Horror in Başakşehir: Man Accused of Beating Woman with Stone, Strangling Her with Rope

A disturbing case of alleged murder has emerged in Başakşehir, where police are investigating the disappearance of Sultan Çağan. Her family reported her missing on June 18 after she failed to return home from her textile workshop job around 10 p.m. that night and could not be reached.

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I wanted to break up with her recently. I had a fiancée I was planning to marry. That's why I wanted to break up with her, but she was against it. She said she would tell my family about our relationship and ruin me and prevent my marriage.

An investigation by the Missing Persons Bureau led to the discovery of Çağan's last known movements through security camera footage. The video showed the young woman leaving her workplace, entering a market for some shopping, and then getting into a car that appeared to be waiting for her. This discovery prompted further technical and physical surveillance, along with field work.

Investigators determined that Çağan had been in a relationship for two years with a man named Vedat Ç., whom she met at the textile workshop where she worked. Vedat Ç. had reportedly left that job some time ago and was working at a pastry shop. Based on this information, police apprehended Vedat Ç.

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We met to discuss this situation again on the day of the incident. After getting out of the car, we started talking. A dispute arose between us over this breakup issue. When she threatened me again, I hit her head with a stone I found on the ground. She fell to the ground covered in blood. But when I saw she wasn't dead, I strangled her to death with a clothesline I found on the ground.

Initially, Vedat Ç. denied ever seeing Sultan Çağan. However, he later changed his story, admitting to meeting her that night but claiming he dropped her off about 100 meters away and had no knowledge of what happened afterward. The police's attention was drawn to several scratches on Vedat Ç.'s neck. When asked to remove his t-shirt, his entire body was found to be covered in fingernail marks. Unable to explain the marks, Vedat Ç. reportedly confessed to the murder in tears.

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When she became motionless, I first threw her slippers, which had scattered everywhere, into the water. Then I threw her bag into the water. I crushed her mobile phone with a stone, rendering it unusable, and then threw it into the water. I deleted the conversations we had on my phone and returned home and slept. In the morning, I went to work at the pastry shop where I normally work.