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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 July 2025)
The captivating one and the captured ones.
In Pendik, Istanbul, 20 years ago the mangled body of Gönül
Çelen (26, whose name means "captivating" !) was found on
the tracks at the Tersane train station after she had been hit by
a train. Suicide was the determination then.
However (!), based on a tip, this cold case was re-investigated
and 7 people, 4 of them women, have been taken into custody.
The incident occurred in Pendik's Kaynarca neighborhood on
25 April 2005, and the woman's body found on the tracks was
identified as that of Gönül hanım, the mother of two children.
A tipster, though, prompted a re-investigation that has resulted
ln N.K. (60), H.Ç. (60), A.T. (66), İ.G. (55), R.U. (40), M.A.K.
(39) and Ö.K. (34) being taken into custody in Muğla, Edirne,
Sakarya, Trabzon and Istanbul.
Gönül hanım had an alcohol level of 304 promil at the time of
her death, meaning that she would have been too drunk to walk
to the train station on her own. In addition, a few minutes after
her death a new phone number was inserted into her telephone
and a call made.
Two of those taken into custody were the last individuals to
talk to Gönül hanım - her former boss, the owner of the phone
that used her old line, and the person the boss called. At one
of the homes raided two unlicensed revolvers and a large
number of bullets were found.
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