Ece Gürel was allegedly "receiving witchcraft training"! Her teacher spoke out.

08.03.2025 07:41

The landscape architect Ece Gürel, who went missing in Belgrad Forest and was found alive four days later, passed away in the hospital despite all medical interventions. While it remains unclear what Gürel experienced during her time lost in the forest, her teacher Hale Özen claimed that the young woman had received training in "Witchcraft."

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On Sunday, March 2, landscape architect Ece Gürel left home saying she would go to Belgrad Forest, and later got lost in Belgrad Forest. She was found with minor injuries after 4 days of search and rescue efforts. After the first intervention by health teams at the scene, Gürel was taken by ambulance to a private hospital in Maslak, where she unfortunately passed away despite all interventions.

DIED FROM HYPOTHERMIA

Ece Gürel, who is believed to have died from multiple organ failure due to hypothermia, will have her exact cause of death determined by an autopsy report. Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu also announced that Gürel died due to hypothermia.

BURIED IN TEARS

A funeral ceremony was held for Ece Gürel at the Bağcılar Güneşli Central Mosque. After the funeral prayer performed following the afternoon prayer, Gürel was sent off on her final journey in tears. The young woman's body was buried in Koca Sinan Cemetery.

"SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE"

Güfte Keskin, a childhood friend from the neighborhood, said, "My friend was very successful, a very good person. Her brother was my middle school friend. We grew up in the same neighborhood. While I was going to work, she was going to school. We used to return together. She was a very positive, cheerful person who wouldn’t think negatively. From what I heard in the media, she was having problems at work. She even opened a tarot page, and I joked about it. She had received training related to that. She was full of life, she wouldn’t accept negative sentences. I can’t say it was a suspicious death, the police will investigate," she said.

"OTHER THINGS WILL COME OUT FROM HER DEATH"

Her relative Metin Çeştepe said, "We are very sad, we don’t know what else will come out later. Other things will come out from her death. The fact that the bag will be found later makes us suspicious. It’s a suspicious death. Hopefully, the reason will be explained in the coming days. They said the cause of death was organ failure," he said.

"THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS"

Her relative Yusuf Çeştepe said, "In the preliminary report at the Forensic Medicine, it was said to be organ failure. There are a lot of question marks. We were waiting for Ece to recover and tell us. Our hopes were dashed. I don’t know what basis the comments made on social media are based on. Her brother is abroad and checking social media. He calls me asking, 'What’s happening?' She was interested in rituals, but I don’t know if she died because of that. Maybe the reason for going there was meditation, but I haven’t heard of anyone dying from meditation," he expressed.

SHE DIED WITH HER SECRETS

What Ece Gürel experienced in the forest for 4 days became a matter of curiosity. It was claimed that Ece Gürel had a dispute related to her workplace recently and resigned, and that she was in a bad mood. Additionally, it was seen that she was interested in astrology in her social media posts and engaged in activities based on traditional beliefs such as tarot and lead casting. It was claimed that Ece Gürel was doing sound meditation and went to the forest to meditate. The fact that Gürel's phone and some of her clothes were found folded in the forest raised the possibility that she might have committed suicide.

"SHE WAS TAKING WITCHCRAFT TRAINING"

It was claimed that Ece Gürel was taking training in 'Witchcraft'. Her teacher made a statement regarding this matter. Hale Özen, who said that Gürel started the training in September, provided information about the details of the training.

Here are Hale Özen's statements regarding the training;

"The name is just witchcraft... After the first four lessons, students come to us and say, 'Oh, we came here thinking there would be something spiritual.' You talk about very realistic things. This has nothing to do with witchcraft. Generally, women come to our trainings. Our training records are also available. We are not hiding or concealing anything."