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True crime cases in Istanbul

21case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026

Casepin holds 21 case files in Istanbul. By legal status, 3 marked unsolved, 2 marked ongoing and 16 marked solved.

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16
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1971–2024
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  • Credit: Victims' photographs as circulated in Turkish press (via Türkiye Today)Editorial useSourceSOLVEDListen

    Walls of Constantinople, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey · 2024

    Murders of Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner

    On 4 October 2024 in Istanbul, 19-year-old Semih Çelik, identified by police as the attacker, killed Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner, both 19, within half an hour of each other, then died by suicide; the public murder-suicide sparked nationwide protests over femicide in Turkey.

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    Saudi Arabian consulate, Istanbul, Turkey · 2010s

    Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi

    Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi government hit squad inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018; his body was dismembered and never recovered, and the killing was later found by the CIA and a UN investigator to have been premeditated and ordered at the highest levels of the Saudi government.

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    Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey · 2007

    Assassination of Hrant Dink

    Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, editor of the newspaper Agos, was shot dead outside his office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. Ogün Samast was convicted of the killing; Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel were convicted for their roles in inciting and orchestrating the assassination, with dozens of others later tried over the broader plot.

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    Reina nightclub, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey · 2017

    Istanbul nightclub shooting

    On 1 January 2017, a gunman opened fire at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy neighborhood, killing 39 people and wounding 79 others during New Year celebrations; Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov was later arrested and convicted.

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    Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey · 2015

    January 2016 Istanbul bombing

    A suicide bomber linked to the Islamic State killed 13 foreign tourists and injured others in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district on 12 January 2016.

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    Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey · 2016

    2016 Atatürk Airport attack

    On 28 June 2016, three gunmen carried out coordinated shootings and suicide bombings at the international terminal of Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, killing 45 people plus the three attackers and injuring more than 230.

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    Istanbul, Turkey · 2009

    Murder of Münevver Karabulut

    High school student Münevver Karabulut was murdered in Istanbul on 3 March 2009 by Cem Garipoğlu, who evaded arrest for 197 days amid intense public and political scrutiny before being convicted in 2011.

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    Vodafone Arena / Maçka Park, Beşiktaş, Istanbul · 2016

    2016 Beşiktaş bombing

    On 10 December 2016, a car bomb and a suicide bombing near Istanbul's Vodafone Arena and Maçka Park killed 48 people, mostly police officers, and injured 166 others; the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility.

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    Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey · 1977

    Bloody May Day (1977)

    On 1 May 1977, shots fired into a crowd of roughly 500,000 Labour Day demonstrators in Taksim Square, Istanbul, followed by a chaotic security-force intervention, killed between 34 and 42 people and injured 126 to 220. No perpetrators were ever identified or convicted.

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    75th Anniversary Police Station, Sultangazi, Istanbul, Turkey · 2012

    2012 Istanbul Suicide Bombing

    A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Istanbul's Sultangazi district on 11 September 2012, killing a police officer and himself and injuring seven others; the DHKP-C claimed responsibility.

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Case files in Istanbul

The files run from 1971 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is Assassination of Efraim Elrom, from 1971.

By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (12), mass shooting cases (2) and hate crime cases (1).

2 files of the 21 have coverage attached: 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 1 creator. The most covered is Murders of Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner, with 3 items to watch or hear.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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How many case files in Istanbul are on Casepin?

21. By status: 3 unsolved, 2 ongoing and 16 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Assassination of Efraim Elrom, from 1971. Open the file

Which case in Istanbul has the most coverage?

Murders of Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner, with 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Istanbul?

CasePin (1 case).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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