Dorukhan Büyükışık, son of retired Major General Ethem Büyükışık, was found dead at a construction site near his home on May 13, 2018. While the incident was recorded as a 'suicide', the file was reopened by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and information was given about the commissioners Atakan Kaçar (44), Deniz Asıcı (36), police officers Duygu Öztürk (35), Fikret Sarıaslan, Halil Arslandağ (55), Musa Erikçi (55), deputy commissioner Hüseyin Vurucu (49) and Narlıdere Police Station Chief İsmail Köksal (59). A lawsuit was filed at the Izmir 21st Criminal Court of First Instance, demanding up to 1 year in prison for 'abuse of office'.
During the continuation of the investigation, an indictment was prepared against Hüseyin Kaya (69), Hulusu Aras (77), Tayfun Çakmakçı (41), worker Bilal Çelik (47), who worked as a guard at the construction site, and Ali Gülbaşı (77), a guard in a nearby area, demanding life imprisonment for 'deliberate murder'. The indictment was accepted by the Izmir 21st High Criminal Court. While both cases were ongoing, the files were combined. 13 defendants started to be tried at the Izmir 21st High Criminal Court without being arrested.
A NEW OPERATION HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
During the course of the case, the investigation was expanded and a detention order was issued for 26 suspects, including 13 undetained defendants on trial. Izmir Provincial Gendarmerie Command TEM Branch Directorate teams assigned by the Terrorism and Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau launched a simultaneous operation in 9 provinces centered in Izmir on May 21. A total of 26 suspects, including construction company owners, police officers and workers, for whom detention warrants were issued, were detained. A total of 26 suspects, including 13 defendants who were tried without detention, Tanyer Construction Company partners Mehmet Münir Tanyer and his son Mehmet Taylan Tanyer, then-Narlıdere Police Chief İsmail Yalçın and Crime Scene Investigation Bureau Chief Atakan Kaçar, were arrested.
An additional indictment was prepared regarding the incident last September. In the light of the statements taken and the evidence collected, the following statement was made about Mehmet Münir Tanyer, Mehmet Taylan Tanyer, Murat Köse, Cevdet Akay, İhsan Gökmen Ellez, Gökhan Aydoğmuş, İbrahim Kazmacı, Yiğit Aykurt, Hasan Ardıç, Aziz Kocataş, Onur Alp Saraç, Hüseyin Kaya, Bilal Çelik, Hulusu Aras, Ali Gülbaşı and Tayfun Çakmakçı. A request for imprisonment of up to 5 years was made for the crime of 'concealing or altering' and for Veli Şenol for the crime of 'perjury'.
Police officers; A prison sentence of up to 7 years and 6 months was requested for İsmail Yalçın, Atakan Kaçar, Deniz Asıcı, Duygu Öztürk Özkan, Fikret Sarıaslan, Halil Arslandağ, Hüseyin Vurucu, İsmail Köksal and Musa Erikçi for the crime of 'destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence by a public official'. This indictment was accepted by the Izmir 21st High Criminal Court and was combined with the ongoing case. Duygu Öztürk Özkan, one of the 26 detained defendants, was decided to be tried without detention due to her newborn baby.
The trial of 26 defendants, 1 of whom is out of custody, continued at 09.30 yesterday at the Izmir 21st High Criminal Court. In addition to the defendants, Dorukhan's family and lawyers attended the hearing. Members of the press were not allowed into the hall. At the hearing, the defendants were heard and made their defense with their lawyers. Then, the court panel announced its interim decision at 07.30 today. During the 22-hour trial, the court heard witness B.T. and Y.A.'s statements in order to be taken to the next hearing.
SOME DEFENDANTS WERE RELEASED
The court panel also announced its interim decision regarding the defendants. The release of the defendants Ali Gülbaşı and Hulusi Aras, taking into account their health conditions and ages; It was decided to release the defendants Atakan Kaçar, Cevdet Akay, Deniz Asıcı, Gökhan Aydoğmuş, Hasan Ardıç, İbrahim Kazmacı, Musa Erikçi, Onur Alp Saraç, Veli Şenol and Yiğit Aykurt separately, taking into account the time they spent in detention, and a judicial control measure was imposed in the form of not going abroad. In addition, a judicial control measure of house arrest was ordered for the defendant Veli Şenol. The judicial control order against the detained defendant Duygu Öztürk Özkan not to leave the house was lifted. The hearing was postponed to December 18.
"I AM SURE JUSTICE WILL BE DONE"
