23.10.2026 18:01
The case of 52-year-old Gülşen Uyar, who disappeared in 2009 in the Kızılcahamam district of Ankara, was reopened 17 years later. After a suspicious fire, bones were found about 2 meters beneath the house that was excavated, laid with brick and tile and covered with lime. Whether the remains belong to Uyar will be determined by comparison with a DNA sample taken from her daughter.
The case of a woman in Ankara who was reported missing 17 years ago and has not been heard from since was reopened. After neighbors' statements were taken, human bones were found under the house where the missing woman lived. The bones, believed to belong to the woman, will be compared with her daughter's DNA sample.
SHE HAD NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE 2009
Gülşen Uyar, 52, who disappeared in 2009 in the Kızılcahamam district of Ankara, had not been heard from since that day. After the case, reopened 17 years later, was examined and neighbors were consulted for their statements, a suspicious fire broke out in the house where Gülşen lived alone after divorcing her husband and where no one had resided after her disappearance.
BUILT WITH BRICKS AND ROOF TILES AND COVERED WITH LIME
When no trace of Gülşen was found during the inspection of the house, which became unusable in the fire, it was decided to conduct excavation work. During the work that lasted 3 days, skull, tooth, jaw, shoulder, arm, and leg bones were reached at a depth of about 2 meters in the rubble, laid with bricks and roof tiles and covered with lime.
TO BE COMPARED WITH HER DAUGHTER'S DNA SAMPLE
The bone samples, believed to belong to Uyar, were sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute for identification. As a result of the comparison with the DNA sample taken from Uyar's daughter, it will become clear whether the remains belong to Uyar.