22.04.2026 19:45
The statement given by a close friend of Gülistan Doku from the KYK dormitory as a witness brought another striking claim to the file taken off dusty shelves after six years. The witness friend alleged that they were frequently subjected to harassment by some high-level customers at the cafe where they worked with Gülistan, through verbal remarks and looks. The witness stated that to escape this situation, they started working in the dishwashing section.
The file concerning university student Gülistan Doku, who disappeared in Tunceli 6 years ago, has been reopened. Within the scope of the reinvestigation, 12 people, including the then Governor of Tunceli Tuncay Sonel, his son Mustafa Türkay Sonel, and the then Chief Physician of Tunceli State Hospital Çağdaş Özdemir, were arrested. In the investigation, the statement given by Gülistan's close friend drew attention.
"IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE"
M.T., a close friend of Gülistan Doku, a second-year student in the Child Development Department of Munzur University, testified as a witness to the Tunceli Republic Prosecutor's Office. Stating that they stayed in adjacent rooms in the KYK dormitory and worked together, M.T. said that Gülistan could not have committed suicide. M.T. said, "It is not possible for someone who doesn't even take medicine when sick to commit suicide. If she had committed suicide, she would definitely have been found in the dam that was searched for a long time."
"HIGH-LEVEL CUSTOMERS WOULD HARASS US"
Witness M.T. made striking claims about their experiences at the cafe where they worked together. Claiming that "high-level officials" frequently came to the cafe, M.T. stated that some customers exhibited disturbing behavior towards them. According to NTV's report; M.T., who said, "There were those who would hit on us, they would harass us with their looks. They tried to communicate with me a few times," explained that they started working in the dishwashing section to escape this situation.
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WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
The family of university student Gülistan Doku (21), who was studying in Tunceli, had not been able to get news from her since January 5, 2020, came from their hometown Diyarbakır to Tunceli and filed a missing person report with the police on January 6, 2020, but no results were obtained from the initiated search efforts.
Based on new information obtained, within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Tunceli Republic Prosecutor's Office for the crimes of "intentional killing," "sexual assault," "concealing-destroying evidence of a crime," "destroying-corrupting data by unlawfully entering an information system," "depriving a person of liberty," "failure to report a crime," and "favoring a criminal," 15 suspects, including the then Governor of Tunceli Tuncay Sonel, were detained.
Among the suspects, the then Governor of Tunceli Tuncay Sonel was arrested for the crimes of "destroying, concealing, or altering evidence of a crime," "blocking, corrupting, destroying data in an information system," "unlawfully obtaining personal data," "corrupting, destroying, or concealing an official document." Also arrested were: Sonel's son Mustafa Türkay Sonel; former police officer Gökhan Ertok, who is alleged to have deleted data from Doku's SIM card; the then Chief Physician of Tunceli State Hospital Çağdaş Özdemir, who is alleged to have deleted hospital records; former Tunceli Provincial Special Administration employee Erdoğan Elaldı; Celal Altaş; Nurşen Arıkan; Ferhat Hanedan Güven; Doku's boyfriend Zeinal Abakarov; his mother Cemile Yücer and his stepfather Engin Yücer, a former police officer; and Şükrü Eroğlu, who was Tuncay Sonel's protection police officer at the time.
A ban on leaving the country was issued for Uğurcan A., Savaş G., and Süleyman Ö., who were responsible for the security cameras of Munzur University, and they were released under judicial control conditions.