"Decease & Release": Stench From Ad Panel Leads to Grim Dicovery, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 April 2026)

     Now showing! "A Foul Murder in the Ad Panel Leg".

In Antalya, cafeteria and municipal employees, while investigating the 

source of a long-standing foul odor, discovered the unrecognizable body 

of a man inside an LED advertising panel. It is believed he had died

 approximately a month ago. (!)

The incident occurred around 1:00 PM in Serdengeçti Park on Cumhuriyet 

Street in Muratpaşa district. According to reports, employees of the 

cafeteria located within the park had been unable to locate the source 

of a strong, foul odor for some time, despite their best efforts.

Suspecting that an animal might have died inside an LED advertising 

panel in the park, and that the odor was coming from this, the cafeteria 

employees notified municipal officials. Upon arrival, municipal officials 

opened the wooden base of the advertising panel's control panel and were 

shocked by what they found. They discovered a decomposed corpse, 

believed to be that of a man who had died approximately a month earlier. 

The municipal officials immediately notified the 112 Emergency 

Call Center.

Headed for a more suitable final resting place, one hopes.

Following the tip-off, teams from the Homicide Bureau, the Crime 

Prevention and Investigation Bureau, and the Crime Scene Investigation 

team were dispatched to the address. Due to the odor emanating from the 

body, the teams worked wearing masks. After examination by the 

prosecutor and police teams, the body, which had no identification on it, 

was taken to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute morgue for 

identification and determination of the cause of death. Police teams are 

continuing their efforts to identify the deceased.

You can smell it from here!