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Gülistan Doku investigation reaches critical point as Umut Altaş testimony arrives from US

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • Umut Altaş gave testimony to US authorities in the Gülistan Doku investigation, according to the report.
  • Altaş said he witnessed a murder and that the body was carried in a car trunk.
  • His interrogation records were sent to Turkey and added to the case file.

The Gülistan Doku investigation has reached a critical point after Umut Altaş, who is wanted and whose extradition Turkey has requested from the United States, gave testimony to US authorities.

Altaş said, “I witnessed the murder; we carried the body in the trunk.” His interrogation records were sent to Turkey and added to the case file, the report said.

I witnessed the murder; we carried the body in the trunk.

· Umut AltaşAltaş made the statement during testimony to US authorities in the Gülistan Doku investigation.
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