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Gülden Kömürcü murder on the Parliament agenda
The Gülden Kömürcü murder has been brought to the Parliament agenda. Nejla Demir directed 31 questions to the ministers regarding applications, protection measures, the investigation, and the capture of the perpetrator...
DEM Party Ağrı Deputy Nejla Demir brought the murder of Gülden Kömürcü, who was killed in front of her children in Doğubayazıt, to the Parliament agenda. Demir submitted a total of 31 parliamentary questions to be answered by the Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş and the Minister of Interior Mustafa Çiftçi.
It was stated that Gülden Kömürcü was killed by her husband in Doğubayazıt on May 20. According to Demir's interviews with the family, Kömürcü was forcibly married at a young age, subjected to systematic violence for about 25 years, and threatened when she started the divorce process.
Highlights
- Nejla Demir brought the Gülden Kömürcü murder to the Parliament agenda.
- Parliamentary questions were sent to the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Ministry of Interior.
- It was stated that Kömürcü was killed in Doğubayazıt on May 20.
- Questions were asked about whether applications were made, risk assessments, and protection measures.
- The process of capturing the perpetrator and security investigations in the inquiry were also raised.
ŞÖNİM application and protection questions
Demir asked the Minister of Family and Social Services whether Gülden Kömürcü applied to ŞÖNİM or institutions affiliated with the ministry. Also, whether risk assessments were conducted, how many applications were made to ŞÖNİM in Ağrı in the last 5 years, and how many protective measures were applied were among the questions.
The parliamentary question also inquired how many women were killed due to male violence in Ağrı, how many of these were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands, or men within the family, and how many of the murdered women had previously applied to the ministry. The capacity of women's shelters, the number of women who requested placement but could not be placed, and whether an impact analysis was conducted on femicides after 2025 was declared the "Year of Family" were also listed among the questions.
Connection between forced marriage and femicides
Demir also brought to the agenda how many applications were made in Ağrı in the last 5 years due to child and forced marriages, and whether there is any research on the relationship between this situation and femicides. The ministry's evaluation regarding women's organizations' criticism that "family-centered policies make violence invisible" was also included in the parliamentary question.
Questions directed to the Minister of Interior Mustafa Çiftçi included the status of the investigation process of the murder, what has been done so far to capture the perpetrator, and why the suspect has not been caught despite weeks passing since the murder. Whether MOBESE, KGYS, and other camera recordings in the incident area, as well as license plate recognition system records, were examined was also among the questions.
In the parliamentary question submitted to the Ministry of Interior by Demir, it was also questioned whether Kömürcü had previously applied to law enforcement for violence, threats, or personal safety. The number of applications made by women in Ağrı to law enforcement regarding domestic violence, threats, and stalking in the last 5 years, as well as the number of women who lost their lives due to male violence, were also among the topics asked.
Context: The parliamentary question also asked about the number of administrative investigations opened against law enforcement officers for negligence regarding femicides and whether there was any negligence by public officials in the Gülden Kömürcü case.
Demir also recalled that on January 28, 2026, Güler Özkan, a mother of 8 children, was killed in front of her children in Patnos, arguing that this murder was not an isolated incident. The parliamentary questions also brought up why women are killed despite applications and why data sharing among public institutions is not done regularly and in detail.
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