He killed his wife, talked about his 11-year marriage: 'Everyone played the blind, deaf and mute'

In the incident that took place on July 19, 2025, on the first floor of the 3-storey house in Alikahya Fatih District of Izmit district, an argument broke out between Fatmanur Okur (36) and her husband Şükrü Okur (29). As the argument escalated, Fatmanur Okur shot her husband with a rifle. During the check-up by the medical teams, it was determined that Şükrü Okur, the father of one child, had died. Fatmanur Okur, who was taken into custody, was arrested by the judgeship to which she was referred.

The detained defendant Fatmanur Okur and the lawyers of the parties attended the hearing held at Kocaeli 8th High Criminal Court. The public prosecutor reiterated his opinion on the merits and requested that the defendant be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, and that if the provisions of unjust provocation are applied, taking into account the violence that the defendant stated that he was exposed to during the marriage, a life imprisonment sentence be imposed.

"I ASKED FOR HELP BY SILENT SCREAMS, BUT NO ONE HEARD"

Fatmanur Okur, who made her defense at the hearing, said that she did not commit the act knowingly. Stating that she was subjected to violence throughout her marriage and asked for help, Okur said, "I wish she were alive and that I could get a divorce. I screamed silently for help, but no one heard. Everyone played the blind, deaf and mute role. I just wanted to scare her away, I did not want to kill her. I was never cruel to her. I am someone whose childhood was taken from me by force. Aren't the torture I went through for 10 years enough? I would close my eyes until the pain is over. How long will I live with the dream of my child?" "I want to be reunited with my child. I want at least house arrest," he said.

The court sentenced the defendant to 16 years and 8 months in prison by applying the provisions of unfair provocation and discretionary reduction.

HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS VIOLENCED IN THE PREVIOUS HEARING

In her defense in previous hearings, the defendant Fatmanur Okur claimed that her husband had been struggling with drug addiction and violence throughout their 11-year marriage.

Okur, who claimed that she wanted to divorce her husband but was threatened, claimed that her husband had threatened to harm her and her family in the past, had harmed her pets, and had miscarried 3 times due to the violence she experienced.

Describing the night of the incident, Okur stated that he and his wife had an argument after he claimed that their daughter was not his, and said, "On the night of the incident, we were having dinner with my child. He was under the influence of drugs. He claimed that the child was not his. I calmed him down at night and fed him his food. I fell asleep with my child, and after a while he woke me up. He took me to a woman's house and wanted to sell me. He was doing different things when he had a drug crisis.

I fell asleep. He said, 'Get up, we are going, they have arrived.' My daughter woke up to the sounds and kicked him. I said, 'Okay, I'll sell myself, I'll buy you drugs.' Then I put my child to sleep. I took my father's rifle from upstairs. When I arrived he was lying in bed. We argued and he said, 'I can cut off a good head, you know that well.' He said nothing would happen to him even if I complained. Then, when he moved towards me, the rifle suddenly fired. I took the gun in my hand to scare him. I didn't do it knowingly or willingly. I even learned that he died in prison. "I was exposed to his cruelty and violence for 11 years," he said.