13.10.2026 10:46
It has emerged that 22-year-old suspect Osman Altun, who was detained in connection with the murder of 66-year-old jeweler Zahir Cız in Adana, was planned to be put on a boat off the Aegean Sea by jet ski and smuggled to Greece. Altun, who was caught at a hotel in Kuşadası, and 9 people found to have helped him escape were arrested. It was alleged that Altun, who has a finalized prison sentence of 18 years, was incited to commit the murder by the “Bayğaralar” crime organization with the promise of being smuggled abroad.
In Adana's Seyhan district, it has emerged that the suspect, who killed Zahir Cız, a jeweler and one of the district's well-known figures, while he was sitting in front of his shop and wounded the person next to him, was preparing to cross to Greece by jet ski and boat to flee abroad. The suspect, who was followed step by step, was caught in a raid on the hotel where he was staying.
BY JET SKI TO A BOAT, FROM THE HOTEL TO GREECE According to police findings, Osman Altun, who went to Aydın after the murder, finally settled in a hotel in Kuşadası. It was determined that the suspect would be taken from there by jet ski to a boat waiting off the Aegean Sea and then smuggled to Greece.
Acting on these findings, Adana police raided the hotel where the suspect was staying. Altun, who tried to run away upon seeing the police, was caught after a short chase.
ARMED ATTACK IN FRONT OF THE WORKPLACE In Reşatbey Neighborhood of Seyhan district, on October 4 around 14:00, jeweler Zahir Cız was subjected to an armed attack while sitting in front of his workplace with his acquaintance Hüseyin Altunbulduk (39). Cız, who was shot in the head, lost his life. Altunbulduk, who was seriously wounded by bullets hitting his stomach, was taken to the hospital after first aid by medical teams.
The body of Zahir Cız, whose autopsy was completed at the Adana Forensic Medicine Institute, was received by his relatives. Cız was buried in Buruk Cemetery in Sarıçam district.
Osman Altun HE HAD AN 18-YEAR FINAL SENTENCE, WAS RELEASED ON PROBATION The special team established within the Murder Bureau Branch of the Public Order Branch Directorate launched extensive work on the incident. Examining security camera footage in the area, police determined that the attacker was Osman Altun. Altun had previously been arrested for the crimes of “intentional injury,” “theft,” and “damage to property”; as a result of the proceedings, he was sentenced to a finalized 18-year prison term and had been released some time ago under probation measures.
It was determined that the suspect had scouted the area before the attack, surveilled Cız, and carried out the attack by waiting for the right moment.
HE HAD STATIONED AN ARMORED VEHICLE AND DID NOT LEAVE THE BUILDING It was learned that Cız had placed an armored vehicle in front of the apartment building where the attack took place and had not left the building at all for some time.
It was learned that Cız, who was alleged to be close to the Adana-based organized crime group “Şirinler” (the Smurfs), spoke by phone with F.Ç., stated to be one of the leaders of the “Bayğaralar” crime organization, about 2 years ago and was threatened.
Zahir Cız ALLEGATION OF A PROMISE TO “SMUGGLE HIM ABROAD” It was alleged that murder detectives, who deepened the investigation in this direction, determined that the Bayğaralar crime organization promised Altun to smuggle him abroad in return for killing Cız.
HE CHANGED HIS T-SHIRT AND HID IN AN ORANGE GROVE According to police examinations, after the attack Altun changed his T-shirt in a side street and went by motorcycle to his home in İsmetpaşa Neighborhood of Seyhan district. It was determined that the suspect then went by taxi to an orange grove in Söğütlü Neighborhood of Çukurova district and hid there for a while.
It was determined that Altun later went first to a house in Küçük Dikili Neighborhood and then to one in Demetevler Neighborhood.
HE WENT TO AYDIN BY INTERCITY BUS Police, who tracked the suspect using the License Plate Tracking System (PTS), City Security Management System (KGYS), and security cameras, determined that Altun boarded an intercity passenger bus stopped at a point near the highway entrance and went to Söke district of Aydın. Murder detectives who pursued the suspect determined that Altun was staying at the hotel in Kuşadası.
9 PEOPLE DETERMINED TO HAVE HELPED HIM WERE DETAINED Within the scope of the operation, Recep Çağan (42), Mustafa Eser (28), Ali Can Yıldırım (26), Yahya Aktan (23), Abdurrahim Öner (32), Serhat Yıldız (25), Ayhan Akdağ (46), Memduh Akyol (22), and Gürhan Özkan (28), who were determined to have helped Altun in the murder, in his escape, and in hiding, were also detained. The suspects were taken to the Adana Police Department.
“THEY WERE GOING TO SMUGGLE ME ABROAD IN RETURN” In his interrogation at the police station, Osman Altun stated, “A person whose name I cannot remember asked me to carry out the attack. In return, they were going to smuggle me abroad.”
10 SUSPECTS ARRESTED After police procedures, Altun and 9 suspects, who were referred to the courthouse, were arrested by the court they were brought before.