07.04.2026 10:11
In Bursa, retired police officer Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu was killed by his wife, Adalet Uzunoğlu, after which his body was dismembered into 15 pieces with a machete and a knife and thrown into trash containers. Uzunoğlu went to the police station to report him missing, but after giving contradictory statements and it was determined that the blood traces found in the house belonged to the victim, he confessed to his crime.
The chilling incident in Bursa came to light thanks to the police's attention. On January 28, in the Osmangazi district, Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu (75) was allegedly killed by his wife, Adalet Uzunoğlu (68).
HE DISMEMBERED THE BODY AND DISPOSED OF IT IN THE TRASH
Adalet Uzunoğlu put the body, which she had dismembered into 15 pieces with a cleaver and knife, into bags and disposed of it in the trash containers on the street where their house is located. On January 30, Adalet Uzunoğlu went to the police station and reported her husband missing, claiming that he had gone down to the entrance of their three-story house to check the doorbell two days earlier and had not returned. When the teams started searching for Uzunoğlu, they found Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu's mobile phone, wallet, and ID when they went to the house to investigate and gather information from Adalet Uzunoğlu. The teams also discovered traces of blood in various places in the house.
MURDER WAS REVEALED WHEN SHE GAVE CONTRADICTORY ANSWERS
When Adalet Uzunoğlu gave contradictory answers to the police officers' questions, the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation, and teams from the Provincial Security Directorate's Homicide Bureau were assigned. Crime Scene Investigation teams were dispatched to the address. An examination was conducted on the top floor of the three-story building, which was learned to be owned by the couple and had the first two floors empty. Blood traces were found at the entrance of the dirty and neglected apartment, in the electrical outlet, in the sink, and on the cleaver and knife found in the house.
EVIDENCE SENT FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATION, WOMAN UNDER SURVEILLANCE
While blood samples, the cleaver, and the knife were sent to the Bursa Regional Forensic Police Laboratory for examination, Adalet Uzunoğlu was placed under technical and physical surveillance. The forensic examination revealed that the blood samples belonged to Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu, who was reported missing, while the fingerprints on the cleaver and knife belonged to Adalet Uzunoğlu.
SHE SAID HE FELL FROM THE STAIRS AND DIED
With the release of the forensic report, Adalet Uzunoğlu was taken into custody by the Homicide Bureau teams of the Provincial Security Directorate on April 2. In her interrogation at the police station, she claimed that she did not kill her husband. However, Uzunoğlu, who admitted to dismembering the body, said, "When I woke up that morning, he was lying motionless in front of the stairs. He fell from the stairs and died. I thought they would think I pushed him and it would fall on me, so I dismembered the body with a cleaver and knife into 15 pieces and threw it in the nearby trash bins."
2 SONS RELEASED UNDER JUDICIAL CONTROL
Adalet Uzunoğlu was arrested by the court she was brought to on April 3, while her two sons, who were detained as part of the investigation, were released under judicial control.
LAST SEEN LEAVING THE MOSQUE
No body parts were found in the trash containers on the street where the house is located and in the surrounding area during the examination conducted by the Crime Scene Investigation teams. The last footage of Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu before he was killed was captured by a security camera. Uzunoğlu was seen leaving a religious gathering at the mosque with a juice in his hand at 00:18 on January 28, the day of the incident.
"HE WAS A BROTHER IN HIS PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS"
Mehmet Şardağ, one of the neighbors who said he last saw Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu at the mosque, stated that police teams conducted examinations in the trash containers on the street in February and last week, and that Adalet Uzunoğlu, who was arrested, was brought for a site visit on April 5, saying, "Fuat brother was a man of prayer and devotion. We used to go to the mosque together. The last time was on January 28, when we came from a brother's religious gathering. We never saw each other again. The deceased was a very good person. We were all very surprised as a neighborhood. Even if that man rang the doorbell, he would look out the window and say, 'Come in the morning.' He was not someone who would go downstairs in his pajamas and go outside. We received no news regarding his funeral."