New era in the Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu investigation: File reaches the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office
The file regarding the helicopter crash in which Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and five others lost their lives has been moved from Kahramanmaraş to Ankara. As part of the investigation, an archive consisting of 190 folders has been officially handed over to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
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All documents related to the investigation into the helicopter crash that occurred on March 25, 2009, on Mount Keş in Göksun, Kahramanmaraş, which claimed the lives of six people, including the founding chairman of the Great Unity Party (BBP), Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, have been transferred to Ankara. The file, which was previously handled in Kahramanmaraş, has been transferred to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the capital along with a comprehensive archive.
In the investigation initially launched against 132 people, a decision of "no grounds for prosecution" was issued in 2016; however, the process was re-evaluated following objections from the Yazıcıoğlu family and the BBP. In 2018, the non-prosecution decision regarding twenty suspects was overturned, while objections concerning the remaining 112 people were rejected, and the file was returned to the Kahramanmaraş prosecutor's office.
20 SUSPECTS TO BE INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL
A new investigation was launched against 20 people regarding the deaths of Yazıcıoğlu and the five people accompanying him, and two separate expert panels were formed and site inspections were conducted during the process. After eight years, the Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued a decision of lack of jurisdiction and sent the entire archive to Ankara.
The documents arriving from Kahramanmaraş were delivered to the prosecutor's office in Ankara in 20 cloth bags and one cardboard box, totaling 190 folders. The delivery of the documents was completed with an official record.
"IT WILL BE INVESTIGATED REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT LEADS"
According to information obtained from sources at the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the incident will be re-examined in all its details, and the available evidence will be reviewed from scratch. In this process, which will start from the beginning as if it had not been investigated before, new expert reports and additional examinations will be conducted when necessary.
Stating that the investigation will be conducted impartially, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office officials stated, "It will be pursued regardless of where it leads. All necessary legal actions will be taken without hesitation in line with the evidence to be obtained."
It was emphasized that the investigation will continue without distinguishing between individuals or offices in the new process initiated to fully uncover the facts of the incident. Thus, a new phase has been reached in the file, which has been on the public agenda for over 15 years.