Death of singer Güllü: The lawyer of her daughter, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, objected to the decision

In the case heard at the Yalova 1st High Criminal Court, Merve Uçanok, the lawyer of Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for premeditated murder of his mother Gül Tut, submitted his petition of appeal to the Yalova 1st High Criminal Court to be sent to the Bursa Regional Court of Justice.

In the 21-page petition, it was argued that the local court's conviction decision was unlawful and requested that the decision be reversed or annulled. The defense claimed that the conviction was based mainly on the statements of the witness Sultan Nur Ulu and the report of the Bursa Regional Criminal Police Laboratory stating that there was no lubricant on the ground.

In the objection petition of lawyer Merve Uçanok, it was claimed that there were contradictions between the statements given by Sultan Nur Ulu, who was at home during the incident, in the early stages of the investigation and her later statements. Lawyer Uçanok stated that Ulu gave different expressions in his first statements and different expressions in the statements he gave after he was detained, and claimed that these statements were taken under pressure. The defense also claimed that Sultan Nur Ulu said in her conversations with different people that Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter did not harm her mother. In this context, attention was drawn to the voice recordings and expert opinions submitted to the file.

In the petition, it was stated that Gül Tut had 3.53 promil alcohol in her blood at the time of the incident and some drug active ingredients were also detected. Pointing out that this situation may have caused balance, coordination and perception disorders, it was argued that the possibility that Gül Tut may have fallen as a result of an accident was not adequately evaluated. It was stated that in the report of the 1st Specialization Board of the Forensic Medicine Institute dated February 11, 2026, it was evaluated that the death occurred as a result of falling from a height, but it was not medically distinguishable whether the incident occurred by suicide, accident or the influence of another person. The defense also claimed that it was determined that the ground was slippery in the death examination and autopsy report prepared on the day of the incident, but that it was erroneous to use the reason for conviction as no lubricant substance was found in the subsequent criminal examination.

In the petition, it was stated that it could not be determined exactly who said the voice saying "Let's see you", which was recorded in the camera records before the incident. Drawing attention to the statement of Gül Tut's close friend Çiğdem Emir that the voice in question could belong to Gül Tut, a re-examination of the voice recording was requested. In the objection, he claimed that the court's rejection of requests to hear some witnesses and conduct new expert examinations also restricted his right to defense.

In the conclusion section of the petition of appeal, it was requested that the local court's decision be reversed within the scope of Article 289 of the CMK, and in the contrary opinion, the decision be annulled and Tuğyan Ülkem Gülter be acquitted. The petition also requested the release of Gülter, who was stated to have been detained for approximately 1 year, during the legal review.