The incident took place on October 29, 2024 in Bostanlı District. Melike Çiftçi, who was said to have had plastic surgery, died in the hospital where she was taken. Following the complaint of Çiftçi's family, Karşıyaka Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation. In the indictment prepared after the investigation, it was stated that Çiftçi's death occurred as a result of fat embolism (caused by the injection of silicon-containing substance) due to the hip filling procedure. Çiftçi's defendant doctor Ö.Ö. Ö.Ö.'s aesthetic procedure was performed by his brother, the defendant K.Ö. It was stated that she carried out the esthetician and beauty specialist course registered in her name. The witness M.S., whose statement was taken during the incident, stated that the defendant Ö.Ö. also performed a filling procedure on himself and that he used the course area to perform plastic surgery.
'HE WAS JUDGED FOR THE SAME CRIME'
In the indictment, records from the security camera of the building where the workplace is located and the City Security Management System (KGYS) camera were also included in the file. The footage showed Melike Çiftçi coming to the workplace, after a while, after she fell ill, she was hugged by the employees and taken out and put into a car, and after a while, Ö.Ö. returned to the course site. On the other hand, it was learned that the defendant doctor Ö.Ö. was also tried in the case regarding the death of Kübra Boyraz following the hip filling operation on September 19, 2020 in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul. It was stated that Ö.Ö. was sentenced to 6 years in prison on July 14, 2023, for 'causing the death of a person by negligence'.
In the indictment prepared regarding Çiftçi's death, the defendant doctor Ö.Ö. and his brother and business owner K.Ö. up to 9 years in prison each for the crime of 'causing death through conscious negligence', the other defendants E.B., B.E., B.B. and N.E. A prison sentence of up to 5 years was requested for each of them for the crime of 'favoring the criminal' on the grounds that although they were aware of the transaction against Çiftçi, they concealed it and made contradictory statements. The indictment was accepted by the Karşıyaka 6th Criminal Court of First Instance.
'DEFENDANTS DENIED THE ACCUSES'
The detained defendants appeared before the judge today. K.Ö. attended the hearing at Karşıyaka 6th Criminal Court of First Instance. Except for the defendants, all the defendants, Çiftçi's brothers and the lawyers of the parties attended. At the hearing, doctor Ö.Ö. He did not make a defense on the grounds that he would change lawyers. B.E., one of the promised defendants, claimed that no action was taken against Çiftçi and said, "On the day of the incident, Ms. Melike came without an appointment. She did not want to have the procedure done, she said she wanted to meet and wanted to meet with Ö.Ö. We gave information about the course. Then she got worse."
The promised defendant B.B. He denied the accusation made against him and said, "I did not meet the victim. They said he was getting worse. We tried to wake him up. Then we called an ambulance. When he did not come, I turned someone on the road and took him to the emergency room of a private hospital. They said there were pen marks on his hip, but I told him there were not." N.E., one of the defendants who took the floor at the hearing. He also denied the accusations made against him. Defendant Ö.Ö. and E.B. requested time for defense on the grounds of attorney reports.
THE FAMILY REPEATED HIS COMPLAINT
Melike Çiftçi's older sister G.K., who was heard at the hearing, stated that her sister went there for hip filling and argued that the defendants were not telling the truth. G.K. filed a complaint saying, "My brother told me that he was going to have a hip filling done by the defendant Ö.Ö. 2 days before the incident. We know Ö.Ö. as a family. He also intervened in my sister two years ago. That's why Melike also knows him." The family's lawyer, Ali Balcı, also requested the arrest of the defendant Ö.Ö. After the defense and statements, the judge ordered the missing issues in the file to be eliminated and postponed the hearing to January 21, 2027.
