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KEY SUSPECT IN SINAN ATEŞ MURDER CASE SHOT DEAD
Inside Turkey Oct 6, 2025

KEY SUSPECT IN SINAN ATEŞ MURDER CASE SHOT DEAD

Serdar Öktem, a lawyer affiliated with the MHP and a defendant in the 2022 assassination case of former Grey Wolves leader Sinan Ateş, died after being shot outside his office by masked assailants on Oct. 6. The attackers opened fire while Öktem was inside his car in front of his office on Büyükdere Avenue in Istanbul’s Zincirlikuyu district. Surveillance video showed six bullet holes in the window of his car. Despite emergency medical intervention, Öktem succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

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