30.08.2025 18:23
In the Erdemli district of Mersin, it was revealed that the family's warehouse and house, which were rendered unusable by fire during the wedding of their sons, were set ablaze by a neighbor. It was learned that the neighbor, who was caught and arrested, confessed in his statement that he started the fire by pouring gasoline and thinner.
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Ahmet and Şule Özden, a couple with 3 children who work in agriculture, went to the highlands for their son Salih's wedding. At the time the wedding started, a fire broke out in the storage room of the family's house. The flames quickly engulfed the entire storage and the adjacent two-story house. Upon seeing the fire, witnesses reported it, and fire crews were dispatched to the scene. 10 fire teams intervened in the flames from many points, while local residents also provided support.
EXTINGUISHED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY IN 2 HOURS
The fire, which grew due to plastic crates in the lemon storage, was brought under control in 2 hours with the intense efforts of the teams. The fire was extinguished, affecting 2 firefighters due to smoke. Ahmet Özden, who received the news of the fire just as he was marrying off his son, and some of his relatives could not hold back their tears upon arriving at the scene.
THE ARSONIST SET FIRE WITH GASOLINE AND THINNER
An investigation was initiated, emphasizing that the incident experienced by the Özden family on their children's happiest day was not a coincidence. The Özden family, who experienced great sorrow, suspected A.İ. and his family, who live in the same neighborhood, thinking that the incident was arson. Following the instructions of the Erdemli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspect A.İ. was taken into custody by the police and brought to court. The suspect, who was brought to court and confessed to his crime, was arrested. It was learned that the suspect A.E., who took advantage of everyone going to the wedding, said he started the fire alone by pouring gasoline and thinner. It was claimed that the arson incident was carried out due to the Özden family's acquisition of the land with a muhtar certificate, which they paid for 35 years ago from A.İ.'s grandfather.
25 YEARS OF HARD WORK GONE, THEY EXPERIENCED GREAT SORROW
Shule Özden, a mother of 3 children, shed tears upon seeing the final state of their house, stating that there should not have been such hostility on her children's happiest day and demanded that the suspects be punished. Ahmet Özden, who reported that they burned down his house on the evening of his son's wedding day, said, "They turned our joy into sorrow, they turned our lives into hell. They burned our 25 years of hard work to ashes."
Özden, who mentioned that he suspected his neighbors' son, mother, and relatives, said, "The person who did this was arrested. Those behind him also incited him as an instigator. They threatened me a few weeks ago with his mother. They said they would destroy and burn your house, and they did. They turned our lives into poison. My storage, my house, and the upper apartment where we were going to bring the bride burned down. We were going to bring a bride, but it was not meant to be," he said.
Özden requested that the suspects receive the punishment they deserve under the law, adding that what they experienced was not easy and that their 25 years of hard work had suddenly vanished.
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