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The Meral Babacan Murder, Committed 11 Years Ago in Manisa, Has Been Solved: A Plastic Piece Revealed the Killer.

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The Meral Babacan murder, which took place in Manisa in 2015 and whose perpetrator remained unknown until now, has been solved as a result of renewed investigations by the Gendarmerie Crime Investigation Team (JASAT). R.Ç., who was determined to have been driving the vehicle at the time of the incident, was apprehended and subsequently arrested by the court.

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The Meral Babacan murder, which took place in Manisa in 2015 and whose perpetrator remained unknown until now, has been solved as a result of renewed investigations by the Gendarmerie Crime Investigation Team (JASAT). R.Ç., who was determined to have been driving the vehicle at the time of the incident, was apprehended and subsequently arrested by the court.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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The murder of Meral Babacan, whose body was found on the roadside in Manisa in 2015 and remained unsolved for 11 years, was finally solved thanks to a plastic mirror frame found at the scene. The investigation, which followed a vehicle identified through a meticulously detailed CCTV footage analysis by JASAT (Gendarmerie Special Operations Team) units, led to the investigation...

The case of Meral Babacan, whose body was found on the roadside in Manisa in 2015, was re-examined by JASAT (Gendarmerie Special Operations Team) units. Starting from the plastic mirror frame found at the scene, the teams used KGYS (Traffic Safety Directorate) records to identify the suspect vehicle and subsequently R.Ç.

·Türkiye
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The Ministry of Interior announced that the mystery surrounding the death of Meral Babacan, whose lifeless body was found on the roadside in Manisa in 2015, has been solved by JASAT teams thanks to a detail related to a mirror frame.

The murder of Meral Babacan, whose body was found on the Akhisar-Manisa highway in Manisa in 2015, has been solved 11 years later. In the case re-examined by JASAT (Gendarmerie Special Investigation Team), a plastic piece found at the scene was determined to be a car's side mirror frame. A matching vehicle was identified in the KGYS (Traffic Safety Directorate) records, and R.Ç., who was driving the vehicle on the day of the incident, was arrest…

The Ministry of Interior announced that the investigation into the death of the young woman whose body was found on the Akhisar-Manisa highway on July 6, 2015, is continuing with the discovery of the car at the scene by JASAT (Gendarmerie Special Operations Team) units...

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Akşam broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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