24.10.2026 13:20
In Fatih, Çiğdem Aktaş (21), a passenger on a motorcycle that collided with a car, lost her life, while the motorcycle driver Ö.B. (22) was seriously injured. After autopsy procedures, Aktaş's body was handed over to her family and she was buried in Bahçeköy Cemetery. Her father Necmi Aktaş said, "They said the car came very fast and from the wrong direction."
A traffic accident in Fatih, Istanbul, took the life of 21-year-old Çiğdem Aktaş. The young woman, who was a passenger on the motorcycle that collided with a car during the night, died in the hospital where she was taken. As Aktaş's body was buried at a ceremony attended by her family and relatives, her father's words were heartbreaking.
TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE MOTORCYCLE WERE THROWN ONTO THE ROAD
The accident occurred around 00:18 on October 22 at Vatan Avenue in Molla Gürani Neighborhood. According to the information obtained, a car and a motorcycle collided at the traffic lights. Motorcycle driver Ö.B. and passenger Çiğdem Aktaş, who were thrown by the impact of the collision, were seriously injured. Aktaş, who was taken to the hospital after medical teams' intervention at the scene, lost her life. It was learned that Ö.B.'s treatment continues. While the investigation initiated regarding the accident continues, Aktaş's body was taken to the Council of Forensic Medicine for autopsy procedures.
HER BODY WAS BURIED
After the autopsy procedures were completed, Çiğdem Aktaş's body, which was handed over to her family, was buried in Bahçeköy Cemetery following the funeral prayer performed after the afternoon prayer at Sümbül Efendi Mosque in Fatih.
"IT WAS COMING VERY FAST"
Çiğdem Aktaş's father, Necmi Aktaş, said, "I don't want anyone's child to die. My daughter was a cook. The accident happened around 00:30 at night while she was coming home from work. I don't know exactly whether the accident happened with her friend's motorcycle or her own motorcycle. They said the car was coming very fast and was coming in the wrong direction."