23.10.2026 17:10
It has emerged that 35-year-old barber Murat Barışık, who was found dead with his motorcycle in a stream bed in the Kozcağız town of Bartın on October 20, was shot in the nape with a pistol. It was alleged that his 21-year-old fellow villager Ö.Ç., who was determined to owe Barışık approximately 650,000 lira, planned the murder three days in advance. Of the 4 people taken into custody, 3 were released, while Ö.Ç. was referred to the judge with a request for arrest.
It has emerged that the barber found dead in a stream bed in Bartın's Kozcağız town was shot and killed with a gun. One of the 4 people taken into custody in connection with the incident was referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace with a request for arrest.
DEAD BODY FOUND IN STREAM BED
On Tuesday, October 20, a motorcycle and next to it the lifeless body of Murat Barışık (35) were found in a stream bed in Ustaoğlu village of Kozcağız town in Bartın's Central district. While extensive security measures were taken at the scene, upon blood on the bridge and a bullet mark on Barışık's body, a large-scale investigation was launched by the Bartın Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. During examinations in the area, Barışık's phone and a handgun were found.
IT EMERGED THAT HE HAD A DEBT OF 650 THOUSAND LIRA
In the investigations, it was determined that factory worker Ö.Ç. (21), who resides in the same village as the deceased and was learned to owe Barışık approximately 650 thousand TL arising from the purchase and sale of vehicles and motorcycles, could not pay his debt.
It is alleged that the suspect went to the area where the incident took place three days before the incident, planning the killing, and hid his handgun there; on the day of the incident, he called the victim to the area and fired one shot at the back of his neck with the handgun he had hidden. It was determined that the suspect later threw the victim and the motorcycle belonging to the victim into the stream, and also threw Murat Barışık's mobile phone and the handgun considered to have been used in the incident into the stream.
3 OF 4 SUSPECTS RELEASED
As a result of the work carried out, the captured suspect Ö.Ç. was taken into custody. In the deepening investigation, statements were taken from many people, and 3 more people were taken into custody. Ö.Ç. and the other 3 people were referred to the Bartın Chief Public Prosecutor's Office today after their procedures were completed. While 3 of the 4 people brought to the Bartın Courthouse in the morning were released by the prosecutor's office after their statements, Ö.Ç., who was taken into custody on the allegation of "premeditated murder," was referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace with a request for arrest.