13 defendants in the Dorukhan Büyükışık case were released

13 of the 26 defendants on trial in the case of Dorukhan Büyükışık, son of retired Major General Ethem Büyükışık, whose lifeless body was found in a construction site in İzmir's Narlıdere district 8 years ago, were released.

The trial of 26 detained defendants, including the then Narlıdere District Police Chief and partners of the construction company, continued regarding the death of 26-year-old Dorukhan Büyükışık at a construction site in Izmir 8 years ago.

The hearing, which was held by the Izmir 21st High Criminal Court in the courtroom of the 9th High Criminal Court, to which press members were not allowed, was attended by the detained defendants, the complainant's mother Nihal and father Ethem Büyükışık, and the party lawyers.

The hearing, which started yesterday and lasted for 20 hours, was completed today.

At the hearing where the defendants made their defense, the complainant's father, Ethem Büyükışık, made a statement.

The court board postponed the hearing by deciding to release 13 of the 26 detained defendants and to continue the current situation of the others.

The lifeless body of Dorukhan Büyükışık was found at the construction site in Narlıdere district of Izmir on May 13, 2018, and the incident was considered a suicide.

Upon the complaint of the family within the scope of the investigation, the indictment prepared against the police officers who came to the scene for "abuse of duty" was accepted by the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, and the guards on duty at the construction site, H.K, H.A, T.Ç. and B.Ç., who works in construction. and A.G., the guard on duty at the nearby construction site. An indictment was prepared against him on the charge of "premeditated murder", demanding a life sentence.

On October 10, 2025, the case in Izmir 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, in which 8 police officers who were sued for "abuse of duty" were tried, and the case in which 5 construction workers were tried in Izmir 21st High Criminal Court were combined.

A special investigation team of 4 people, formed under the chairmanship of the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor regarding Büyükışık's death, re-examined the file and a detention order was issued on May 21 for 26 suspects within the scope of the crimes of "deliberate murder", "destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence" and "false testimony".

Among them were the District Police Chief of the time, İ.Y., and the partners of the construction company, M.M.T. (69) and his son M.T.T (43) were arrested on 23 May, and 7 suspects were later caught and arrested by the judgeship to which they were referred.

With the arrest and arrest of suspect İ.K, the crime scene investigation commissioner for whom an arrest warrant was issued, on June 11, the number of detainees in the file increased to 26.