06.11.2026 15:51
Arif Sefa Özdemir, who killed 8 people with a shotgun and injured 1 person in Afyonkarahisar, was arrested. In his initial statement, Özdemir claimed that the incidents began due to a 'combine harvester' dispute.
Turkey is talking about the massacre in Afyonkarahisar. Arif Sefa Özdemir (30), who killed 8 people and wounded 2 with a pump-action shotgun, has been arrested.
Arif Sefa Özdemir, living in Bozhüyük village of İhsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar, allegedly did not pay for a combine harvester he bought from Kırşehir after it burned. Özdemir, who summoned Ahmet Uzel (57), Bekir Toprak (50), and Numan Toprak (56), who sold the combine harvester, to the village yesterday, opened fire with a pump-action shotgun at around 15:00 on the three people with whom he had a dispute. Uzel, in the vehicle with plate 40 ND 574, and Bekir and Numan Toprak lost their lives.
HE SHOT WHEN SHE DID NOT HAND OVER THE VEHICLE
Özdemir then went to Afyonkarahisar city center. In Osman Gazi Neighborhood, at around 15:30, Özdemir went up to Sevgi Postalcı, a mother of three, who was about to get into her car with plate 03 AIU 814, threatened the woman and demanded that she give him the vehicle. Özdemir fired a shotgun at Postalcı, who resisted, and seriously wounded her. Postalcı, who was shot in the head as she got into her vehicle to pick up her child from school, was taken into surgery at the hospital.
HE CONTINUED THE MURDERS
Later, Arif Sefa Özdemir came to Kıyır village by car, and there too he shot and killed Seydi Ahmet Aydoğmuş (73) and Satı Aydoğmuş (68) in a car with plate 03 AGV 654. About 1 kilometer from this vehicle, İsmail Şen's (61) body was found.
HE KILLED TWO TEACHERS, ONE ESCAPED AT THE LAST MOMENT
Then, going to Yukarıtandır village with the car with plate 54 ACC 723 that he had hijacked, the attacker opened fire with a pump-action shotgun at Ayşe Sena Demir (46), a Science Teacher at İhsaniye Yukarıtandır Secondary School, and Hilal Mete (31), a Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher, in a car with plate 07 BZB 11. Hilal Mete died at the scene, and Ayşe Sena Demir died at the hospital. Sultan Sema G., a Physical Education Teacher in the car, escaped at the last moment and fled. Sultan Sema G. went to Gazlıgöl town and reported the situation to security forces. Özdemir fled toward the Seyitgazi district of Eskişehir. Upon the situation being reported, security forces took action and launched work to catch the attacker.
"STEP ASIDE, LOOK, I KILLED 8 PEOPLE"
The moments when Arif Sema Özdemir got out of the vehicle with a pump-action shotgun in his hand were reflected in security camera footage. In the footage, Özdemir is seen getting out of the red light commercial vehicle with a pump-action shotgun, threatening the driver of another vehicle he stopped with the words "Step aside, look, I killed 8 people, step aside," and then hijacking his car with plate 26 APL 557.
STOPPED BY SHOOTING AT THE VEHICLE'S TIRES
The vehicle hijacked by Özdemir was found stuck in mud in a field in Taşlık Neighborhood, a rural area of Eskişehir's Seyitgazi district. It was determined that the armed attacker left the vehicle and fled on foot, and this time hijacked the car with plate 26 NZ 187 belonging to a person selling milk in Taşlık Neighborhood. Özdemir, who wanted to reach the main road and escape, arrived at a checkpoint set up by police and gendarmerie teams who took action after a tip-off. Here, the teams stopped the car by shooting at its tires. Özdemir, who returned fire, was caught and taken into custody. A large number of cartridges were seized on the suspect and in the vehicle.
1 GENDARME LIGHTLY INJURED
It was stated that Non-Commissioned Officer Onur Ş. (29) was also lightly injured in his left ear during the clash. Özdemir, who was taken into custody by teams of the Eskişehir Odunpazarı District Command, was taken to the Gendarmerie Command for initial procedures. After his procedures, Arif Sefa Özdemir was brought to Afyonkarahisar at midnight.
HIS STATEMENT EMERGED
In his first statement, Arif Sefa Özdemir said that last year he bought a combine harvester from Ahmet Uzel for 40 thousand euros and began working with this combine harvester around Manisa and İzmir. However, he stated that the combine harvester burned while working in a field in İzmir, and after this incident a dispute arose between him and Uzel.
THEY ARGUED ON THE PHONE
According to Özdemir's statement, Uzel met with him last week and demanded the 11 thousand euros remaining from the combine harvester. Özdemir said that his debt was 4 thousand euros and that he would pay within a short time. It was claimed that the dispute between the parties over the amount of the debt grew and that mutual insults and threats occurred on the phone.
After his statement, the attacker, whose procedures were completed, was arrested by the court he was brought before.