Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman who fell 100 feet to her death during a clifftop marriage proposal in Turkey, as authorities revealed they discovered signs of a violent struggle.
Nizamettin Gursu was arrested five months after his 39-year-old girlfriend, Yesim Demir, plummeted off a cliff in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey, on July 6, Newsflash reported Wednesday.
Gursu told authorities that Demir had said “Yes,” but while grabbing celebratory food and drinks from his car, he heard a blood-curdling scream and returned to the romantic picnic spot to find his future wife had fallen off the ledge. .
But during their investigation, police discovered that the ring Gursu claimed to have given Demir after she accepted his proposal was still in its box inside his pocket.
Yesim Demir fell to his death from a cliff in Canakkale on July 6.
Their suspicions only grew after finding broken glasses and a broken music speaker at the couple’s engagement venue, which seemed to indicate a physical altercation.
The slain woman’s family also told authorities that she had been planning to break up with Gursu and would not have accepted his marriage proposal.
His family also claimed that Demir suffered from panic attacks and would never have been so close to the edge of a cliff.
Demir’s family said she would not have accepted Gursu’s proposal and was planning to break up with him. Breaking news
Gursu’s arrest comes after Demir’s family filed a complaint against him.
At the time of his death, Gursu played the role of the heartbroken fiancé, telling police that they chose to get engaged on the spot because they thought it would be romantic.
“We chose it to have a romantic memory after the proposal. We drank some alcohol. Everything happened at once. He lost his balance and fell,” Gursu said at the time.
Demir initially survived the fall but later died from his injuries. Breaking news
Demir initially survived the massive 104-foot fall, but later succumbed to his injuries.
Gursu is detained, awaiting trial.
The Post contacted the Canakkale police department in Turkey regarding Gursu’s arrest.
Femicide (the gender-based murder of women) has been a growing problem in Turkey.
According to Monument Counter, a digital memorial for women killed by violence, at least 380 women in Turkey have been murdered by men so far this year, while 383 were murdered by men last year.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn