66 cases

Istanbul (Türkiye): cases

66 documented cases in Istanbul. With timelines and sources.

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Murder 23Missing Person 8Unsolved Case 10Serial Murder 4Suspicious Death 5Major Tragedy 16

Cases

2025 · Murder · SolvedThe Ayşe Tokyaz case›2023 · Murder · SolvedThe Meryem Çap case›2023 · Murder · SolvedThe Cihan Aymaz case›2022 · Murder · SolvedThe Pınar Damar case›2024 · Murder · SolvedThe Sedef Güler case›2022 · Missing Person · SolvedZeynep Yıldırım missing-person case›2023 · Murder · SolvedOsman Gül case›2009 · Murder · SolvedMünevver Karabulut case›2016 · Serial Murder · SolvedAtalay Filiz case — "Turkey's first serial killer"›2025 · Missing Person · SolvedN.D. missing-person case›2000 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Box Killer" murders›2008 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Well Killer" murders›1998 · Serial Murder · ClosedThe "Furniture-Maker Killer" murders›1979 · Murder · ClosedAssassination of Abdi İpekçi›1980 · Murder · ClosedAssassination of former PM Nihat Erim›1971 · Murder · ClosedKidnapping and killing of Israeli Consul Ephraim Elrom›2007 · Murder · SolvedAssassination of Hrant Dink›1996 · Murder · SolvedDeath of journalist Metin Göktepe›1990 · Murder · SolvedAssassination of writer Turan Dursun›2024 · Murder · ClosedMurders of Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner›2007 · Murder · SolvedDeath of Festus Okey at a police station›2019 · Murder · SolvedMurder of Fatma Şengül›2019 · Murder · SolvedMurder of Halit Ayar›2020 · Murder · SolvedMurders of Seyhan and Zülfiye Yüksekova›1980 · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Kemal Türkler›1979 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Cavit Orhan Tütengil›1969 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedKilling of Taylan Özgür›1968 · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedDeath of Vedat Demircioğlu›1996 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Ömer Lütfi Topal›1995 · Missing Person · ClosedDisappearance of Hasan Ocak in Custody›1995 · Missing Person · ClosedDisappearance of Rıdvan Karakoç›1995 · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Fehmi Tosun›1977 · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedTaksim Square May Day 1977›2003 · Major Tragedy · Solved2003 Istanbul Bombings›2008 · Major Tragedy · SolvedDavutpaşa Explosion›2016 · Major Tragedy · SolvedAtatürk Airport Attack›2017 · Major Tragedy · SolvedReina Nightclub Attack›2016 · Major Tragedy · SolvedBeşiktaş Stadium Bombings›2022 · Major Tragedy · Solvedİstiklal Avenue Bombing›2024 · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationGayrettepe Nightclub Fire›2014 · Major Tragedy · SolvedTorun Center Elevator Disaster›2008 · Major Tragedy · SolvedGüngören Bombings›2016 · Major Tragedy · SolvedSultanahmet Square Bombing›1969 · Murder · ClosedBloody Sunday: attack on the Taksim rally›1978 · Unsolved Case · Closed16 March Beyazıt massacre›1979 · Murder · ClosedKilling of Metin Yüksel in the Fatih Mosque courtyard›1980 · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Ümit Kaftancıoğlu›1980 · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Hayrettin Eren in custody›1981 · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Nurettin Yedigöl in custody›1981 · Suspicious Death · ClosedDeath of Süleyman Cihan in custody›1986 · Major Tragedy · ClosedNeve Shalom Synagogue attack›1990 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Çetin Emeç›1992 · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of the Efeoğlu brothers in custody›1993 · Major Tragedy · ClosedÜmraniye Hekimbaşı landfill explosion›1995 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedKilling of two Iranians abducted in Yeşilköy›1995 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedGazi Quarter events›2000 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedSevered leg murders›2008 · Suspicious Death · SolvedDeath of Engin Çeber in prison›2010 · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationDeath of Onur Yaser Can›2015 · Murder · ClosedDeath of Dilek Doğan›2016 · Murder · Under InvestigationMurder of Hande Kader›2018 · Murder · ClosedAssassination of Jamal Khashoggi›2019 · Suspicious Death · ClosedFour siblings found dead in Fatih›1979 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Independenta Disaster: A Month-Long Fire on the Bosphorus›1957 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Yarımburgaz Train Crash: Head-On on a Single Track›1955 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 6–7 September 1955 Events: Pillage Sparked by a False Report›

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