29.10.2026 18:29
Eight suspects were referred to the courthouse in connection with the killing of Yasin Binarci at a residence in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, and the discovery of the body of Mehmet Emin Yüksel, who is alleged to have carried out the murder, in a car in Bağcılar 5 hours later. Security cameras captured one of the suspects, S.C.B., changing clothes with a trash collector using a pull cart while fleeing. Three suspects who were caught in Edirne while trying to flee to Greece were referred on charges of "intentional killing," and 5 suspects were released under judicial control.
Eight suspects captured in Edirne and Istanbul in connection with 2 consecutive murders committed in Büyükçekmece and Bağcılar in Istanbul were referred to the courthouse. While new information was obtained about the murders, security camera footage emerged of the other suspects executing in a car the suspect who had killed their friends. It was learned that S.C.B., one of the suspects, after abandoning the car containing his friends' bodies, changed clothes with a person collecting garbage with a pull cart and tried to cover his tracks. Those moments were recorded by security cameras.
In the incident that occurred at a residence in Büyükçekmece on October 21, 2026, Yasin Binarci (26) was shot dead with a handgun, and Mehmet E.Y. (20) was injured. While police launched an investigation into the incident, the body of Mehmet Emin Yüksel (22), who is alleged to have committed the murder, was found 5 hours later in an abandoned car in Bağcılar. During the examination of the apartment in the residence, 3 handguns, a large number of bullets, and 2 kilograms of narcotic substances were seized.
In the work launched by police teams affiliated with the Homicide Bureau in relation to the incident, 3 people who carried out the incident were detained while trying to flee from Edirne to Greece and brought to Istanbul. With 5 people detained in Istanbul in connection with the incident, the number of detentions rose to 8.
THEY LOCKED THE DOORS TO ESCAPE
New details about the incident also emerged in the statements of the suspects interrogated at the Public Order Branch Directorate. According to the police investigation, Yasin Binarci and Mehmet I. (20), two of the 5 people staying in the same house, were subjected to an armed attack by their friend Mehmet Emin Yüksel. As a result of the attack, Yasin Binarci lost his life; Mehmet I. was injured. During the attack, K.K. and Y.G., who were in another room of the same house, locked the doors and asked for help from their friend S.C.B., whom they called by phone. S.C.B., who came to the apartment in the residence, broke the door with a sledgehammer and entered. According to the suspects' statements, S.C.B. took K.K., Y.G., and the murderer Mehmet Emin Yüksel with them and fled the scene.
MOMENTS OF THEIR FLIGHT ON CAMERA
Mehmet Emin Yüksel, who came under the influence of drugs on the road, was shot dead by the people in the car. The suspects abandoned the car containing the body in Bağcılar and fled the scene on foot. In the work carried out by the Homicide Bureau teams regarding the incident, security camera footage was obtained of the moments when the suspects abandoned the car containing the body. In the footage, the moments when the suspects fled the scene on foot after abandoning the car are seen.
HE DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A GARBAGE COLLECTOR
A detail in the footage did not escape the attention of police teams. It was determined that S.C.B., one of the suspects, persuaded a person collecting garbage with a pull cart during the escape, changed clothes with him, and disguised himself as a garbage collector. Following the footage, the Homicide Bureau teams determined that the suspects first went to Tekirdağ by an unlicensed taxi they found through social media applications, and then to Edirne. It was learned that 3 suspects who tried to flee to Greece by contacting human traffickers there were caught.
In the statements they gave to the police, the suspects, who blamed each other for the murder, were stated to have numerous prior criminal records with the police. Five of the suspects were released by the court they were referred to under judicial control conditions. The 3 suspects who carried out the incident were referred to the courthouse on charges of intentional homicide.