Suicides, accidents, the theories that followed… Each of the stories of our scientists, whose deaths left behind discussions besides their valuable work, is like a mysterious movie scenario without a heartwarming ending.
When he is about to accomplish great things for humanity, scientists who are tried to be brought to an end by secret forces that do not You must have watched at least one of those movies. The real stories that we will talk about shortly bring to mind such dark scenarios.
Many valuable scientists of the Republic of Turkey lost their lives due to the deaths that were widely regarded as ‘suspicious’. The common points of these scientists are for our country and humanity. of great importance or in projects requiring confidentiality they were on duty. We can say that these projects are the source of the formation of different conspiracy theories and the suspicious deaths over the years.
The accident, in which two engineers and a captain working at TUBITAK lost their lives, is still considered ‘suspicious’ years later.
In the incident that took place on July 14, 2004, the minibus carrying Captain Yücel Kenter (32) and engineers Ercan Kuruoğlu (31) and Mustafa Aktekin (54) collided with a tractor, then was thrown off after colliding with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
Although the details of the project that these three names are working on are not fully known on the grounds of national security, They work on crypto analysis systems and software.; On the day of the accident, it is said that they were in Çanakkale to test a newly developed military device and they were on their way back.
At TUBITAK National Electronics and Cryptology Research Institute After the death of the experts and the captain, the tractor that crashed into the vehicle had an Istanbul license plate, and in the statements of the villagers, there was an unknown person who came to the scene of the accident before the prosecutor and checked the vehicle, right after the accident, some statements about the minibus changing its route and disappeared; A computer with confidential information causes the accident to be approached with suspicion.
The deaths of ASELSAN engineers, who lost their lives due to reasons such as suicide or accident over the years, are also in the dark;
Suspicious deaths, especially in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, with the loss of many young engineers concluded.
Hüseyin Başbilen dies: 5 August 2006
Hüseyin Başbilen, an engineer working in ASELSAN’s national tank project, disappeared on 5 August. Two days later, he was found dead in his car, 50 kilometers from his home. The death of Başbilen, whose wrists and neck were cut off, was recorded as ‘suicide’.
Some findings inside the vehicle in which Başbilen lost her life Claims that death may have been caused by another person in the vehicle strengthened, but these claims were never proven.
Halim Ünsem Ünal also commits suicide: January 17, 2007
A few months later, another ASELSAN engineer, 30-year-old Halim Ünsem Ünal, was found dead in his vehicle. Ünsem, who works on the modernization, command control and encryption systems of F-16 warplanes. with a single bullet hit to the head While it is known that he died, his death was also recorded as a suicide.
Evrim Yançeken also commits suicide by jumping from her house on the 7th floor: January 26, 2007 – Ankara
After these two ‘suicide’ in a row, on January 26, 2007, another sad news comes from Evrim Yançeken, who is also an engineer at ASELSAN. Yançeken, who works on microwave and system technologies at ASELSAN, He committed suicide by jumping from his 7th floor house.; It was claimed that he had psychological problems…
In the suicide note found, it was written that he had been dealing with his thesis for a long time and could no longer stand it…
Burhaneddin Volkan dies: 7 October 2007
After three consecutive ‘suicide’ cases, another news came on 7 October as the investigations continued. Burhaneddin Volkan, one of the most successful engineers of ASELSAN, at the Band Schools Command where he served. committed suicide with a gun. Volkan was working in the Aircraft Command and Control Center department of Command Control and Communications Software Engineering.
Although the suspicious death was investigated, there was never any evidence that the event was not a suicide.
Zafer Oluk died during his military service by accident: 10 May 2008
Oluk, a successful METU graduate electrical-electronics engineer, working on a national defense project and software for Leopard tanks at ASELSAN, said that while he was in the military, he was “repairing transformers”. died as a result of electric shock it is said.
While his family said that they thought the death was not an ordinary accident, the death was reported as an accident. In addition, his family stated that his sons constantly talked about his work as a ‘secret’; if he tells that they will follow tells what he said. It is said that Oluk, who has security concerns, constantly wants to go to the army because he sees it as the safest place…
The death of Hakan Öksüz, who died in a traffic accident, is also suspicious: January 25, 2013
Öksüz worked at ASELSAN for 15 years; took part in many important projects was an engineer. Currently, he was working on microelectronic guidance and electro-optics group projects. He stopped by the facility where he worked at ASELSAN on January 25 and left after a short stay. Then he died in an accident.
To Öksüz’s familyThey’ll hurt me, I’m pressured, I’m being followed‘ he says things like; In order to keep his family safe, he sent them away from Ankara to Kahramanmaraş, that the place of accident was not in the direction of home or work, absence of identity card, entrance card and telephone, the fact that he had not spoken to his family for 10 days before the incident, and that he was abducted, beaten and thrown under a bridge by having his throat cut, years ago when ASELSAN engineers ‘suicide’ took place one after the other; Information such as the fact that he was hospitalized and rescued increased the suspicions that the incident could not be an accident but a murder.
Engineer Erdem Uğur committed suicide with gas: 16 January 2015
In national projects such as F-16 warplanes, UAVs, tanks and war weapons Erdem Uğur, another ASELSAN engineer working on magnetic field projects, was found dead in his home in Ankara.
Uğur told his friends that he was sick and could not come to work; Then, when he could not reach him, he went to the house of his curious friends, but the door did not open, the police were informed and the police who entered the house Uğur’s lifeless body reached specified.
While there was a note ‘Caution, gas is on’ at the entrance of the house, Uğur was found in his bed and with a tube next to him. Death of the young engineer It was recorded as gas poisoning.
Kerem Parıldar committed suicide suspiciously: November 21, 2017
Kerem Parıldar, an electronic engineer working on domestic defense systems at ASELSAN, jumping from the 14th floor of a building 15 kilometers from his home committed suicide. After the incident, the suspicious situation started to be investigated, but the incident was recorded as suicide.
Deaths of ASELSAN engineers, years later by reopening the files started to be investigated. In some files, the details of ‘FETO’ were emphasized in relation to the deaths. However, no final decision has been made regarding any of them.
In addition, regarding some files, the institution intense, very stressful and oppressive working conditions It was claimed that he might have driven the engineers to suicide… Ultimately, whatever the reason may be, it happened to the young and intelligent minds of our country, and for years the files were shelved as suicides and accidents…
In 2007, among all other sad news, Turkey lost 6 very valuable scientists in a plane crash;
An Atlasjet plane, which made the Istanbul-Isparta flight on 30 November 2007, crashed after landing. With 7 crew in the plane 57 people there was.
Among these 57 people, Boğaziçi University lecturer and Our world-renowned particle physicist Prof. Dr. Engin Arik, research assistant Özgen Berkol Doğan, Prof. Dr. Senel Fatma Boydag, Assoc. Dr. İskender Hikmet, research assistant Mustafa Fidan and graduate student Engin Abat.
Team Dr. under the management of Arik Participates in research in the ATLAS and CAST experiments at CERN and they were working on the Turkish Accelerator Center project to be established in Turkey. Arık had valuable work on producing clean, sustainable and continuous energy with thorium, which is abundant in Turkey.
With the Turkish Accelerator Center, which is aimed to be established, Will be able to solve Turkey’s energy problem radically steps were planned.
Unfortunately, the entire team lost their lives in this painful accident. Soon after, interesting details about the accident began to emerge. Sudden loss of communication when the aircraft was very close to the runway, the aircraft goes to a location that is not on its route and crashes there, While everything was found after detailed searches after the accident, details such as the lack of a laptop and suitcase containing Arık’s project and research details started discussions that the incident might not have been a simple accident… The accident was recorded as a piloting error.