That Night in Marmaris: Mehmet Çetin

The Suspicious Death of a Presidential Bodyguard

İsmail Gülmez

Mehmet Çetin, a presidential protection officer, was killed in Marmaris on the night of 15 July 2016. The court, for whatever reason, chose to hold the soldiers who arrived that night responsible without ever properly investigating the matter. Yet the evidence in the case file tells an entirely different story. This book draws back the curtain on the facts the court refused to examine.

• The blood trace is elsewhere A blood trace belonging to Mehmet Çetin — matching the DNA sample — was found behind villa 1751, a spot no soldier set foot on that night and where no attack is recorded. Not at 1782.
• The autopsy contradicts its own record The autopsy’s finding of a "gunshot wound to the left knee with a fragment from a soldier’s rifle" is contradicted by the post-mortem videos and photos. In these, no entry wound is visible on the left knee.
• The weapon the wounds don’t tell of The crime-scene reports record only 5.56 mm rifles that night — not a pistol. Yet the measurements of the wounds on Çetin’s body point, in all likelihood, to 9 mm pistols the soldiers did not use; and the clothing examination shows he was shot in the back.

and much more…