He had burned his family to death and was secretly buried out of fear.

22.07.2025 17:01

In Aydın, firefighter Turgay Ahmet Gezgin, who killed his wife and two children by starting a fire, hanged himself in prison. Gezgin's body was secretly buried by his family out of fear of public backlash. The grave only has his birth and death dates, with no other inscriptions.

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It has been learned that the funeral of firefighter Turgay Ahmet Gezgin, who killed his family by starting a fire in Nazilli district of Aydın, was secretly buried in Yenipazar district. It was also observed that the coffin brought for Gezgin was left in the cemetery.

The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in the Hilal Apartment on 372nd Street in the Yeşil Neighborhood in the morning hours. As a result of the fire that broke out in the house, firefighter Turgay Gezgin's children, Toprak Ege Gezgin (4) and Muzaffer Deniz Gezgin (11), along with his wife Fatma Gezgin (34), lost their lives due to exposure to heavy smoke. The security forces, who found the fire suspicious as it broke out in the bedroom and did not spread to another room, determined through a detailed investigation ordered by the prosecutor's office that Turgay Gezgin, who fainted after the fire, had entered and exited the house shortly before the fire. The teams that also examined the phone of Fatma Gezgin, who lost her life along with her two children, found that messages and other records on her phone were deleted shortly before the fire.

ENGAGED 10 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT

Upon finding all the data suspicious, teams from the Nazilli District Police Department began to follow the suspect Turgay Gezgin and his girlfriend F.T., who was learned to have gotten engaged 10 days after the incident, upon the instruction of the Public Prosecutor's Office. After the investigations, the police teams uncovered all the details within two months. The suspects were caught in an operation. Both suspects were taken into custody and sent to Nazilli Courthouse. Turgay Gezgin, who killed his wife and two children by starting a fire in the house, was arrested by the court and sent to prison, while F.T. was released under judicial control.

FOUND DEAD IN PRISON

After being arrested by the court, suspect Turgay Gezgin was placed in Nazilli Closed Prison. Later, Gezgin was transferred to Adana Closed Prison, where he was found dead on July 20 by prison officials. Authorities stated that Gezgin had taken his own life in prison and that an investigation had been initiated regarding the incident.

WAS TO BE BURIED IN NAZİLLİ, SECRETLY BURIED IN YENİPAZAR

It was expected that Gezgin, who killed his family, would be buried in Nazilli Malhallı Cemetery after the funeral prayer to be held today at Gülistan Mosque. When the press members who came to Gülistan Mosque learned that the funeral was not there, it was revealed that Gezgin, whose body was taken from the Forensic Medicine Institution by his relatives, was secretly buried in the Donduran Neighborhood of Yenipazar district in the early hours of the morning due to possible reactions. It was learned that the coffin brought to the cemetery, which did not even have his name on the tombstone, was left in place.