21.10.2025 14:05
It has been revealed that Olcay Özdemir, whose body was found at home in the Edremit district of Balıkesir with a gunshot wound to the head, was killed by Mustafa Emlik, a prison escapee. As photos of Emlik emerged, it was discovered that he had killed three people and injured seven others, including two police officers. It was also determined that he had an 'obsession' with a woman named A.C., who was his initial target in the incident.
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New details have emerged regarding the murders committed by a prison escapee in Edremit.
KILLING A SERGEANT AND ROBBING HIS CAR On October 18, around 11:00 PM, a report was made to the 112 Emergency Call Center that a vehicle was blocked and robbed on Ertürk Street in the Altınkum neighborhood, and that a weapon was used. Police teams were dispatched to the area. The teams determined that Sergeant Kemal Ekri, who was on duty under the command of the 19th Motorized Infantry Brigade, was shot dead with a gun, and that his vehicle with the license plate 46 AHZ 090 was also robbed.
The suspect, Mustafa Emlik, while fleeing in the stolen vehicle, also shot Volkan Özalp in the neck and escaped. Emlik fired at a vehicle that was stopped at a red light while turning from Akçay Junction towards Güre. Continuing to flee towards Güre, Emlik shot Doğan Can and Ramazan Özbek with a gun. Heading towards Akçay neighborhood, Emlik shot and killed geology engineer Göktuğ Çalık in front of a house and injured Melih Nergis. Emlik also injured Rukiye Karakaya on Ulu Önder Atatürk Street, where he passed later.
NEUTRALIZED IN THE CONFLICT Police teams began to pursue the suspect. After a chase that lasted until the center of Edremit, a conflict broke out between the police and the suspect. In the conflict, police officers İbrahim Gül was injured in the right leg, and Ümit Işık was injured in the abdomen, while the attacker Emlik was shot and killed. A total of 7 injured, including 2 police officers, were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. It was reported that the condition of the injured was good and that there was no life-threatening situation.
It was also determined from security camera footage that shortly before the conflict, Emlik went to the football field in Güre neighborhood, insulted the young people playing there, and fired into the air to scare them.
On the other hand, the funeral of Sergeant Kemal Ekri, who lost his life in the incident, was buried yesterday in Ankara, while Göktuğ Çalık's funeral was buried in Güre neighborhood of Edremit district in Balıkesir.
1 PERSON FOUND DEAD IN A HOUSE 2 STREETS AWAY Residents of an apartment in İkizçay neighborhood of Edremit noticed blood stains on the broken window of the apartment where Olcay Özdemir (25) lived on the ground floor and reported the situation to the police. The teams, who entered the apartment after having a locksmith open the door, found the lifeless body of Özdemir, who was learned to have lived alone. In the initial examination, it was determined that Olcay Özdemir was shot in the head with a gun.
HE KILLED HER TOO The police considered the possibility that Emlik had also killed Özdemir before the incidents in which he killed 2 people and injured 7 others. The investigation was directed in this direction because Özdemir's house was located 2 streets behind Ertürk Street in Altınkum neighborhood, where Sergeant Kemal Ekri was killed and his car was robbed. Evidence obtained from the investigation revealed that Olcay Özdemir was also killed by Emlik.
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORD Details regarding the incidents also began to emerge. It was revealed that the fugitive Mustafa Emlik had been convicted of crimes such as 'Attempted murder', 'Deprivation of liberty by using force, threat, or deception', 'Simple injury', and 'Threatening with multiple people'. It was revealed that Emlik had injured his boss with multiple knife wounds over a debt issue after being fired from the car wash he worked at in Silivri, Istanbul in 2013, and was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison for 'Attempted murder', and that he had spent 5 years, 9 months, and 18 days in Burhaniye Type T Prison, where he entered in September 2019. After completing the time he was supposed to spend in the closed prison, Emlik earned the right to transfer to an open prison. Emlik was released from Burhaniye Type T Prison on June 26, 2025. Emlik, who was legally required to go to the open prison in Çanakkale within 48 hours, did not do so and disappeared. The Burhaniye Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued a search warrant for Emlik, who had gone into hiding, on June 29.
REFUSED TO ANSWER CALLS OUT OF FEAR OF HARM It was also determined that during the period Emlik was on the run, he was working 'informally' at a construction company's sales office in Edremit, where his family also lived, and that he had started to take an interest in a woman named A.C. there. However, it was found that Emlik had developed an 'obsession' over the constant negative responses to his friendship proposals from A.C. It was also determined that Emlik had met with A.C. shortly before the events in Edremit but received a negative response again. It was learned that on the day of the incident, Emlik called the woman many times, but A.C. did not answer the calls due to the fear that he might harm her. A.C., who was Emlik's first target on the night of the incident, also confirmed this information in her statement.
HE INJURED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND TOO As part of the investigation into the incident, it was revealed that Doğan Can, whom Emlik injured, was the brother of A.C., to whom he had proposed friendship, and that Ramazan Özbek, the market operator he injured, was A.C.'s ex-boyfriend, whom she had broken up with in August. It was also determined from the security camera footage of the market that Emlik had targeted a child who came to shop at the market where he injured Özbek, but the child managed to escape.
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