15.11.2026 00:41
In the Laçin district of Çorum, 74-year-old Mehmet Gökdere and his 75-year-old wife, Zeliha Gökdere, from whom no news had been received for several days, were found dead in their home. While it is being considered that the elderly couple may have been poisoned by carbon monoxide gas leaking from a coal stove, the exact causes of death will be determined by the autopsy result.
Mehmet (74) and Zeliha Gökdere (75), a couple who had not been heard from for some time in the Laçin district of Çorum, were found dead in their home.
ONE DIED BEHIND A DOOR, THE OTHER ON THE SOFA
The incident occurred around 13:00 in Gözübüyük village of Laçin district. The couple Mehmet and Zeliha Gökdere, who had not been heard from for some time, were found motionless in their home by their son-in-law Halil Gökdere, who works as a municipal police officer at Çorum Municipality, and their daughter Leyla Gökdere. Upon the report, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the village. In the check made by the teams, it was determined that the couple had lost their lives. It was learned that Mehmet Gökdere was found on the sofa and his wife on the floor behind the room door.
SUSPICION OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Gendarmerie crime scene investigation teams and the public prosecutor conducted an examination at the couple's home, who were assessed to have lost their lives a few days earlier. It was stated that the possibility that the couple may have been poisoned by carbon monoxide gas from a coal stove was being considered. The exact causes of death of Mehmet and Zeliha Gökdere will be determined after the autopsy.
An investigation has been launched into the incident.