The incident took place in the forest area in Güngörmez District of Karacabey district. Allegedly, Gökçe Alkan (18) and her boyfriend Mustafa B. (24) went to the forest area by car. An argument broke out between the two over the separation issue. As the argument escalated, it was claimed that Mustafa B. cut Gökçe Alkan's throat with a knife. While the young girl died at the scene, the suspect hurt himself and was injured in his neck. It was reported that the suspect, who was detained by the gendarmerie teams, continues his treatment in the hospital.
Mother Alkan, who spent time with her daughter for the last time before her death, said that Gökçe wanted to go out around 18:00 on the day of the incident. Stating that she was with her daughter until 18:00, the grieving mother said, "We were together until 18:00. After that time, she said, 'I will go out, mother.' I told her, 'Don't go out.' She said, 'I will go out.'" The mother, who said that her daughter did not tell her about the problems she was having with her boyfriend, did not know whether she had been threatened before, and said, "She did not say anything. He was living inside, hiding it. "He didn't say anything," he said.
Explaining that she started to worry when she did not hear from Gökçe, mother Alkan said that she called her daughter many times after 21:00, but her calls were not answered. Stating that after a while, her son-in-law told them that Gökçe had a fight with her boyfriend, the mother stated that they first went to the hospital, then went to the police station and learned the truth there.
Stating that their only demand after the death of her daughter was justice, Zeynep Alkan said, "I want justice. "I want the same thing to be done to him, just like he killed my daughter," he said. Mother Alkan said at the march held for Gökçe on October 5, "I want justice for all Gökçes, all girls. She called for justice with the words "No mother should experience what I experienced."
Gökçe Alkan's older sister, Özlem Akbay, said that her sister was a quiet, calm young girl who did no harm to anyone and was always smiling. Stating that she spent time with her brother shortly before the incident, sister Özlem Akbay stated that she went to Gökçe when he called her that night and said, "We sat together and had fun. "She was fine, she was in a good mood, nothing happened," she said. According to her sister's statement, Gökçe's boyfriend said that he had not reached her for two days and that he was in the hospital. Stating that she did not believe this narrative, sister Özlem Akbay told her sister that she thought the man was lying to her and said, "I said Gökçe, do people always have accidents? That kid is lying to you. "I told you, I will prove it to you," said the sister, adding that she called the hospitals to find out whether her boyfriend was really in the hospital, but could not get any information.
Sister Özlem Akbay said that Gökçe's boyfriend called her again on the day he was killed and that he said that Mustafa B. had an accident and wanted to show her his car. Stating that she warned her brother not to go, the sister said, "I told Gökçe, don't go, never mind, what is the need? "He said, 'I want to confront him, let me see,'" said the sister. Stating that Gökçe then went to meet him, she said that she thought what happened was a planned murder.
Stating that she asked her brother whether her boyfriend was using drugs, Özlem Akbay said, "Gökçe told her, 'No, he doesn't drink. "He doesn't even smoke around me," he said. However, the sister stated that she later heard different rumors from people around her and that Gökçe had another phone and that this phone was thrown on the beach from her friends after her brother's death.
Explaining that she went to the hospital after the incident, Gökçe's sister said that she came face to face with the suspect there. Stating that at first she thought what happened was an accident, the sister said, "I asked the child, 'Please tell me what happened to my brother.' The child did not say anything." Stating that she will seek Gökçe's rights, the sister said, "I want to seek Gökçe's rights. I want justice."
Gökçe Alkan's uncle Şenol Yavuz also said that they experienced great pain after the death of his nephew. Stating that they did not raise Gökçe until she was 18, Yavuz said, "She was a girl like an angel. We raised her as a baby rose until she was 18. She tried to live her life in a beautiful way. She was murdered at the best moment of her life." Stating that he met with his niece a few days before the incident, but they did not talk about her boyfriend, Yavuz said that he had not previously received any information that Gökçe was threatened.
Stating that he first learned about the incident in a different way, Şenol Yavuz said that he was first informed that Gökçe was taken to the hospital. "They did not say that it was a bad incident from the beginning. They said that he was taken to the hospital. We went that way and learned that this incident took place in this way," said Yavuz, adding that they did not know all the details about how the murder was committed.
It was stated that Gökçe Alkan, who graduated from Farabi Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School Health Services Department this year and was looking for a job, was the youngest of the family's three daughters. Gökçe Alkan's body was handed over to his family after the autopsy at Bursa Forensic Medicine Institute. After the funeral prayer performed at Uluabatlı Hasan Mosque, the young girl was buried.
On the other hand, a march was held for Gökçe Alkan in Karacabey on October 5. Citizens walking with Turkish flags and photographs of Gökçe in their hands reacted to the murders of women by chanting slogans such as "Don't let Gökçes die".
While all that remained of the young girl was videos of her happy days, her sneakers were placed in front of the door.
