F-Type Prison Warden Killed

İsmet Aktürk, F-Type Prison Warden of Kandıra district of İzmit province, was killed by a drive by shooting when he stopped at red lights in his car.

After he was taken to Kocaeli University Medical Faculty Hospital, it was detected that Aktürk was shot by three bullets.

Even though Aktürk was taken into operation, he lost his life.

Suspects who allegedly shot Aktürk fled the scene.

Chief Public Prosecutor: It’s a terrorist attack

Chief Public Prosecutor of Kocaeli Province, Mustafa Küçük, made a statement to Hürriyet Daily News related to the event and said: ”I think it’s a terrorist attack.”

Mustafa Küçük stated that İsmet Aktürk had problems in his previous duty in T-Type Prison of Osmaniye province (a city in the Çukurova region of Turkey) and indicated that he got some information related to the case.

Aktürk had been in Kandıra for a year

After working in different provinces as a prison warden, İsmet Aktürk was assigned to F-Type Prison in İzmit from T-Type Prison in Osmaniye.

Before them, Aktür had been working in E-Type prison in Konya province. The deceased prison warden worked in Kandıra prison for a year. (EKN/BD)

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