The fate of Mehmet Çabuk, a father of one child who disappeared in 2016 when he was 27 years old, began to be investigated again following the allegations brought up in the Müge Anlı ile Tatlı Sert program broadcast on ATV. The investigation was deepened upon the successive confessions in the file of Çabuk, who had not been heard from for nearly eight years.
İbrahim Ozan Düzgün, who was in prison for other crimes, admitted that he killed Mehmet Çabuk and buried his body in the garden of the house where his family lived. In his statement to the prosecutor's office, Düzgün stated that he committed the murder and that he brought Çabuk from Ankara to Osmaniye.
Düzgün said that during an argument between them on January 27, 2016, Çabuk hit his head with a hard object and then buried the body in the garden of the house.
After the confession, İbrahim Ozan Düzgün was taken to the house in Akyar District of Osmaniye under security measures. During the process of showing the place, which was also attended by the public prosecutor, the cobblestone area near the closed area used as a coal mine was pointed out.
During the excavation carried out under the supervision of gendarmerie and police teams, no traces were found at the indicated point. However, during the excavation carried out in another region upon the notice of a viewer, bone remains thought to belong to Mehmet Çabuk were found at a depth of approximately 2.5 meters.
Details regarding the forensic examination process to definitively determine the identity of the bones have not yet been shared.
After İlknur Düzgün was detained within the scope of the investigation, her mother-in-law Selma Düzgün also testified. Selma Düzgün said that her son İbrahim Ozan Düzgün told her that he killed Mehmet Çabuk and buried his body in the garden of the house.
Claiming that her son also threatened her, Selma Düzgün said, "I will strangle you, kill you, and bury you next to him, just like I buried him."
İlknur Düzgün also claimed that she lived under threat for years. She claimed that when she returned to Ankara alone, İbrahim Ozan Düzgün said to her, "I killed your husband. If you speak out, I will kill and bury you and your children."
İlknur Düzgün's statements also included details about the area where Mehmet Çabuk was allegedly buried. İlknur Düzgün, who claimed that her mother-in-law put pressure on her, said, "My mother-in-law was like the devil. She didn't even let me out in the sun."
Claiming that green onions were planted on the place where Çabuk was buried, Düzgün said, "They made me plant green onions on Mehmet's corpse. My children played on his father's corpse. I did not know where Mehmet was buried."
Mehmet Çabuk was 27 years old when he disappeared in Osmaniye in 2016. Aynur Çabuk, who wanted to learn the fate of her brother, stated that she encountered conflicting narratives in the file she started researching years later.
Allegedly, İlknur Düzgün told those who asked about Mehmet Çabuk that he went to different countries. Aynur Çabuk's suspicions increased after she saw the wedding photos of İlknur Düzgün and İbrahim Düzgün. Thereupon, the incident was brought to the agenda in the Tatlı Sert program with Müge Anlı.
In the program, it was claimed that İlknur Düzgün had a wedding with İbrahim Düzgün while her official marriage to Mehmet Çabuk was still ongoing, and the child born from this union was recorded in Mehmet Çabuk's population register. The allegation that İbrahim Düzgün used Mehmet Çabuk's identity to escape from some crimes was also brought to the agenda.
In the program broadcast on October 15, İlknur Düzgün said that the murder was committed in Osmaniye and pointed to İbrahim Düzgün in prison. After the broadcast, İlknur Düzgün and Selma Düzgün were detained. Osmaniye Chief Public Prosecutor's Office also accepted the statements made in the program as a report and launched an investigation.
In the program broadcast on October 16, it was announced that İbrahim Ozan Düzgün confessed to the murder. After the confession, bone remains were found during excavations started in the garden of the house.
While İlknur Düzgün and Selma Düzgün were referred to the courthouse, it was reported that the investigation into the death of Mehmet Çabuk was continuing.
