05.02.2025 12:44
The images capturing the moment when the greengrocer Halil İbrahim Mercan was found dead on a chair in front of a café in Muğla have been recorded by the camera. The suspect, a 17-year-old girl, confessed that she stabbed and killed Mercan because he had verbally harassed her.
On February 2nd, those who saw a person covered in blood on a chair in front of a café on Cumhuriyet Street, Eskidemirciler Street in the Milas district of Muğla, reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Health teams determined in their initial examination that the individual had been stabbed in the neck and chest and had died. Police teams identified the lifeless body as belonging to fruit seller Halil İbrahim Mercan (48).
CAME OUT OF A NEARBY ENTERTAINMENT VENUE
After the investigations by the police and the prosecutor at the scene, Halil İbrahim Mercan's body was taken to the Muğla Forensic Medicine Institution morgue for autopsy. After the procedures, Mercan's body was handed over to his family and buried in Milas the day before yesterday. On the other hand, it was determined that Mercan had left an entertainment venue about 500 meters away from where he was found dead around 02:00 and sat down on the chair while staggering.
MURDER MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA
The police, continuing their investigations, determined from the camera footage that Halil İbrahim Mercan had been murdered. The police found that a woman stabbed Mercan, who was sitting on a chair in front of a café on the street around 04:00, and ran away.
THE YOUNG GIRL CONFESSED EVERYTHING
The woman was identified as Beyza Ö. (17). Beyza Ö. was caught at her home with the weapon used in the crime, a knife, and stated in her testimony that she killed Mercan because he had verbally harassed her. After her procedures at the police station, Beyza Ö. was referred to the courthouse and was arrested by the court.