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Gülistan Doku, a university student in Turkey's eastern province of Dersim, has been missing since January 5, 2020. Police officer E. Yücel, who is also the stepfather of Zeınal Abarakov, the chief suspect, has been dismissed from profession on the grounds that "he disclosed private information about Gülistan Doku that needs to remain confidential."
As reported by Mezopotamya Agency (MA), an investigation was launched by the Tunceli (Dersim) Governor's Office upon the complaint of the Doku family. The investigation file was then sent to the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Completing the investigation, the prosecutor's office forwarded the file to the Ministry of Interior to be examined.
Examining the file and request of the governor's office, the Ministry of Interior has dismissed police officer E. Yücel from profession.
The criminal case filed against police officer Yücel will begin at the Penal Court of Peace on January 28, 2021.
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What happened?University student Gülistan Doku did not return to the Credit and Dormitories (KYK) Women's Dormitory on January 5, 2020. As her roommates could not reach her by phone, they got worried and appealed to the Tunceli Provincial Directorate of Security. Her family was also informed about the issue. The family came to Dersim on January 6 and reported Gülistan Doku missing at the security directorate. Consulting her friends and tracking the signals of her mobile phone, police officers also examined the city surveillance cameras and found that she got on the university minibus at the bus stop in Atatürk Neighborhood at 11.29. However, even though the city surveillance cameras along the way were examined, it could not be determined where she got off. The driver of the minibus was identified and summoned to depose. The driver said that the minibus did not enter the university as it was Sunday, the minibus returned empty and he could not remember where Gülistan Doku got off. It is speculated that Doku got off at Sarı Saltuk Bridge in the city center, the only bus stop outside the sight of surveillance cameras. Thanks to the struggle of women and the Doku family, the authorities decided to drain the water of the dam to find her. On June 17, a petition was submitted to the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to arrest Zeınal Abarakov, the chief suspect of the file. On August 29, the expert report was completed. Afterwards, Ali Çimen, the attorney of the Doku family, made another application for the arrest of Abaravakov. Rejecting this request, the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided to take his deposition. On August 4, the expert review of the footage that allegedly shows Gülistan Doku jumping off a bridge was completed. According to the review by the National Criminal Bureau firm, what is seen in the footage is not Doku jumping off the Dinar Bridge, where she was last seen, but "residual pixels." "The effect on the bridge abutment is a pixel residue and definitely not a water column created by a person or object that falls into the water," the report concluded. In a statement released by the Tunceli Governor's Office on August 18, 2020, it was announced that the search efforts ongoing in the dam ended. Coordinated by Governor's Office, search efforts started in the dam again on October 15. However, they were ended again on November 24, 2020. |
(RT/SD)
