Naile Büşra Sarıgül, who worked as an occupational safety technician in the construction of an ink factory in Manisa Organized Industrial Zone, was found falling from a height in the construction site on August 3, 2023 and died in the hospital where she was taken. In the autopsy report dated October 16, 2023, prepared after the incident, it was stated that the cause of death was a heart attack.
In the DNA analysis report dated April 24, 2024 received during the investigation, the DNA profile of the suspect Fatih İnan was detected in the victim Naile Büşra Sarıgül. However, since İnan claimed in his statement that he had a romantic relationship with Sarıgül and the death was attributed to a heart attack in the autopsy report, the investigation carried out by the Manisa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided that there was "no need for prosecution" and the file was closed.
The decision of non-prosecution was lifted upon new findings obtained within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the murder of Mihriban Yılmaz, who disappeared in Izmir on December 29, 2025. Fatih İnan, who confessed his guilt in the murder of Mihriban Yılmaz, was arrested. Fatih İnan's brother Ö.İ. and his uncle K.I. Telephone correspondence between them was examined by police teams. In the indictment, it was noted that Ö.İ. replied "Don't be silent" to the statements in uncle K.İ.'s messages such as "I am not afraid of the old one - I am afraid of this" and "Hopefully nothing will happen from this and the old one is not a problem", and that the 'old' event in these conversations was considered to be Sarıgül's death.
In light of the evidence obtained, an indictment was prepared by the Manisa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on September 4, 2026. In the indictment, it was claimed that the defendant Fatih İnan sexually assaulted Naile Büşra Sarıgül, and then pushed the victim from a height to make her fall in order to hide this situation and make the incident look like a work accident. In the file where Fatih İnan was requested to be punished for 'qualified sexual assault' and 'qualified intentional murder', his brother Ö.İ. A public lawsuit was filed against him for the crime of 'influencing the person performing judicial duties'. The case, which started to be heard today at the Manisa 2nd High Criminal Court, was postponed to January 12, 2027, after the defense of the defendants was received and the witnesses were heard.
After the first hearing of the case, the family and lawyer of the victim Naile Büşra Sarıgül made statements to journalists in front of the courthouse. Sarıgül family's lawyer, Aleyna Altar, stated that the file was closed despite all her objections after the incident that took place in 2023, and that the trial has restarted today in the light of the new evidence that emerged in the Mihriban Yılmaz file. Stating that it was decided to continue the detention of the defendant Fatih İnan in the first hearing, Lawyer Altar reacted to the allegations in the defendant's defense. Lawyer Altar said, "A consensual sexual intercourse was mentioned by the defendant, but as stated by the witness statements presented today, it was revealed that there was no such intercourse retrospectively. The statements on the subject do not reflect the truth. We will make the necessary objections to the file in writing. There are some facts that could not be revealed. We are following the process and expect justice to be served."
Mother Seher Yaldız (54) rejected the allegations made about her daughter and demanded that the criminals be punished. Yaldız said, "My daughter was very cheerful. They said she had family problems, but there was nothing. She was full of life. We want justice to be served and the criminals to be sentenced to the heaviest punishment."
Ercan Yaldız (58), who suffered the pain of losing his daughter, also complained about what happened during the legal process. Reminding that the case was first closed and then reopened after losing his child, Yaldız said, "As a father and a mother, what can we think? We want justice to be served. We expect judges and prosecutors to do their duty."
