The blood is elsewhere
Mehmet Çetin's blood — a near-certain DNA match — was found behind villa 1751, a spot no soldier set foot on that night and where no attack is recorded. Not at 1782.
Documentary series · Independent investigation
Kanlı Yalan
An independent documentary series that re-examines deaths obscured by the official account — not through allegation, but through the case file's own documents.
Book one: Marmaris, 15–16 July 2016.
Documents, not allegations.
What the file shows
Three documents, one contradiction
The court accepted that Mehmet Çetin was shot in a firefight with soldiers at villa 1782. The physical and testimonial record in the file does not bear that out.
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 examination photos and video. No entry wound is marked on the left knee.
The only eyewitness gives a different hour
The sole eyewitness, İrfan Paksoy, tied the killing to men in military dress who arrived by helicopter at 00:00–00:30. The convicted defendants reached Marmaris around 03:00. The court never heard Paksoy — or any bodyguard — in person.
Kanlı Yalan — 01
Marmaris'te O Gece: Mehmet Çetin
The Suspicious Death of a Presidential Bodyguard
On the night of 15–16 July 2016, in Marmaris, presidential guard officer Mehmet Çetin was killed. The official account says he was shot on the balcony of villa 1782 by soldiers who entered the hotel.
This book sets that account against the forensic and autopsy reports, the crime-scene records and the witness statements, line by line. The file's own documents point to a picture outside the official timeline.
About the book