23.05.2026 11:31
The perpetrators of the attacks that shook Turkey in Kahramanmaraş and Mersin were buried without funeral prayers and with their grave locations kept secret. The bodies of Metin Öztürk, who killed 6 people in Mersin, and İsa Aras Mersinli, the perpetrator of the school attack in Kahramanmaraş that killed 11 people, were quietly laid to rest.
In two incidents that deeply shook Turkey in Kahramanmaraş and Mersin, the fates of the attackers were similar. Following the events that caused great public outrage, the bodies of the attackers who lost their lives were quietly buried without a funeral prayer. Their grave locations were not disclosed.
THE SCHOOL ATTACKER'S GRAVE SITE KEPT SECRET On April 15, 2026, a school attack occurred at Ayser Çalık Middle School in Kahramanmaraş. A 14-year-old student, İsa Aras Mersinli, brought his father's 5 pistols to school in his bag. The attacker, Mersinli, headed to the floor where the 5th graders were and opened fire. The attacker student killed 11 people, 10 of whom were students and 1 a teacher, and injured 17 people. After the incident, the attacker İsa Aras Mersinli died.
İsa Aras Mersinli After the attack in which 11 students lost their lives, it was revealed that the body of the attacker İsa Aras Mersinli was buried in Osmaniye without a funeral prayer. The grave location of the attacker Mersinli was also kept secret and not disclosed.
THE SERIAL KILLER'S BODY IN MERSIN WAS NOT CLAIMED Meanwhile, a similar incident occurred 4 days ago in the Tarsus district of Mersin. The killer Metin Öztürk opened fire with a pistol at a restaurant in Tarsus, killing employee Ahmet Ercan and business owner Sabri Pan. The suspect, who fled the scene by car, also shot and killed truck driver Gökay Selfioğlu at a gas station in Yeniköy Neighborhood. Continuing to flee, the suspect shot his ex-wife Arzu Özden, who was walking by the roadside in the Darıpınarı Neighborhood of Çamlıyayla district, and killed Abdullah Koca in Yeniköy Neighborhood by rolling him into a ditch on a motorcycle. Continuing to flee, the suspect killed Yusuf Oktay, one of the young shepherds in Karakütük Neighborhood. During his attacks, the suspect also injured 8 people along the route. In the operation following the incident, the suspect, realizing he would be caught, committed suicide with the gun he had.
Metin Öztürk After killing 6 people and injuring 8, the killer Metin Öztürk, who committed suicide in the house where he was cornered, had his body unclaimed even days after the incident.
The fates of the perpetrators who carried out the murders that shook Turkey were also similar.