13 detention warrants issued in Gülistan Doku investigation

A new development has occurred in the investigation into Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for six years.

Detention warrants have been issued for 13 suspects across 7 provinces in the Gülistan Doku investigation.

It has been learned that Mustafa Türkay Sonel, the son of the Tunceli Governor at the time, is among the suspects.

Sonel was taken into custody in Istanbul as part of the investigation.

NAMES OF 11 OF THE 13 DETAINED INDIVIDUALS

1-Zeinal ABAKAROV: ALANYA (Gülistan’s boyfriend)

2-Engin YÜCER: ALANYA (Zeinal’s stepfather, a former police officer)

3-Cemile Yücer: ALANYA (Zeinal’s mother)

4-Uğurcan AÇIKGÖZ: FROM ANTALYA CENTER (A close friend of Mustafa Türkay Sonel at the time and currently, the individual seen in the camera footage)

5-Erdoğan ELALDI: ANTALYA CENTER (Person who worked at the Tunceli Provincial Special Administration at the time)

6- Mustafa Türkay SONEL: ISTANBUL ATAŞEHİR (Son of Tuncay Sonel, the Tunceli Governor at the time who is currently an inspector at the Ministry of Interior)

7.Gökhan ERTOK: ANKARA (Dismissed former police officer, the individual who was in contact with the Governor and his bodyguard during this process)

8.Savaş GÜLTÜRK: ELAZIĞ (Official responsible for cameras at Munzur University)

9.Süleyman ÖNAL: TUNCELİ (Official responsible for cameras at Munzur University)

10.Celal ALTAŞ: TUNCELİ

11.Nurşen ARIKAN: TUNCELİ

WHAT HAPPENED?

Gülistan Doku, a second-year student in the Child Development Department at Munzur University in Tunceli, could not be reached after leaving her dormitory on January 5, 2020.

Her family filed a missing person report with the Provincial Police Department on January 6. Examinations of the Urban Security Management System (KGYS) cameras along her route showed Doku boarding a minibus, but it could not be determined where she got off.

Investigations determined that Doku's mobile phone last signaled at the Sarı Saltuk Viaduct over the Uzunçayır Dam Lake. Despite searches coordinated and directed by the Governor at the time, Tuncay Sonel, involving 542 personnel, 88 vehicles, 38 boats, 10 ROV devices, 6 drones, 4 sonars, and 3 search dogs—comprising teams from AFAD, the Naval Forces Command, the General Directorate of Security, the Gendarmerie General Command, metropolitan municipalities of Ankara, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya, Malatya, Manisa, and Kahramanmaraş, as well as NGOs, universities, and volunteers—no trace of Gülistan Doku was found, and the efforts were concluded.