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New Allegation in the Gülistan Doku Case: Former Governor Sonel Used a Code Name on WhatsApp.

Summary by Kısa Dalga
Ali Çimen, the lawyer for the family of Gülistan Doku, claimed that it has been determined that the detained former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel used the name "Turgay Kılıç" in instructions given to police officer Gökhan Ertok. In a recording dated January 18, 2020, shared by Çimen, Ertok is seen addressing the person named "Turgay Kılıç" as "Mr. Governor" and sending an image containing SIM card PUK information.
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PİRHA - A new digital record has emerged in the investigation into the disappearance of Gülistan Doku. Ali Çimen, the Doku family's lawyer, shared a new record indicating that the WhatsApp account used by the then-Governor of Tunceli, Tuncay Sonel, was registered under the name "Turgay Kılıç." The investigation into the fate of Gülistan Doku, a Munzur University student who disappeared in Dersim on January 5, 2020, continues. The former Governor…

Ali Çimen, the lawyer for the Gülistan Doku family, announced that it has been determined that the detained former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel used the code name 'Turgay Kılıç' in the instructions he gave to police officer Gökhan Ertok.

In the Gülistan Doku case, which was covered up using state power after she disappeared in Tunceli and left unaddressed for six years before being reopened, it was revealed that the then Governor of Tunceli, Tuncay Sonel, used a code name in his WhatsApp conversations.

Ali Çimen, the lawyer for the Gülistan Doku family, stated that it has been determined that the detained former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel used the name "Turgay Kılıç" in the instructions he gave to police officer Gökhan Ertok.

Ali Çimen, the lawyer for the family of Gülistan Doku, claimed that it has been determined that the detained former Tunceli Governor Tuncay Sonel used the name "Turgay Kılıç" in instructions given to police officer Gökhan Ertok. In a recording dated January 18, 2020, shared by Çimen, Ertok is seen addressing the person named "Turgay Kılıç" as "Mr. Governor" and sending an image containing SIM card PUK information.

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Kısa Dalga broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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