03.02.2026 14:02
The cause of death of 47-year-old Hişman Yılmaz, who was found shot in the head in a parked car in the Birecik district, will be determined by an autopsy. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
A person was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in a parked car at the exit of a village in the Birecik district of Şanlıurfa. According to the information obtained, the incident occurred near the rural Ekenek neighborhood in the Birecik district. Citizens who noticed that the car with the license plate 63 FC 436 had not moved for a long time became suspicious and reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Following the report, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene. The person found motionless inside the vehicle was identified as 47-year-old Hişman Yılmaz.
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INCIDENT WAS A MURDER OR SUICIDE
Health teams determined during their examination that Yılmaz had died from a gunshot wound to the head. While the crime scene investigation teams collected evidence both inside the vehicle and in the surrounding area, gendarmerie teams took security measures in the region. Yılmaz's body was taken to the Şanlıurfa Forensic Medicine Institution morgue for autopsy procedures. It was reported that whether Yılmaz's death was a murder or a suicide would be clarified as a result of the autopsy and forensic examinations.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.