27.04.2026 20:34
The Erzurum Chief Public Prosecutor's Office heard Yılmaz Delen, the former Tunceli Police Chief, who was considered to have information regarding the Gülistan Doku case, as a witness for 4 hours at the Erzurum Courthouse.
The case of university student Gülistan Doku, who went missing in Tunceli, was reopened after 6 years, and within the framework of the investigation; the former governor of the period, Tuncay Sonel, and 12 people were arrested.
QUESTIONED FOR 4 HOURS
On the other hand, due to the ongoing investigation and examinations, Yılmaz Delen, who served as the Tunceli Provincial Police Chief at the time of the incident and is currently the Yalova Provincial Police Chief, was summoned to Erzurum to give a statement. Yılmaz Delen, who was consulted as a witness, answered the questions directed to him during a 4-hour statement at the Erzurum Courthouse.
LEFT ERZURUM COURTHOUSE
After the instruction letter from the Erzurum Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, which is conducting the investigation regarding Tuncay Sonel, currently detained in Erzurum, reached the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and following the necessary notification, Yılmaz Delen came to Erzurum. Yılmaz Delen, who was consulted as a witness in the morning hours, later left the Erzurum Courthouse. In the investigation into the murder of Gülistan Doku, 12 people, including Tuncay Sonel, were arrested. The 2 suspects taken into custody in recent days were referred to the Tunceli Courthouse today.
The investigation into the murder of Gülistan Doku is being conducted by the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
However, according to Article 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states that "The authority to investigate and prosecute the personal crimes of governors and district governors belongs to the chief public prosecutor's office of the province where the regional court of appeals, to which the person's place of duty is affiliated, is located, and the heavy penal court of the same place," the judicial process regarding Sonel is being carried out in Erzurum.
In the investigation into the murder of Gülistan Doku, 12 people, including Tuncay Sonel, were arrested. The 2 suspects taken into custody in recent days were referred to the Tunceli Courthouse today.
The investigation into the murder of Gülistan Doku is being conducted by the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
However, according to Article 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states that "The authority to investigate and prosecute the personal crimes of governors and district governors belongs to the chief public prosecutor's office of the province where the regional court of appeals, to which the person's place of duty is affiliated, is located, and the heavy penal court of the same place," the judicial process regarding Sonel is being carried out in Erzurum.