To the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

I hereby submit that the questions below be answered in writing by Vice President Fuat Oktay, pursuant to Articles 98, 96, and 99 of the Constitution and the relevant Rules of Procedure.

Hüseyin Kaçmaz

Member of Parliament for Şırnak

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Case Background

In 2011, 16-year-old Burak Ogras, who was doing an internship at the Rixos Lares Hotel owned by Fettah Tamince in Antalya, was found dead in an empty pool. Despite the passage of nine years, the incident has still not been clarified.

Burak Ogras’s father, Murat Ogras, described the day he received news of his son’s death as follows:

“On the morning of 9 September 2011, the provincial director of the institution where I worked and the Deputy Director of National Education came to my home and informed me of my son’s death. Together with two teachers assigned by the school, we set out from Tekirdağ to Antalya by plane. While waiting for the flight at the airport, one of the teachers received a phone call. The caller said, ‘Don’t bring the father, persuade him. The body will come anyway.’ I heard this and still insisted on going.

When we arrived in Antalya, I wanted to go to the lodging facility allocated by the hotel where my son was said to have been killed. When I went there, I saw the empty pool into which my son had allegedly been thrown and then went up to the roof. The roof was covered with solar panels and was very difficult to access. I asked the staff there whether they had seen anything. When I received no answers, we went to the Demircikara Police Station and I filed a complaint.

My son’s phone was never found. The only belongings returned to me were his slippers, his wallet, and 1.80 Turkish lira that was inside it. I wanted to speak with the on-duty prosecutor, but this was not permitted.”

Murat Ogras further stated:

“A retired teacher, who lived on the 7th floor of a 10-story building across from the lodging and whose balcony overlooked the scene, witnessed the incident. While police and forensic teams were conducting their investigation, the witness stated that a heavy-set person came from outside the lodging, quickly went up to the roof without looking at the scene, leaned toward the pool area, left a dark-colored phone, then returned about 10 minutes later with a white cloth, wrapped the phone, took it back, and quickly went downstairs.

Later, thinking the police had gone up to the roof to look for the phone, the witness went to the police station and gave a statement.”

Ogras stated that the retired teacher also filed a complaint and that the statements were fully seen by the prosecutor.

Burak Ogras’s body was taken from the Forensic Medicine Institute and buried in Tekirdağ.

Two or three days later, a woman and a man came to the family home claiming to be from a ministry. One of them stated that he was a business partner of Mehmet Eker. The other stated that he was the Press Advisor of the Ministry of Justice.

Murat Ogras stated that these individuals, who claimed to be authorized officials, offered him money, and when he reacted, they left. He filed a complaint about these individuals, but later a decision of non-prosecution was issued.

According to a report prepared by the National Criminal Bureau, Burak Ogras was first assaulted and then thrown down by one or more persons.