A father's grief that has not subsided for 13 years! Heartbroken father: 'Fettah Tamince has no fear, his brothers are those who run the country'

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16-year-old Burak Oğraş was found dead in an empty swimming pool in 2011 while interning at the Antalya-Lara branch of the Rixos Hotel, owned by Fettah Tamince. Stating that the incident was a 'massacre,' his father, Murat Oğraş, held Tamince and the then-Antalya Provincial Police Chief Ali Yılmaz responsible.

Oğraş, who says everything regarding his son's death is crystal clear and has been fighting to find the killers since 2011, evaluated the latest developments and details of the case for 12punto.com.tr.

"THOSE WHO RUN THE COUNTRY ARE HIS BROTHERS, HE HAS NO FEAR IN THAT REGARD"

Regarding businessman Fettah Tamince and the then-Antalya Police Chief Ali Yılmaz, who were summoned to testify by the investigation prosecutor, father Murat Oğraş said:

"Fettah Tamince did not go to give a statement, and he won't. Because even though there was a warrant for his forced appearance in another file before, he still didn't go. I don't think he will go. He has brothers; those who run the country are his brothers. The brother at the very top of the country is his closest associate. He has no fear in that regard. He was also acquitted in the FETÖ investigation. His lawyers are also the lawyers of the AKP President. Ali Yılmaz went and gave his statement. Ten months after my son was killed, he retired and started working as a board member at Tamince's hotel. He worked for a certain period with a high salary and then left."

"HE TRIED TO OFFER MONEY IN HIS OWN WAY"

Stating that Fettah Tamince offered him money to close the case, Oğraş said, "Fettah Tamince had said he wanted to meet with me face-to-face. We had a meeting at his office in Şişli with my lawyer and his lawyers. There, he tried to offer me money in his own way, saying that not everything could be solved in courts and that we should settle this matter right there while we were at it. I left the meeting. This happened two years ago. When he saw that I was not a person who would covet money, he filed a defamation lawsuit against me. I was posting about it on X every day. I still do. Back then, I used to post 'My Son Who Was Murdered at the Hotel of the Hardcore FETÖist Fettah Tamince,' and now I post 'FETÖist Fettah Tamince Who Calls the FETÖ Ringleader His Idol.' I was acquitted in that defamation lawsuit. I also obtained all the FETÖ files during that time."

"HE IS HIDING IN ISTANBUL"

Oğraş stated that he believes F.P., whom he identifies as the prime suspect on social media, is hiding in Istanbul, adding, "The investigation prosecutors also suspect F.P. Because he was fired from his previous workplaces for this reason. There is a judicial control order against him. He cannot leave the country through legal means. However, we don't know if he has fled or not. He is most likely hiding in Istanbul. That is my estimation. My lawyers wrote to the case prosecutor to have an arrest warrant issued for him. I will go to meet with the case prosecutor next week or the week after. In the meantime, if I can find out through my lawyers whether he has issued an arrest or search warrant, I will. We don't know that for sure. However, it seems it should have been issued in this situation. Because the police left a notification within a reasonable time, and since he did not go within a reasonable time, they drew up a report and sent it to the prosecutor."

"THE POLICE COULDN'T FIND HIM, I DID"

Oğraş noted the following regarding another suspect, C.A.:

"C.A. had sought asylum abroad; the police couldn't find him, but I did. I found his address, phone number, and so on, and gave them to the prosecutor. I don't think they did anything about him. Normally, in criminal cases, in such murders, European countries have extradition agreements even if they seek asylum. That is, they extradite them except for political crimes."

"IF THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD DO SOMETHING, BUT THEY DON'T"

Pointing out that everything is crystal clear, Oğraş concluded by saying:

"If they wanted to, they could do something, but they don't. There is a prosecutor who has been looking at the file for ten years. He made a mistake. Three years after my son was killed, he brought the six murder suspects before him and, without asking anything, issued a decision of non-prosecution regarding the suspects, ignoring the contradictions and witness statements that the National Criminal Bureau insisted on in its report. Later, my intense efforts to publicize the issue in the press and my protests really bothered this prosecutor. I was also sending the news reports that came out to his mobile phone. He panicked, and in order to be able to lift the non-prosecution decision he himself had given, he wrote to the Ministry of Justice saying, 'the non-prosecution regarding these individuals should be lifted immediately; there is sufficient evidence of suspicion.' However, when the ministry saw the Rixos Hotel, they did not lift it. He made another mistake. He had issued a non-prosecution decision for the person named F.P. Even though he had issued a non-prosecution decision, he later referred him for arrest, saying 'this is one of the killers.' At that time, they released F.P. under judicial control. That is how the events unfolded."