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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 March 2026)
The resemblance is uncanny.
An indictment has been prepared against four suspects, two of whom
are in custody, for allegedly murdering Ahmet Yılmaz, nicknamed 'Kirpi'
(Hedgehog), whose bones were found in the Ulutan Dam in 2010, two
years after he disappeared in Zonguldak. The indictment seeks a life
sentence for the crime of 'intentional murder in complicity'. It states that
Yılmaz was strangled in a car, his body was hidden in a sack in an
abandoned illegal coal mine, and then thrown into the dam lake.
In 2010, human bones were found near the Ulutan Dam in Zonguldak.
In 2012, DNA tests identified the bones as belonging to Ahmet Yılmaz,
a married man with five children who had disappeared in 2008. It was
stated that Ahmet Yılmaz's bones were found by a fisherman on
December 9, 2010, when the water level in the dam receded. At the
time of the investigation, a decision of non-prosecution was issued in
2012, based on the DNA results, on the grounds that there was
"no evidence that Ahmet Yılmaz had been murdered."
However (!), in 2023, in the organized crime case in Zonguldak, in
which Emircan İ. (45) is accused of being the leader, the non-prosecution
decision was overturned and the case was reopened after a defendant
named H.P. confessed to killing Ahmet Yılmaz by shooting him in the
head and throwing him into the dam, based on a statement he had heard
but described as if he had lived through it.
The Public Security Branch Directorate teams took over the case of
Ahmet Yılmaz's death in 2025, as there were no injuries from cutting,
stabbing, or gunshot wounds on his body. As part of the investigation
coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, statements were
taken from 20 people. In this context, coded notes exchanged between
the suspects during their time in prison in 2009 under the 'criminal
organization' case were also deciphered.
It was determined that those involved in the murder made false
applications and statements to conceal his death, such as 'Ahmet lives
in Istanbul. I bought drugs from him, he lives in a hotel.' It was revealed
that Emircan İ., Tarık Y. (50), Köksal A. (48), and Baycan İ. tried to
conceal the murder in this way for many years.
Based on the statements taken, it was determined that İlker E.
explained that he committed the murder to instil fear in his friends (!).
Following this, İlker E., who was already in custody for another
crime, was questioned. On November 11, 2025, İlker E. was also
arrested in connection with the 'Kirpi Ahmet' murder.
Police teams subsequently conducted technical surveillance, phone
tapping, and HTS (cellphone)base station analysis. On February 22,
the teams carried out an operation and detained Emircan İ., Köksal A.,
and Tarık Y.
Within the scope of the case, the possibility emerged that Ahmet
Yılmaz was murdered due to suspicion that he would report other
gang members in a theft incident that occurred during an internal
gang dispute. It was learned that Emircan İ. claimed that he argued
with and strangled Yılmaz because of an affair between the deceased
Baycan İ. and Yılmaz's wife.
On February 26, the suspects were brought to court as part of the
investigation. Emircan İ., who was charged with "intentional
homicide in complicity," was placed under house arrest because he
was not in the vehicle on the day of the incident. Köksal A. and
Tarık Y. were arrested. İlker E., who was already in custody for this
crime, was released under judicial supervision.
The Zonguldak Public Prosecutor's Office has prepared an indictment
regarding the incident. The indictment states that Ahmet Yılmaz was
strangled to death on November 1, 2008, after an argument while
driving around with his friends Baycan İ., Köksal A., and Tarık Y.,
following the news that he would report the gang.
The indictment further states that Emircan İ. explained that the
argument stemmed from a relationship between Baycan İ. and Yılmaz's
wife; Köksal A. exercised his right to remain silent and denied the
accusations; and Tarık Y. confessed that Baycan İ. strangled "Kirpi
Ahmet" in the car, they put the body in a sack, first dumped it in an
abandoned illegal coal mine, and then later threw it into the Ulutan
Dam. The four suspects, who were also taken to the crime scene for
on-site investigation, are facing life imprisonment for "intentional
homicide in complicity."
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