11-month-old baby Büşra has been missing for 20 days in Sivas
While the search for baby Büşra, who disappeared in Divriği district, continues, 6 people, including her parents, were arrested.
Quick Look
- 11-month-old baby Büşra, who disappeared on September 10 in Divriği district of Sivas, has not been found for 20 days.
- While the search efforts were continuing, 6 people, including his mother and father, were arrested.
- While the mother claims that the baby was sold and then killed, the father denies the accusations.
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Why It Matters
11-month-old baby Büşra disappeared on the plateau in Divriği district of Sivas on September 10. As part of the investigation into the incident, 6 people, including the mother and father, were arrested.
11-month-old baby Büşra, who disappeared in Sivas on September 10, has not been found for 20 days.
Search efforts continue in the İncedere Plateau region of Göndüren village in Divriği district.
53 personnel, 8 vehicles, tracking dogs and cadaver dogs are involved in the search efforts. AFAD continues the search efforts carried out by commando and gendarmerie teams with the support of artificial intelligence-supported unmanned aerial vehicles and tracking dogs.
The teams have been searching the area, starting from the tent where baby Büşra allegedly disappeared, but have not been able to reach the baby yet.
Entrance and exit to the region is under the control of gendarmerie teams.
6 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
Elif Balıkçı (27), a mother of 5 children who is engaged in animal husbandry in İncedere Plateau of Göndüren village, reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center when she could not find her baby Büşra Balıkçı in the tent they lived in on September 10, and a search operation was started upon the notice.
Within the scope of the investigation, 12 suspects, including the baby's father Yusuf Balıkçı (41) and mother Elif Balıkçı, were detained, and a veterinarian and A.Ç. were among the suspects. He was released after his statements to the gendarmerie.
The baby, who was sent to the courthouse after the procedures at the gendarmerie, was attended by his mother Elif Balıkçı, his father Yusuf Balıkçı, his uncle M.R.B, and his aunt R.B. and his relatives Ö.B. and M.B. arrested, K.D, M.D. and İ.B. He was released on condition of judicial control.
M.K., who was detained in Diyarbakır regarding the incident and brought to Divriği district. He was released with a judicial control order after his statement at the public prosecutor's office.
THE MOTHER GAVE TWO DIFFERENT STATEMENTS, THE FATHER REJECTED THE ALLEGATIONS
During this process, mother Elif Balıkçı gave two different statements to the gendarmerie and the prosecutor's office.
In her statement to the gendarmerie, the mother claimed that the child was sold by her father for money, but the father denied the allegations.
Sivas Governorship also made a statement and shared the information that all possibilities were evaluated, including that Büşra baby was sold for money.
In her statement at the prosecutor's office, mother Elif Balıkçı claimed that her father killed her daughter and left her on the land, but the father did not accept the accusations.
The mother, who was taken to İncedere Plateau by gendarmerie teams to show the location, claimed that the baby was killed and left, but no findings were found during the searches in the area.
A PUBLICATION BAN WAS GIVEN, OTHER CHILDREN ARE UNDER PROTECTION
Upon the request of the Divriği Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the baby's disappearance, a publication ban decision was taken by the criminal judgeship of peace.
In addition, the other 4 children of the family were taken under protection by the Ministry of Family and Social Services.
Open Questions
- Where is baby Büşra?
- What is the fate of the baby?
