24.10.2026 17:31
Human bones, tooth remains, and an axe considered to be the crime weapon were found in the excavation beneath the house of Gülşen Uyar, who disappeared in Kızılcahamam, Ankara, in 2009, and which burned to ashes in the fire that broke out on October 4. The fire department report stated that the fire broke out as a result of arson at more than one point. The neighbor who said he started the fire claimed that Uyar's former mother-in-law directed him. DNA examination is ongoing for the bones.
DNA examination is ongoing regarding human bones found during an excavation beneath the house where Gülşen Uyar, who disappeared in ANKARA 17 years ago, lived and which was reduced to ashes in a fire that broke out 20 days ago. The fire department report stated that the fire broke out as a result of arson at more than one point.
SHE WENT MISSING IN 2009
Gülşen Uyar, a mother of two living in the Kızılcahamam district, disappeared in 2009 at the age of 52, some time after divorcing her husband. Despite searches conducted at the time, Uyar could not be found. The Kızılcahamam Chief Public Prosecutor's Office took up the file again years later. Within the scope of the investigation, statements were taken from Uyar's neighbors.
THE HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE, AN AXE WAS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATION
Shortly after the statement procedures, a fire broke out on October 4 in the three-story detached house where Uyar had lived until the date she disappeared and which was not used by anyone afterward. While the house was reduced to ashes in the fire, the fire department report stated that the fire broke out as a result of arson at more than one point. Thereupon, it was decided to excavate the ground of the building.
Ankara Public Order Branch Missing Persons Bureau's cadaver dog Herkül also took part in the excavation work carried out by teams from the Kızılcahamam District Police Department Crime Research and Investigation Bureau. During the excavation that lasted 3 days, at a depth of about 2 meters, in a section built with bricks and roof tiles, covered with lime and concrete, human bones, tooth remains and an axe considered to be the crime weapon were found. The bones, believed to belong to Gülşen Uyar, were taken to the Ankara Forensic Medicine Institute to be compared with a DNA sample taken from her daughter.
'IT SMELLS, THROW A MATCH,' SHE SAID
Ali Y., who lived in the neighborhood, was detained within the scope of the investigation and released after his statement, claimed that he started the fire at the direction of Gülşen Uyar's former mother-in-law, Şerife K. Ali Y., saying that the house was empty and abandoned, stated: 'Aunt Şerife told me, It smells, throw a match there. Nothing will happen. I threw a match from the window; there were beds and quilts inside. I threw the match and went home and slept. Then I got up when the fire department came.'
Former mother-in-law Şerife K. also claimed that her former daughter-in-law was mentally unbalanced and that she herself raised her children after she disappeared. Şerife K. stated that her son also married after the divorce and had 2 daughters.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.