16.05.2025 13:52
In March of this year, a fire occurred in the Nazilli district of Aydın, resulting in the deaths of a mother and her two children. Following the incident, firefighter Turgay Gezgin and his fiancée F.T. were arrested. Investigations conducted at the house where the fire broke out, along with security camera footage, revealed that Turgay Gezgin entered and exited the house within a 12-minute period shortly before the fire started.
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On the morning of March 18, a fire broke out in the apartment on the 2nd floor of the building located on 372nd Street in the Yeşil neighborhood of Nazilli, belonging to Turgay Gezgin, who works at the Nazilli Fire Department of Aydın Metropolitan Municipality. Firefighters, police, and medical teams were dispatched to the address upon notification from the surrounding residents. The fire was extinguished with the intervention of the teams. During the investigation in the house, it was determined that Gezgin's wife, Fatma Gezgin, and their children, Deniz and Toprak Gezgin, lost their lives. Fatma Gezgin and her two children were buried in Eğriboyun Cemetery after autopsy procedures.
ENGAGED 10 DAYS AFTER THE TRAGEDY
As part of the investigation conducted after the tragic fire, firefighter Turgay Ahmet Gezgin, who lost his wife and two children, was arrested and sent to prison, while his fiancée, F. T., who he got engaged to 10 days after the tragedy, was released under judicial control.
FOOTAGE ENTERED THE FILE
The security forces, who found the fire suspicious as it only broke out in the bedroom and did not spread to another room, determined through a detailed examination ordered by the prosecutor's office that Turgay Gezgin, who fainted and fell ill after the fire, had entered and exited the house shortly before the fire. Security camera footage showing the entry and exit times of firefighter Turgay Gezgin on the day of the incident was also included in the file prepared by the Nazilli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
BRUTALITY IN 12 MINUTES
In the footage showing the moment Gezgin first left the house, he arrives in front of the building on his motorcycle at 07:00. Before getting off the motorcycle, Gezgin looks towards the building and then enters the apartment. About 2 minutes later, the firefighter exits the building, gets on his motorcycle, and leaves.
At 07:59, Gezgin returns to the house, and this time it appears that he parked his motorcycle in a place outside the camera's view. The firefighter exits again at 08:11, approximately 12 minutes later.
WARNED HIS WIFE
On the other hand, in the investigation conducted by the Nazilli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, arrested firefighter Turgay Gezgin stated in his testimony that he and his wife had previously decided to separate, but they reconciled due to family interference, and their relationship deteriorated again.
Gezgin mentioned that he drank alcohol outside at night and did not visit home often. He explained that on the night of the incident, he was on the balcony while his wife was in the living room.
Gezgin stated, "While I was on the balcony, my wife Fatma sent me a message via WhatsApp around 03:30, mentioning that there was a smell of natural gas. Upon this, I checked the natural gas pipes and line, but I did not smell anything. We had renovations done about 10-15 days ago, but I did not smell anything again. I remember that before the call to prayer, my wife went to the kitchen to prepare sahur because she was fasting. I also left the house to change my clothes and go to the fire station. At that time, she was in the kitchen."
After staying at the fire station for a while, Gezgin stated that he went home to get a jacket from the Long Bazaar, saying, "At that time, the key was with me. The key to the outer door of the building and the key to the inner apartment door were on the same keychain. I usually open the outer door with a code. I do not remember how I opened it that day. Around 07:00, I opened the apartment door, took my jacket, and left without smelling any natural gas, soot, or smoke. I did not see anything suspicious. I put on my jacket and left the building and went back to the fire station."
"I DID NOT RESPOND TO MY WIFE'S MESSAGES"
Gezgin explained that when he first arrived at the fire station, he saw the messages from his wife, which said, "Don't come too late, let's go to the market, when people wake up, will you call the landlord or the one who did the natural gas, call someone to check the smell," but he did not respond, claiming that he generally left his wife's messages unanswered.
"I TURNED BACK WHEN THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN"
He stated that he called his wife several times around 07:45, and when she did not answer the phone, he went home, saying:
"At that time, it was around 08:00. I encountered my neighbor while going upstairs. He was also leaving his apartment. When I reached the apartment door, I did not smell anything. I realized that I did not have my key with me. I tried to open it with a card, but I could not. I rang the bell, knocked on the door, and waited after knocking about 3-4 times. If I had knocked every two minutes, it would have taken about 8-10 minutes. While I was knocking on the door upstairs, I heard my neighbor leaving from the apartment in the basement. After a while, I also went out. I did not hear or see anyone else."
CHANGED HIS STATEMENT REGARDING THE TIME HE WENT HOME
When the prosecutor asked, "In your previous statements, you said you came home last at 07:00 to get your jacket, but now you say you came around 08:00-08:10 and stayed in front of the apartment for about 10 minutes. What do you say about the contradiction?" Gezgin replied, "I do not have the luxury of lying. There are cameras everywhere; I may not have remembered this in the statements I gave at the prosecutor's office or the police station."
Gezgin stated that after going to the bazaar, he returned home after his neighbor called him, wanting to enter but could not due to the thick smoke.
"BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN"
The prosecutor asked Gezgin about the messages sent to him by his fiancée, the suspect F. T., before the incident, which said, "bad things will happen."
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In response to the question, Gezgin replied, "My feelings are strong. In different events, good or bad things have happened as a result of my feelings. Regarding the divorce, I told him that I would get divorced. I also mentioned that there was a case, but I did not say that it was a divorce case; it could be a file I witnessed."
NEVER WENT TO THE CEMETERY
F. T, whose statement was taken, explained that after the incident, his family and friends said that Gezgin did not go to the cemetery, and Gezgin expressed to him that he did not believe his children were dead.
"I SUSPECT YOU, I DON'T WANT TO MEET"
F. T, who stated that he got engaged to Gezgin on May 11, continued:
About 10-15 days before this incident, he told me, "I have bad feelings, something like an earthquake or death is going to happen, it will affect me." The day before the incident, he said to me, "I have a divorce case tomorrow, this will end." I told him, "My divorce took 8 years; it doesn't happen that quickly." He said to me, "Mine will happen; we talked and agreed, everything will end." After hearing these words from him both 10-15 days ago and the day before, I became suspicious of him after this incident. I told him, "I suspect you, I don't want to meet." I blocked him many times, but he convinced me verbally. Even though I continued to meet him after being convinced, I did not trust him from that incident onward. My suspicions regarding the incident always continued. "
SOUGHT MEDICATION REQUIRING HEAVY SLEEP
It was learned that Gezgin went to a veterinarian the day before the incident and requested "medication requiring heavy sleep."
Additionally, the autopsy report from Adnan Menderes University Hospital stated that the cause of death of the mother and her two children was due to carbon monoxide, but samples taken for detailed autopsy were sent to the Izmir Forensic Medicine Institution.
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