AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Leyla Şahin Usta was involved in a traffic accident and was injured along with her bodyguard.

AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Leyla Şahin Usta was involved in a traffic accident and was injured along with her bodyguard.

17.08.2026 18:31

The automobile carrying AK Party Deputy Group Chairman and Ankara Deputy Leyla Şahin Usta collided with another vehicle on the Anatolian Highway in Bolu. After the accident, Usta and her bodyguard were taken to the hospital, and it was learned that both individuals are in good health and not in life-threatening condition.

AK Party Deputy Group Chairman and Ankara Deputy Leyla Şahin Usta was slightly injured along with her bodyguard in a traffic accident on the Anatolian Highway in Bolu. It was learned that Usta, who was taken to the hospital, is in good health and is not in life-threatening condition.

SHE WAS GOING TO A FUNERAL CEREMONY 

The accident occurred around 16:00 at the Çaydurt location on the Bolu section of the Anatolian Highway. According to the information obtained, the car carrying Leyla Şahin Usta, who had set out from Ankara to Kocaeli to attend a funeral ceremony, collided with another car traveling in the same direction.

Following the collision, Usta and her bodyguard in the vehicle were slightly injured. Upon notification of the accident, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the region.

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

After initial interventions were made by health teams at the scene, Usta and her bodyguard were then taken to Bolu İzzet Baysal Training and Research Hospital.

It was stated that Usta and her bodyguard, who were taken under treatment at the hospital, are in good health and do not have life-threatening conditions related to the accident.

AK PARTY PROVINCIAL CHAIRMAN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL

AK Party Bolu Provincial Chairman Suat Güner, upon learning of the accident, also went to the hospital and received information about Usta's health condition.

Gendarmerie teams launched an investigation to determine how the accident involving two cars occurred.

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