New development in the missing 'Sefa Soyalp' file: A search was carried out in the forest where the suspect went
As part of the search for Sefa Soyalp, who disappeared in Istanbul in 2019, 6 suspects were detained and a search was carried out with cadaver dogs in the forest area.
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- In the investigation of Sefa Soyalp, who has been missing since 2019, 6 people were detained due to contradictions and suspicious movements in HTS records.
- The police conducted a search on the possibility that Soyalp might have been thrown into the forest area in Çekmeköy.
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Why It Matters
Sefa Soyalp has been missing since 2019, and police teams re-examined the file and reached new findings.
The work carried out by the Public Security Branch Directorate Missing Persons Bureau teams to find Sefa Soyalp, who has been missing since 2019, continues. As part of the investigation, it was determined that Soyalp and his girlfriend met Sirojiddin A. and Ahmet P. in a bag factory in Ümraniye after coming to Istanbul in 2019.
It was determined that Sefa Soyalp and Sirojiddin A. started living together on August 16 of the same year. It was stated that Soyalp met with Umıda E., a Uzbek national, the day before she disappeared, and that this person was Gani C.E. It was determined that he was assessed to have been directed by Sırojiddin A. on the same day.
As a result of the police teams examining the HTS records of the suspects mentioned in the incident, it was determined that the statements given by the suspects at that time did not match the phone records.
It was also determined that Sırojiddin A. went to the forest area in Çekmeköy by taxi at night, immediately after Sefa Soyalp's disappearance. As a result of the investigation, 6 suspects who were considered to be connected to the incident were detained.
A SEARCH WAS MADE IN THE FOREST
Police teams, who considered the possibility that Sefa Soyalp was killed and dismembered and then thrown into the forest area in Çekmeköy Recreation Area, determined that the suspect Sirojiddin A. came to the area by car after the incident. Thereupon, the teams carried out a search in the forest area accompanied by 2 sensitive-nosed cadaver dogs.
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Open Questions
- What happened to Sefa Soyalp?
- What are the statements of the detained suspects against the accusations?






