06.05.2026 23:02
The final message sent from Gülistan Doku's phone on January 5, the day she disappeared in Tunceli and has not been heard from since 2020, has emerged. In the message sent to the owner of the café where Doku worked, it was learned that she wrote, 'I will not come anymore.' Gülistan's last message revealed the difficult situation she was in before her disappearance.
The last message sent from the phone of university student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing since January 5, 2020 in Tunceli, has emerged.
"I AM NOT COMING BACK"
Doku's message to the owner of the café where she worked read, "I am not coming back." This final communication from the 21-year-old young woman has once again brought attention to the uncertain situation she was in that day. With this new development, attention has turned back to the investigation file.
12 ARRESTS IN THE GÜLİSTAN DOKU INVESTIGATION
The family of Gülistan Doku (21), a university student in Tunceli, who had not heard from her since January 5, 2020, traveled from their hometown Diyarbakır to Tunceli and filed a missing person report with the police on January 6, 2020. The search efforts yielded no results.
Based on new information, the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation on charges of "intentional killing," "sexual assault," "concealing or destroying evidence of a crime," "unlawfully entering an information system to delete or corrupt data," "deprivation of liberty," "failure to report a crime," and "harboring a criminal." As part of this investigation, 17 suspects were taken into custody.
FORMER GOVERNOR AND HIS SON AMONG THOSE ARRESTED
Among the suspects, former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel, his son Mustafa Türkay Sonel, former police officer Gökhan Ertok who allegedly deleted data from Doku's SIM card, former Tunceli State Hospital Chief Physician Çağdaş Özdemir who allegedly deleted hospital records, former Tunceli Special Provincial Administration employee Erdoğan Elaldı, Celal Altaş, Nurşen Arıkan, Ferhat Hanedan Güven, Doku's boyfriend Zeinal Abakarov, her mother Cemile Yücer, her stepfather and former police officer Engin Yücer, and Şükrü Eroğlu, who served as Tuncay Sonel's protection officer at the time, were arrested. Uğurcan A., Munzur University security camera supervisor Savaş G., Süleyman Ö., and Tunceli State Hospital IT staff B.Y. and Y.E. were released under judicial control with a travel ban.
A red notice was issued for fugitive suspect Umut Altaş, who was found to be abroad. As part of the investigation against former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel, former Tunceli Police Chief Yılmaz Delen gave a statement as a witness in Erzurum.