29.04.2026 13:31
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek said regarding the Gülistan Doku file, 'We have issued a red notice for Umut Altaş. Altaş is the person who, in my opinion, will solve the case, because he is the closest witness to the incident.' Meanwhile, in recent days, his messages with Umut Altaş's father were included in the file, showing Altaş making threats such as 'I will burn everything down.'
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek answered journalists' questions on the agenda before the AK Party's TBMM Group Meeting. Minister Gürlek also spoke about the Gülistan Doku investigation, which was taken off dusty shelves after 6 years and shifted from an ordinary missing person case to the basis of a murder suspicion.
"THE PERSON WHO WILL SOLVE THE CASE IS UMUT ALTAŞ"
Responding to a question about the Gülistan Doku investigation, Gürlek said, "We issued a red notice for Umut Altaş. We also conveyed the sensitivity due to the importance of the matter to the US authorities. I think Umut Altaş is the person who will solve the case. Because he is the closest witness to the incident."
MESSAGES REVEALED: I WILL EXPOSE EVERYTHING
WhatsApp conversations between Umut Altaş, for whom a red notice was issued in the US within the scope of the case, and his arrested father Celal Altaş were revealed. The conversations showed the father and son accusing each other, using insults and threats.
The conversations are as follows:
Umut Altaş: You think it's easy, don't you. Your actions won't have consequences, huh. I expect 9 thousand dollars in my account today.
Celal Altaş: Okay. I told you, do whatever you want. Send back the 150 thousand dollars I sent you before.
Umut Altaş: If 9 thousand dollars doesn't come into my account today, I'll call the Prosecutor and tell her everything.
Celal Altaş: Tell what?
Umut Altaş: Why you sent me to America.
Celal Altaş: Why did we send you, tell me why we sent you. You know everything then, you bastard.
Umut Altaş: Hahaha
Celal Altaş: You were telling us you didn't know anything.
Umut Altaş: Stop pretending, you were the one silencing things.
Celal Altaş: Now I'm going to show this conversation to the Prosecutor and have a red notice issued for you. You relax.
Umut Altaş: Damn
Celal Altaş: You bastard jackal.
Umut Altaş: Before you.... Wait. Stay right where you are. Tie your hands behind your back, let's see who gets who. Mighty Celal.
Celal Altaş: You're in on it, aren't you, you son of a...
Umut Altaş: Wait wait, you son of a... Yeah.
Celal Altaş: May God curse you and that bastard.
Umut Altaş: Dude, who falls for these tricks of yours. You think everyone is as stupid as you. I will expose everything. You'll see what the world is like.
Celal Altaş: Hopefully, expose everything. Go ahead, my boy.
Umut Altaş: Oh my Celal, you're also playing the victim, sorry, conscientious father role. You've sold your own son, do you have a heart to feel sorry for someone else's child.
Celal Altaş: Sold me to whom?
Upon Celal Altıntaş's son sending a screenshot of what he wrote as a message, Umut Altaş: Exactly, send it to the prosecutor.
After the conversations, it is seen that they made a voice call, and the next day Celal Altaş wrote "Good morning my father. I love you very much" to his son, but the message showed a single checkmark, and subsequent voice calls went unanswered.