06.11.2026 12:00
A lawsuit has been filed against driver Ali Öztürk, who caused the death of METU student Mert Doğan Aydın (23), a LÖSEV volunteer who had overcome leukemia after 2 years of treatment. In the indictment, it was requested that the provisions on conscious negligence be applied for the detained driver, who was determined to have a blood alcohol level of 2.24 promille and who hit Aydın and fled as Aydın was crossing the road in Ankara on August 26 on his way to watch the Fenerbahçe match.
In Ankara, a lawsuit has been filed against driver Ali Öztürk, who struck with a car and caused the death of Middle East Technical University (METU) student Mert Doğan Aydın (23). In the indictment, it was requested that the provisions on conscious negligence be applied to the driver, who was determined to have a blood alcohol level of 2.24 promille at the time of the accident.
HE WAS STRUCK WHILE GOING TO WATCH THE MATCH
In the accident that occurred on August 26, Mert Doğan Aydın, a student in the Preschool Teaching Department at METU, was crossing the road to go to a café to watch Fenerbahçe's Champions League match when the car driven by Ali Öztürk struck him. Aydın, who had beaten leukemia 3 years before the accident after 2 years of treatment and took part in awareness activities as a LÖSEV volunteer, lost his life in the hospital where he was taken. Driver Ali Öztürk, who fled after the accident, was caught by police. The driver, determined to have a blood alcohol level of 2.24 promille, was arrested by the court.
SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE IN THE INDICTMENT
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completed its investigation into the accident. A lawsuit was filed against driver Ali Öztürk on the charge of 'causing death by negligence.' The indictment accepted by the court included the security camera footage review report regarding the accident. The report stated that the vehicle entered the camera angle at speed, the person it struck was dragged and thrown together with the vehicle, and after hitting the front part of a parked white car, remained motionless on the ground. In the postmortem examination report, it was stated that Mert Doğan Aydın's death occurred as a result of head, facial, rib and extremity fractures and brain hemorrhage due to general body trauma.
CONSCIOUS NEGLIGENCE AND FLEEING CHARGES
It was requested that the provisions on conscious negligence be applied because the driver had a blood alcohol level of 2.24 promille at the time of the accident. In addition, due to his leaving the scene of the accident, it was requested that the provision in the Highway Traffic Law stating 'Drivers who leave the scene of fatal and injury accidents without the permission of the police shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 1 to 3 years' be applied.