Village guard jailed in long-running Doku case
TUNCELİ
A village guard was arrested on July 24 as part of a renewed investigation into the 2020 disappearance of university student Gülistan Doku in eastern Türkiye, bringing the number of suspects jailed in the case to 13.
Fatih Özmen was remanded in custody on charges of intentional murder and concealing or destroying evidence after prosecutors completed his questioning. A businessman detained alongside Özmen was released under judicial supervision with a travel ban.
The two suspects were reportedly taken into custody following an examination of the mobile phone belonging to former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel, who is among 12 people already jailed in the investigation. Fifteen other suspects remain in gendarmerie custody.
