A grieving father’s complaint regarding Rojin Kabaiş's death: There is no mention of drowning.

Father Nizamettin Kabaiş, who came to Van to follow the developments regarding the death of university student Rojin Kabaiş, made statements about his visit. Stating that he has been in constant contact with his lawyer regarding his daughter Rojin's death, Father Kabaiş said, "I was in Istanbul. I was in contact with the lawyer every day and we were talking. We spoke with the President of the Van Bar Association, Sinan Özaraz, and we applied to the prosecutor's office. The autopsy report had already arrived. That's why we went there. We read most of the items in the autopsy. We objected and sent it back to the prosecutor's office again. They have taken it for review."

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING"

Indicating that the confidentiality decision of the file is still in effect, Kabaiş said, "My brother and I came from Istanbul. My brother from Diyarbakır, my uncle's son, my wife, and my son Ömer also came. We have been in Van for two days. We have been following the file. There is no new statement. However, our lawyer specifically asked the chief prosecutor, 'You have given it to the media. The file has come to the media, the autopsy report has come, and it is stated in the subtitle that it was "drowning in water." The chief prosecutor said, 'I did not reflect that. They leaked it. I did not say it was drowning. I only said that the file had arrived. They leaked it to the channels. They said that in Rojin Kabaiş's file, it was stated as drowning in water.' So the chief prosecutor did not say that. There is no such thing," he expressed.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Rojin Kabaiş, a first-year student in the Department of Child Development at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (YYÜ), went outside after having dinner at the dormitory on September 27. Friends who could not reach Kabaiş by phone reported to the police around 12:00 on September 28.

It was determined that Kabaiş had said she would go to collect pebbles on the shores of Lake Van around 18:30 on September 27, and that a friend she had offered to go with had responded negatively. On September 28, Rojin's mobile phone, headphones, cake, and water were found on the shores of Lake Van. While the phone was handed over to the police for examination, the police, Gendarmerie Coast Guard, AFAD, and the fire brigade teams of the Metropolitan Municipality initiated a search operation for Rojin.

HER BODY WAS FOUND 18 DAYS LATER

On the 18th day of the search operations, Rojin Kabaiş's lifeless body was found by Mehmet Emin Ankay (60) in the rural Mollakasım neighborhood of the Tuşba district, which is about 20 kilometers away from the coast of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, especially known for its summer houses. After approximately 7 hours of autopsy procedures at the Forensic Medicine Institution, Rojin Kabaiş's body was handed over to her family and buried in the Yeniköy Cemetery in the Bağlar district of her hometown Diyarbakır.

ROJİN KABAİŞ'S AUTOPSY REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED

In the autopsy procedures, nearly 100 samples taken from Kabaiş were sent to the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institution. The result of the examination was sent to the Van Forensic Medicine Institution. The Van Bar Association Women's Rights Center made a statement regarding the autopsy report received from the Forensic Medicine Institution about Rojin Kabaiş. The statement indicated that the cause of death of Rojin Kabaiş was stated as drowning in water in the determination section of the report.