30.04.2025 17:01
It was claimed that Dr. Muhammet Mustafa Duman, who was arrested in Ankara for the crime of 'deliberately killing a pet,' killed 12 more puppies. The number of dogs that Duman is alleged to have adopted and killed has reached 26. In his defense, Duman denied the accusations, claiming that the dogs had gone out through the open window of the kitchen balcony. He blamed the police for the evidence seized at his home.
Doctor Muhammet Mustafa Duman, who works at the hospital, took the dogs he adopted from different people to his home in the Bağlıca neighborhood of the Etimesgut district. Animal lovers who wanted to get information about the dogs they adopted could not reach Duman, so they went to his house. Despite Duman's objections, the animal lovers entered the house and, not being able to see the dogs, filed a complaint with the suspicion that the dogs had been killed.
THERE ARE ENTRANCE IMAGES OF THE DOGS, BUT NO EXIT IMAGES As part of the investigation initiated by the Ankara West Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Duman was taken into custody. A large number of videos and photos of dogs and cats were found on Duman's mobile phone. It was determined that some of them were dead. The footage also showed a 5-day-old puppy lying in a pool of blood. Security camera footage from nearby buildings was also examined. The footage showed Duman entering the building with the dogs, while no exit footage of the dogs from the house was found. Duman was referred to the courthouse after his procedures at the police station yesterday and was arrested for the crime of 'deliberately killing a pet.'
12 PUPPIES MISSING It was claimed that Muhammet Mustafa Duman also killed 12 puppies he adopted after reaching out to an advertisement in the same manner. The number of dogs that Duman is alleged to have adopted and killed has reached 26. Tuğba Gürsoy, the President of the Ankara Bar Association Animal Rights Center, stated that the fate of a total of 26 dogs is unknown, saying, "He takes animals collectively. Moreover, this is just a number we reached in the last month. The police investigation revealed other footage on his phone. It was understood from the video recordings and the phone that there were much smaller puppies lying in blood and that he was talking to dead dogs. There are also moments captured on camera when he left the house with garbage bags. These are very likely to be animal corpses. However, when you look at the house, there is a lot of garbage. They haven't thrown away their trash; but we see that there are constant exits from the house like garbage. The footage also shows that he refrains from touching the animals. He holds them by their legs and necks. It is very clear that he acted with the intent to harm the animal," she said.
"THE DOGS ESCAPED THROUGH THE WINDOW" On the other hand, the statement of the arrested Duman to the prosecutor's office has emerged. Duman stated that he adopted 5 puppies from an unknown person at the beginning of April, saying, "I saw them in an advertisement on the internet. I received the dogs in good health. Because I work as a doctor, I stay at a different residence during the week. On weekends, I stay at my detached house in another place. At a time I cannot remember exactly, while I was at home, the 5 puppies I adopted escaped through the open window of the kitchen balcony. The reason the window was open was to ventilate the house. While I am not at my residence during the week, I leave enough food in the area where I feed them. Also, I go back and forth to my house for control purposes one or two days a week. When I noticed that the dogs had escaped, I checked the surroundings. I did not find any trace of the dogs or their corpses," he said.
"THE RED SPOTS ON THE WALL ARE PAINT" Duman stated that after the escape of the 5 dogs, on April 26, he contacted a person who had posted an advertisement on the internet again and adopted 3 puppies, saying, "I washed the dogs. The puppy seen on the bag in the preliminary examination report shown to me is the puppy I washed, and although it was claimed that it was lying motionless in blood, it does not reflect the truth, but rather the red color given by a mixture of milk and wet dog food. It is not a dead dog. Again, the red spots on the wall mentioned in the video examination report show a certain part of the wall I painted for hobby purposes. Although the red spots were evaluated as blood, this does not reflect the truth. These spots are paint. The last 3 puppies I adopted also escaped through the open space of the kitchen balcony window while I was taking a shower on Sunday, April 27. Similarly, I looked around for them, but I did not see the dogs or their corpses. The kitchen balcony window from which the dogs escaped is in the blind spot of the camera. For this reason, it could not be determined that the dogs left my residence in the footage," he said.
HE BLAMED THE POLICE The suspect, who did not accept the allegations, stated about the evidence found in the house, "I think the evidence seized during the search of my house was placed there by the police. Because it was stated that no evidence was seized during the first search. These are all I have to say," he said.
Duman stated that he filed a complaint against the animal lovers who tried to enter his house and denied the allegations against him.