New expert report in the fatal traffic accident in Eskişehir: The driver was found to be primarily at fault

The accident occurred on September 3 in Vişnelik District of Odunpazarı district. The car with plate number 26 AFU 319, driven by Fatoş Kilit Bilgesoy, hit Elif Mavi Avli, who was trying to cross the road with her mother Merve Avli. Upon notice, police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene of the accident. After the intervention of the teams, Elif Mavi was taken to a private hospital and from there she was transferred to Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. Elif Mavi Avli, who was taken for treatment, could not be saved. The accident was reflected on the mobile camera. In the images; There were moments when the car hit Elif Mavi, who was crossing the road with her mother, and Merve Avli, who was shocked by the accident, screamed. It was also determined that Elif Mavi Avli was dragged 14 meters under the car in the accident.

The driver of the car, Fatoş Kilit Bilgesoy, who was detained by the police after the accident, was sent to the courthouse after his procedures at the police station. In the expert report prepared one day after the accident, Merve and her daughter Elif Mavi Avli were found to be primarily at fault, while the driver Bilgesoy was stated to be secondary at fault. Bilgesoy, who was taken to court, was given a judicial control order "not to leave the house" for the crime of "causing death by negligence".

Eskişehir Public Prosecutor's Office objected to the judicial control decision. In objection; Camera footage, traffic accident report, death examination report, expert report and other evidence in the file were evaluated together and it was stated that judicial control measures would be insufficient and the suspect should be arrested. While the house arrest order for the car driver Bilgesoy was lifted, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Fatoş Kilit Bilgesoy, who was detained by Eskişehir Police Department teams on September 8, was brought to the courthouse after the procedures and taken to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace. Bilgesoy, whose statement was taken again, was arrested this time.

In his statement, driver Bilgesoy stated that he was driving at a speed of 20 kilometers and said, "After passing Seda Street 5-10 meters, I suddenly saw the mother and a child in front of my vehicle. I immediately applied the brakes, but because the distance was very close, I crashed and the accident occurred. I stopped my vehicle, when I got out of the vehicle, I saw the woman standing and the girl in her mother's arms. However, I do not remember some things exactly due to the shock of the incident and the fear I experienced. Then, someone from the surrounding area came and took the child in his arms to the hospital." "He wanted to catch up. We waited for the police. I don't think I was at fault in the accident. My speed was not more than 20 kilometers."

Eskişehir Public Prosecutor's Office objected to the expert report dated September 4, 2026, which stated that Elif Mavi and her mother Merve Avli were primarily at fault and the driver Bilgesoy was secondary at fault. The traffic accident report, the previous expert report, and the security camera showing the moment of the accident were examined by the committee appointed by the Ankara Forensic Medicine Group Presidency.

In its report prepared on September 22, the committee determined that the driver Fatoş Kilit Bilgesoy was primarily at fault, while Elif Mavi and her mother Merve Avli had no fault in the accident. In its report, the committee stated, "The driver, Fatoş Aklik Bilgesoy, is primarily at fault for the accident that occurred as a result of his carelessness, imprudence and illegal actions, as a result of which he drove uncontrollably at the intersection of the incident scene, while he was driving on the road in a residential area with the car he was driving and managing, without paying the necessary attention to the road, and without taking effective precautions against the pedestrians who had entered the road from the left side according to his course and did not give up the first right of way by stopping. Merve Avli and Elif Mavi Avli entered the road using the intersection head and "In this accident, which occurred as a result of being hit by a car driven by the driver, which approached uncontrollably from the right side after passing a large part of the road, there were no faulty attitudes or behaviors that caused the accident, so there were no attributable faults."

Fatih Avli, the father of Elif Mavi, who died in the accident, reminded that his wife and daughter were not found at fault in the expert report and said, "This was one of the issues that affected us the most, my wife was blamed a lot. We wanted this to come to light. She said 'I am not at fault' and the fact that the fault has now been documented to the other party, of course, relieved us to some extent. I trust Turkish justice, I hope we will get a good result."

Family lawyer Harun Günçay also said that the expert report was prepared by the Forensic Medicine Institute. Günçay said, "We have received a new expert report. This expert report resulted in the exact opposite of the expert report prepared in the first stage of the incident. Normally, as a result of the report, a report was prepared stating that the driver was primarily at fault, and Elif Mavi and her mother were at fault. Of course, a more comprehensive evaluation was made in the details of the report."