20.04.2026 21:28
The former Chief Physician of Tunceli State Hospital, Çağdaş Özdemir, who was detained on the allegation that hospital records were deleted in the investigation regarding university student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing since January 5, 2020, was arrested.
In the investigation of Gülistan Doku, the then Chief Physician of Tunceli State Hospital, Çağdaş Özdemir, was arrested.
ARREST WARRANT FOR FORMER CHIEF PHYSICIAN
Within the scope of the Gülistan Doku investigation conducted by the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Özdemir, who was detained on the allegation that hospital records were deleted, completed his procedures at the gendarmerie. After undergoing a health check, Özdemir was brought to the courthouse under heavy security measures. Özdemir was arrested by the court he was brought before.
GÜLISTAN'S HOSPITAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN DELETED
In the investigation related to Gülistan Doku, information that the records showing Doku's admission to Tunceli State Hospital on December 31, 2019, had been deleted was included in the file.
The Ministry of Health announced that an investigation was initiated regarding the allegations of deleted hospital records within the scope of the Gülistan Doku investigation, and an inspector was assigned to the case.
Çağdaş Özdemir, a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, served as the Chief Physician of Tunceli State Hospital between 2018 and 2021, and as the Tunceli Provincial Health Director until 2022.
10 SUSPECTS HAD BEEN ARRESTED
The family of university student Gülistan Doku (21), who had not heard from her since January 5, 2020, came from their hometown Diyarbakır to Tunceli and filed a missing person report with the police on January 6, 2020, but no results were obtained from the search efforts initiated.
Based on new information obtained, the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation for the crimes of "intentional killing," "sexual assault," "concealment-destruction of evidence," "illegally accessing a computer system to destroy-alter data," "deprivation of liberty," "failure to report a crime," and "aiding a criminal," and 15 suspects, including the then Governor of Tunceli, Tuncay Sonel, were detained.
Among the suspects, Tuncay Sonel's son Mustafa Türkay Sonel, former police officer Gökhan Ertok, who is alleged to have deleted data from Doku's SIM card, former Tunceli Special Administration employee Erdoğan Elaldı, Celal Altaş, Nurşen Arıkan, Ferhat Hanedan Güven, Doku's boyfriend Zeinal Abakarov, her mother Cemile Yücer, and her stepfather Engin Yücer, who is also a former police officer, along with Şükrü Eroğlu, who was the protection officer of Tuncay Sonel at that time, were arrested. Uğurcan A. and Savaş G. and Süleyman Ö., who were responsible for the security cameras of Munzur University, were released under judicial control with a travel ban imposed on them.
Tuncay Sonel's statement procedures are ongoing at the Erzurum Police Department.