9 Suspects Detained Within the Scope of Kaşif Kozinoğlu Death Investigation

Within the scope of the investigation carried out into the death of former MİT officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, who died in 2011 in Silivri Prison, where he was detained within the scope of the Ergenekon investigation, 9 people, including 2 journalists and 7 healthcare workers, were detained in the second operation held on September 10. The suspects, whose statement procedures were completed at the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command, were referred to Silivri Courthouse.

While Selahattin Günday, Özlem Uslu and Emre Atmaca, the suspects who appeared before the judge after their statements at the prosecutor's office, were arrested, İdris Tiftikçi, Ahmet Gökşen Erdoğan, Neşrin Kaya, Turgay Tamer, Tuba Koç and Mahmut Arslan were released with a judicial control measure.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek made a statement on his NSosyal account regarding the investigation into the death of former MİT officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, who died in Silivri Prison in 2011.

Reminding that Kozinoğlu became ill in Silivri No. 1 L Type Closed Penitentiary Institution, where he was detained, on November 12, 2011, and was transferred to Silivri State Hospital, Gürlek said, "It was determined that he had died when he was taken to the hospital. In the investigation carried out after the incident, camera records and medical documents were examined, witness statements were taken from the penal institution, gendarmerie and medical staff, his ward mates and the deceased's wife, on April 10. "It was decided in 2012 that there was no need for prosecution." He used the following expressions:

Minister Gürlek stated that the file was re-examined by the Unsolved Crimes Investigation Department and noted the following:

"In the light of the evaluations made by our Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the decision of non-prosecution was lifted with the decision of the Silivri Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated 26 August 2026, and the investigation was restarted. Within the scope of the new investigation, a confidentiality decision was taken, a special investigation team was formed and comprehensive studies were initiated to re-clarify the incident in all its aspects. At today's stage, our Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated legal proceedings against 11 suspects who were working in the penal institution on the date of the incident, 10 suspects were detained, and 1 suspect was detained." "It has been determined that he is abroad as a FETO fugitive."

One of the 10 suspects taken into custody was arrested, and 9 suspects were released, 7 of them on condition of judicial control. During the ongoing work within the scope of the investigation, 9 more suspects, including a reporter, a cameraman and 7 healthcare workers, were detained and transferred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station. Upon the request of the Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the burial process was carried out within the scope of the decision taken to determine the exact cause of Kozinoğlu's death and whether there was any third party intervention in his death.