22.03.2026 20:27
Terrifying moments were experienced in Fatih, Istanbul. According to the allegations, Semanur Algül, a mother of one, was killed by her husband H.A., with whom she had been having disagreements for some time. After killing his wife, H.A. set the house on fire. Following the intervention of the teams to the flames, Algül's lifeless body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution's morgue for autopsy. The suspect, H.A., was detained.
A fire broke out last night in an apartment on the third floor of a four-story building located in the Zeyrek neighborhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul.
Upon receiving reports from witnesses, fire, medical, and police teams were dispatched to the scene. While the police took security measures in the area, the fire department began efforts to extinguish the fire. The flames, which engulfed the entire apartment, were extinguished with the intervention of the fire department.
THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE FORENSIC MEDICINE INSTITUTION After the firefighting efforts, the lifeless body of 29-year-old Semanur Algül was found in the apartment. Algül's body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution Morgue for an autopsy. Suzan Aydın, the grieving mother waiting in front of the Forensic Medicine Institution for her daughter's body, claimed that her daughter was killed by her husband H. A. and that H. A. staged the fire after the murder. Police teams conducting an investigation at the house detained the suspect husband. It was learned that the suspect, whose procedures were ongoing at the police station, would be referred to the courthouse.
"SHE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE EVEN WHILE PREGNANT" Mother Suzan Aydın said, "My daughter has been married for 8 years. At that time, he was also a substance abuser, his family hid it from us. I didn't give my daughter, then she got married, and had a child. She experienced violence even while pregnant. If she spent a week at home, she stayed at my house for 3 months. She even left for the delivery from my house. Her father-in-law took her away. 'I am here, my daughter, he can't even touch you' he said. He took her every time, they came and took my daughter. They said she was hospitalized in Bakırköy, that she was a substance abuser. 'Will you wait until my daughter is harmed? Do you want her to be killed?' I begged them to take her for treatment; I fell at their feet. 'Come, my mother, you are my son too. I will have you treated. Okay, Aunt Suzan,' he said. He went and got his medications, and it was the same again," she said.
"SHE SAID 'LET ME SEE MY DAUGHTER ONE LAST TIME'" Mother Aydın said, "My daughter had been at my house for 2.5 months. She left 2 weeks ago. She came while I was lying at home with a 40-degree fever. She said, 'Let's talk for one last time about our daughter.' She said she wanted to see my daughter. She saw her daughter and sent her upstairs. I don't know how she took my daughter away. Did she give her something to drink? My daughter came in the morning. 'Mom, I'm not myself; but Eren will kill you, Sedat will kill you. He will kill all of you, mom. 'This time it's not like that,' she said, 'mom, it's very bad, her brain is gone,' she said. 'I need to have her hospitalized, otherwise she will kill all of us, mom,' she said. 'My daughter, there is police, there is law, I won't go,' I said. My daughter took her to the hospital on the eve of the holiday. They went with her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Her mother-in-law said, 'Let my son spend the holiday at home, even if it's death.' They made my daughter sign. I am also a complainant against the doctor there. How can you let her go?" she said.
"HE PLANNED IT; HE EVEN TOOK MY DAUGHTER'S PHONE" Mother Aydın claimed that her son-in-law H.A. planned the incident, saying, "My grandchild said, 'Grandma, please don't send us away. Grandma, let us stay here, we are safer here.' I said, 'Okay, stay.' My daughter said, 'Okay, I will stay,' I told her brother to take her brother away. She said no, I will stay here too. 'There is a matter I need to resolve,' she said. 'What matter? Tell me,' I said. Semanur looked me in the eye and said no, mom. He took my daughter away. He planned it. He also took my daughter's phone. If she had her phone with her, she would have asked for help. She would have called KADES. He called his brother, 'Aunt Suzan, is Sema there?' he said. 'No,' I said. No. He said the house burned down, I asked how, I asked where she was. 'My brother Hasan has come out, but my sister Semanur is not around. She has run away, she will come to you,' he said. I called my son, told him about the incident, and he told me not to be afraid. 'My sister has run away again, she will come, mom, don't be afraid,' he said. I couldn't stay, I went to the scene. I saw the house and said, 'My daughter is there.' They took my daughter's body out from there," she said.