28.05.2026 12:00
In the Yayladağı district of Hatay, Muhammet Emin Torluk, who is claimed to be a drug addict, strangled his 3-year-old son Poyraz Yetkin Torluk to death and then went to his father. The father, who suspected his son's actions, reported it to the police. The lifeless body of the little child was found at home by the teams, while the murderer father was arrested.
A chilling event occurred in an apartment in the Çamaltı neighborhood of Hatay's Yayladağı district on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Muhammet Emin Torluk (28), who was in the process of divorcing his wife, strangled his son Poyraz Yetkin Torluk (3) for unknown reasons. After the incident, the suspect went to his father's house in the Köşrelik neighborhood.
CHILD'S LIFELESS BODY FOUND AT HOME
The father, suspecting his son's behavior, who is claimed to be a drug addict, couldn't get an answer when he asked where his grandson was and notified the Yayladağı District Police Department. Police officers who went to Muhammet Emin Torluk's home encountered the lifeless body of Poyraz Yetkin Torluk.
MURDEROUS FATHER CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE
Police detained Torluk as he attempted to flee. Poyraz's lifeless body was taken to the morgue for an autopsy. After the procedures, Muhammet Emin Torluk was referred to the courthouse and was arrested by the court.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Torluk, who works as a laborer in a municipal organization, had his wife in the process of divorce recently go to Istanbul, while Poyraz Yetkin was being cared for by his father Muhammet Emin Torluk's family. The investigation into the incident continues.