Singer Gül Tut, known as 'Güllü', died on September 26, 2025, by falling from the window of her house in a 6-storey building on Vali Akı Street, Harmanlar District, Çınarcık district of Yalova. Güllü, whose autopsy was performed within the scope of the investigation launched by the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the incident, was buried in Istanbul. The singer's daughter Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, who spoke differently in her previous three statements, and her friend Sultan Nur Ulu were taken into custody. While Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter was arrested on the charge of 'deliberate murder', house arrest was ordered for Sultan Nur Ulu.
While the investigation was completed after 11 months by the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the trial of the singer's daughter, Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, for whom an aggravated life imprisonment was requested for the indictment for "premeditated murder against the superior lineage", and her friend Sultan Nur Ulu, for whom a prison sentence of 2 to 4 years was requested for the crime of "false witness", started on October 1 at the Yalova 1st High Criminal Court. Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, who has been detained for 10 months, and Sultan Nur Ulu, whose house arrest decision has been lifted, the singer's son Tuğberk Yağız Gülter, his brother Kader Tut and the lawyers of the parties were present at the hearing.
HE DEFENDED BY CRYING
Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, who defended herself by crying, explained what happened on the day of the incident. Gülter stated that they went to the market with Sultan Nur Ulu in the morning and then went to a shopping mall together to meet with the caregiver, and that they did not get along with the caregiver. Explaining that they chatted with her mother after returning home, Gülter stated that they prepared a table and watched a movie and that her mother drank alcohol and said:
"I went to my room once or twice and talked to my boyfriend K.E. Then we danced in the living room, we sang songs. We had nothing. Then we went to my room with Sultan. Sultan was obsessed with her because she had a traffic accident, she was looking at the marks on her forehead. She was looking at her hair. My mother was in the living room. We were playing with Sultan. Then my mother came too. She played too. Sultan was facing the mirror, I was in front of it. Then I heard a voice. When I turned around, my mother was not there. Then I looked at Sultan." "I shouted 'Run' and we went down together."
'I HAD MY BACK TURNED, IF I HAD SEEN IT I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO HOLD IT'
Gülter, who denied the accusations against him and claimed that he did not have any contact with his mother during the incident, said, "My back was turned. When my mother fell, I did not see anything touching her. My mother had drunk alcohol. There was no wetness on the floor of my room, I did not notice. Sultan was looking at the mirror at the time of the incident. When I heard a loud sound, I felt like staying. I took the phone and went downstairs immediately. If I had seen it, I would have tried to hold it. I do not remember the position in which she fell."
I DIDN'T HEAR A VOICE SAYING 'LET'S SEE YOU'
Making his defense regarding the words "Let's see", which are stated to be heard just before the incident in the indictment, Gülter said, "I did not hear a voice saying 'Let's see you' at the time of the incident. This voice belongs to my mother. We were talking about K.E.'s marriage proposal to me with the Sultan. We also had this conversation at that time. My mother and I were teasing each other. The conversation such as 'Leave it' may have occurred at this time. My mother swore while we were dancing."
Stating that he does not accept Sultan Nur Ulu's accusations, Gülter said, "Before Sultan's accident, we used to spend time together and stay with each other. There were times when Sultan and I stayed apart for a long time after the incident. I do not accept his statements."
'I SAW HIM THROW HIS MOTHER OUT OF THE WINDOW'
Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter's friend, Sultan Nur Ulu, described the moment of the incident with the following words in her statement at the first hearing:
"We were in the room and having fun. Güllü came in. At that moment, I turned to the mirror and was looking at my wounds from an accident I had before. When I turned back, I saw Tuğyan throwing his mother out of the window. Then he said to me, 'Run'. I was in shock. I was very scared and my first expression was different. On the day of the funeral, Tuğyan said to me, 'If you burn me, I will burn you too.' I told this to my lawyer. I told him to take care of myself and wait for the evidence to be collected." "Then I told his lawyer that I wanted to tell him the truth and that I couldn't bear it anymore. I told him the truth after I was taken into custody. Moreover, I did not hear the words 'See you, Mr.' in the recorded voice record while I was looking at my wounds."
'I COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT'
The singer's son, Tuğberk Yağız Gülter, stated that he filed a complaint against everyone involved in his mother's death and said:
"The day the incident happened, I was at my house in Kartal. My sister called and screamed and said 'My mother fell'. I immediately set off and went to the hospital. A police officer asked if I could access the cameras. I said I could and opened the application and gave it to the police. Then I entered the hospital and met my sister. She started screaming and crying. I am filing a complaint against everyone involved in the incident."
SECOND HEARING HAS STARTED
The second hearing of the case started at Yalova 1st High Criminal Court. The detained defendant Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, singer Güllü's son Tuğberk Yağız Gülter, his former manager and assistant Çiğdem Emir Deniz and the party's lawyers attended the hearing.
Güllü's son Tuğberk Yağız Gülter came to Yalova Courthouse with his lawyer Rahmi Çelik. While Tuğberk Yağız Gülter left the questions unanswered, his lawyer Rahmi Çelik said, "Evidence has been collected regarding the decision. We are waiting for the decision to be made. The court will decide. We are waiting too. We do not act with surprises. We will see the outcome of the trial together."
Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter's lawyer, Merve Uçanok, came to the courthouse accompanied by bodyguards.
AVCI GAVE HIS OPINION ON THE MAINS
At the second hearing of the case regarding the death of singer Gül Tut (52), known as 'Güllü', from the window of her house on the 6th floor in Yalova's Çınarcık district, the public prosecutor announced his opinion on the merits. Reiterating his opinion in the first hearing, the prosecutor requested that the arrested defendant Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter (28), Güllü's daughter, be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for the crime of "premeditated murder against the superior lineage".
'WE DEMAND THAT THE SULTAN BE TRIAL TOO'
In the report submitted by the lawyers of Güllü's brother, Kader Tut, regarding the camera footage from the night of the incident, it is revealed that Tuğyan said to Sultan, "Shh, shush, let's open Malkata, let's play like that" when Güllü entered the sink, and that Güllü called out, "Open, open, open" after leaving the sink. The defendant acted together with Sultan here. Sultan should be the defendant, not a witness. Sultan tells the truth in his statement, but he says it incompletely. We "We demand that the defendant be punished for 'deliberately planned murder against the upper line' and that the Sultan be tried as well."
It was seen that Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter could not hold back her tears during the hearing. (DHA)
