Stating that intentional homicide acts lie behind these increasingly suspicious cases, Sinem Nazlı Demir lists the cases that were initially called suicides but were later revealed to be murders through legal processes or were brought to court as follows:
Şule Çet: In 2018, she was pushed from the 20th floor of a building in Ankara, and the incident was initially labeled a suicide. Later, the defendant Çağtay Aksu was sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide...
Aysun Yıldırım: 26-year-old Yıldırım fell from the window of the office where she worked, and the file was approached as a suicide, but the case was later reopened.
Ece Kılıç: Two years after Aslan Acar lost her life by falling from a balcony, an intentional homicide case was opened against her husband.
Suspicious Deaths
Zerrin Kılınç fell from her second-floor apartment, Gamze Yağlıoğlu from a 6th-floor balcony, Semanur Arslan from the 43rd floor of a skyscraper in Ankara, Emel Akbaş from the 3rd floor, and Raziye Ebru Erciyes lost her life by falling from a balcony in Kayseri.
It is noted that Nazlı Karakoyun, Nefes Balkan, and many others fell from heights in a similar manner.
Perception of Impunity and Court Rulings
Expressing that it is no coincidence that we encounter news of women dying from falls from heights every day, Demir argues that the government's policies on women's rights, the perception of impunity created in society, and misogynistic court rulings have brought the situation to this point.
Stating that in many cases women did not fall on their own but were pushed and then the incident was staged as a suicide, Sinem Nazlı Demir underscores that these deaths are, in reality, intentional femicides.
Lives falling from heights! Women are not falling, they are being pushed. According to data shared by journalist Sinem Nazlı Demir, dozens of women in Turkey lose their lives every year by falling from heights. Behind these increasingly suspicious cases lie acts of intentional homicide. @sinemnazlidemir
— 12punto (@12puntocomtr) October 16, 2026
News Source: 12punto
