportunities were used in the studies carried out in cooperation with the Chief Public Prosecutors' Offices and law enforcement units, under the coordination of the Unsolved Crimes Investigation Department within the Ministry. DNA analyses, criminal investigation reports, HTS and base station records, and witness statements were re-evaluated.
1 ARREST IN A 16-YEAR-OLD MURDER
The file of Mehmet Arıcan, who was found killed with a hunting rifle in a forest area after disappearing in Bursa's Mustafakemalpaşa district in 2010, was put under the spotlight again. One of the suspects detained in the operation carried out in line with HTS records, financial investigations and new witness statements was arrested.
2 ARRESTS IN A 20 YEAR OLD FILE
The murder of an unidentified woman who was found on the side of the road with a gunshot wound to the head in Tatvan district of Bitlis in 2006 was also re-investigated. After DNA samples, HTS records and witness statements were examined, a simultaneous operation was organized in 4 provinces. While 2 of the detained suspects were arrested, a judicial control order was issued for 2 suspects. It was reported that the capture and red notice procedures for the fugitive suspect abroad are continuing, and efforts to determine the woman's identity are continuing.
THEY SOLVED THE MURDER FROM BURNED BONES
There has also been an important development in the file regarding the murder of Mehmet Şahinoğlu, who disappeared in Kestel district of Bursa in 2012. Forensic examinations, dental records, communication data and witness statements regarding burnt human bones found in 2015 were re-evaluated. Based on the findings, an operation was organized against 12 suspects. While 11 of the suspects were detained, it was stated that efforts were continuing to capture 1 fugitive.
83 MURDER perpetrators were removed from being unknown
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek, in his statement on his social media account, emphasized that he will not allow any murder to be forgotten or covered up over time. Minister Gürlek stated that 83 murders in 76 files have been declared unsolved so far and that efforts will be continued with determination to shed light on the murders committed in the past and to bring those responsible to account before justice.
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