12.03.2025 13:33
Halit Can Sakman, who killed his wife Sevcan Demir Sakman, a nurse like himself, with a knife in Antalya, has been arrested. It has been revealed from his police statement that Halit Can Sakman was diagnosed with a personality disorder some time ago and has been receiving treatment and taking medication for it.
The Emergency Medical Technician Halit Can Sakman, who killed his nurse wife with a cleaver during wedding preparations, was arrested by the court he was brought to. The first statement of the injured Sakman has emerged.
The incident occurred on March 9 at around 22:30 in the Gazi neighborhood of Kepez district, on 6549th Street, in the ground floor of a site, where a dispute broke out between Sevcan Demir Sakman (26), who worked as a nurse at a private hospital, and her husband Halit Can Sakman (26), an Emergency Medical Technician. The couple, who had been together for a long time and had recently started wedding preparations after getting officially married, quickly escalated their argument into a fight. Upon hearing the sounds of the fight coming from the apartment, the residents of the building reported it to the 112 Emergency Call Center, and the police teams who arrived at the address found Sevcan Demir Sakman lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
SHE WAS CUT WITH A CLEAVER ON HER BACK AND ABDOMEN
It was determined that the young woman, who had cuts from a cleaver on her back, abdomen, and many parts of her body, had lost her life. Allegedly, Halit Can Sakman, who was reported to be injured due to his wife's knife attack, surrendered to the Antalya Police Department's Homicide Bureau teams. After the first intervention at the scene, Halit Can Sakman was taken to the hospital by ambulance, while the lifeless body of his wife Sevcan Demir Sakman, who died from cleaver wounds, was taken to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute morgue for autopsy after the work of the Crime Scene Investigation teams. During the delivery of the young nurse's body, her parents were overwhelmed with tears and struggled to stand.
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME OF MURDERING HIS WIFE
Halit Can Sakman, who was receiving treatment at the hospital after the incident, was arrested today by the court he was brought to for the crime of "intentional murder of a spouse."
HE DESCRIBED THE MOMENTS WITH CALMNESS
In his statement to the Homicide Bureau teams, Halit Can Sakman stated that they had been having financial disputes for 2-3 months, saying, "I asked if we should have breakfast outside. She started an argument saying, 'Our situation is not good, are we going to waste money?' The argument continued in the evening as well. She pulled a knife and attacked me, hitting my throat. I first hit her with a knife, then I grabbed a cleaver and hit her with it," it was learned.
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PERSONALITY DISORDER
On the other hand, it was learned that Halit Can Sakman had been diagnosed with a personality disorder some time ago, and he was receiving psychological treatment and taking medication for this reason.
HE WAS ARRESTED
It was learned that Halit Can Sakman, who was arrested by the court, would be delivered to prison after completing his treatment at the hospital.