Two separate indictments in the Denizolgun investigation: Forgery against forensic medicine staff, false testimony case against a private doctor

Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau filed a public lawsuit against İsmail Çoban, Çağdaş Köse and Samet Çalışkan, who work at the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute, in one file for "forgery of official documents by a public official", and in the other file, against Nurettin Demirkol, who was stated to be Denizolgun's private doctor at the time of the incident, for "false testimony".

CORRESPONDENCE WAS MADE THREE TIMES FOR THE AUTOPSY VIDEO

While the investigation into Denizolgun's death was being deepened again, the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office wrote to the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute on February 24, 2026, asking whether there was a video record of the autopsy.

The Forensic Medicine Institute reported that only photographs were found at the first stage. This time, the prosecutor's office requested that video and photographic records be sent on June 1. There were 145 photographs in the CD sent from the institution. The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office then wrote a letter for the third time on July 14, specifically asking for an investigation into whether there was a video recording.

JULY 16: "NO VIDEO" THE DECISION FOR FETHI KABIR WAS MADE ON AUGUST 18, AND ON THE SAME DAY IT WAS SAID "THERE IS A VIDEO"

In its response dated July 16, 2026, the Mortuary Specialization Department of the Institute of Forensic Medicine stated that there was no video recording of the autopsy process. The most striking development of the investigation took place on August 18, 2026. A decision was made to open Denizolgun's grave and re-examine it.

On the same day, a completely different answer came from the Forensic Medicine Institute to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office: There was an autopsy video. The institution reported that video recordings were found and that the recordings were transferred to CD via flash memory and sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The Fethi burial ceremony was carried out the next day, on August 19, 2026.

PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE: WHEN THE VIDEO EXISTED, THE ANSWER WAS GIVEN "NO"

Within the scope of the investigation, the statements of Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute Mortuary Specialization Department Deputy Head İsmail Çoban, record clerk Çağdaş Köse and Samet Çalışkan, who was in charge of the photography room where the records were kept, were taken.

Samet Çalışkan stated that he handed over 145 photographs as a result of his interrogation; Çağdaş Köse replied that "there is no video recording"; İsmail Çoban said that he approved the article containing this answer.

After it was later revealed that there was a video recording and the suspects admitted to the existence of the video, the Prosecutor's Office evaluated that the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had given an untruthful answer saying "there is no video" even though the autopsy video was available.

A lawsuit was filed against three Forensic Medicine employees for "forgery of official documents by a public official" within the scope of TCK 204/2. The indictment also included information that the Forensic Medicine Institute conducted an administrative investigation against three officials and issued reprimands.

SECOND INDICTMENT TO SPECIAL DOCTOR

The second indictment in the Denizolgun investigation was prepared against Nurettin Demirkol, who was working as an internal medicine specialist at Private Hisar Hospital on the date of the incident. According to the indictment, Demirkol was heard as a sworn witness at the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on August 26, 2026.

In his statement, Demirkol said; He said that Denizolgun did not have a private doctor, that he did not consider the death suspicious, that he did not know who called the police, that he did not see blood on Denizolgun's face and body, and that only Murat Bayrak and a foreign national were at the scene.

155 RECORDING REFUSED DEMİRKOL'S STATEMENT

Following the witness statement, the prosecution brought HTS records, 155 Emergency Call Center records, crime scene reports and other witness statements into the file. In the 155 notification records, it was determined that the person who called the police was Nurettin Demirkol, introduced himself as the "family doctor" and said that the death was suspicious.

The police officer who first arrived at the scene said that the person who called them said he was the victim's private doctor and that he considered the death suspicious. The crime scene investigator also stated that Demirkol introduced himself as Denizolgun's private doctor.

"I DID NOT SEE BLOOD", HE SAID IN THE 2016 REPORT, "BLOOD WAS LEAKING FROM HIS MOUTH"

Another critical contradiction identified by the prosecutor's office was regarding the traces of blood on Denizolgun's body. In his statement in 2026, Demirkol said that he did not see blood on the face or body.

However, in the crime scene and death examination report dated 2016, it was recorded that Demirkol said that blood was leaking from the right side of Denizolgun's mouth and that the blood soaked the pillow. The expert doctor also noted in the report that Denizolgun's face was bloody and blood was coming from his mouth.

HTS RECORDS ALSO REFUSED THE QUOTE "I WAS IN KISIKLI"

Demirkol said that he was at his home in Kısıklı on the day of the incident. However, the prosecutor's office determined that the HTS records did not include Kısıklı at that time. The prosecutor's office also determined that Hilmi Tuna Kuriş and Alihan Kuriş were also at the scene, although Demirkol said there were only two people at the farm, based on crime scene records, HTS data and witness statements.

It was stated that Demirkol's statement, which said that Ahmet Gökçen was not at the Forensic Medicine Institute, also contradicted the HTS records.