The suspects of the murder of businessman Halil Falyalı and his driver Murat Demirtaş, who lost their lives as a result of the armed attack in Çatalköy on February 8, were brought before the court again today.
Falyalı’s former bodyguard Türkistan Gülce was heard as a witness and told the moment of the incident. Gülce stated that the guns exploded suddenly and that he hid in the garden of a nearby house.
Veysel Sare, Musa Çiçek and Ömer Tunç, the suspects of the murder of businessman Halil Falyalı and his driver Murat Demirtaş, who lost his life as a result of the armed attack in Çatalköy on 8 February, were brought before the court again today under extensive security measures.
Prosecutor Ali Hidayet, who carried out the case on behalf of the prosecution, listened to Turkistan Gülce, Falyalı’s former bodyguard, as the first witness in court.
Gülce conveyed the moments of the incident to the court as follows:
“On the day of the incident, at around 6:30 p.m, we picked up Halil Falyalı from the hotel and set off for his home. We drove towards Çatalköy with Falyalı’s official car in the front and me and my other bodyguard in the back.
When we entered Çatalköy, we saw that a grey rental car had burned out its quads and stopped at the bend. Murat Demirtaş, the driver of Falyalı, first honked and then stopped the car.
Me and my other bodyguard friend got out of the vehicle. We went to Falyalı’s vehicle. Falyali pointed at the vehicle with his head and asked us to look. We headed there to understand why the grey vehicle stopped.
Suddenly guns exploded. I looked where the sound came from, only in the dark I saw only fire, but I did not see those who opened fire.”
Gülce said, “I started running forward and hid in a garden belonging to a house nearby. After a while, I saw the grey vehicle heading towards Ozanköy. I did not see who was in the vehicle, how many people were there.
I left the garden and went to Falyalı’s vehicle. Demirtaş and Falyalı were motionless in the vehicle. Then I called Hüsnü Falyalı and the ambulance. 10 minutes later, the vehicle belonging to Falyalı’s wife Özge Hanım arrived at the scene. Then the police and ambulance arrived.”
Upon a question from the defense, Gülce said, “In my first statement, I did not tell that I opened fire. However, when I was arrested after Falyalı’s funeral, I fired two shots at the grey vehicle in order to maybe stop it.”
After Gülce’s statement, the hearing was adjourned to 11:00 tomorrow.
