A district governor, who had been suspended from duty as a part of the
investigation into the July 15 coup attempt, committed suicide late on
July 19 in the Aegean province of Manisa.
Ahmetli District
Governor Necmi Akman reportedly used the gun of his bodyguard police
officer to fire a single shot at his head in his home residence.
He
was immediately taken to the Ahmetli State Hospital and was later
transferred to the nearby Turgutlu State Hospital, where he subsequently
succumbed to his injuries.
Akman was suspended from his duty
along with two other district governors on July 18, three days after the
failed coup attempt in Turkey, as a part of the investigation into what
the government calls the “Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).” He
had been in office for two years.
Akman’s bodyguard police officer was also detained after the incident.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
