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Prosecutors seek life sentence for uncle over boy’s fatal fall in Istanbul
Eight-year-old Oğuzhan Moğol died after falling from a sixth-floor window in Bahçelievler, Istanbul, on August 20, 2024.
Prosecutors have completed their investigation and say there is sufficient suspicion that his uncle, Mustafa Uğur S., threw him from the window.
They are seeking an aggravated life sentence, but the allegation has not been decided in court.
Oğuzhan’s 9-year-old sister told investigators that she saw their uncle holding him near an open window and then letting or throwing him out.
Their mother said she was not at home and said her daughter had also described Oğuzhan slipping while climbing near the window.
The indictment says investigators continued examining the case after the sister’s account, although a police report had assessed that Oğuzhan was not pushed by another person.
The case now moves to court, where the allegations will be considered.
Prosecutors sought an aggravated life sentence for a 24-year-old uncle accused of causing his eight-year-old nephew’s fatal fall in Istanbul.
The boy, Oğuzhan Moğol, fell from the sixth floor of a building in Bahçelievler on 20 August 2024.
The indictment cited the boy’s sister, who said she saw their uncle throw him out of a window.
The boy’s mother said she was not at home and reported that her daughter had also described the boy slipping while holding onto a window.
The investigation has been completed, but the source does not report a court decision.
- Who
- Mustafa Uğur S., the boy’s 24-year-old uncle, is accused. Oğuzhan Moğol was eight.
- What
- Prosecutors requested an aggravated life sentence over the boy’s fatal fall.
- When
- The fall happened on 20 August 2024. The investigation was reported complete on 11 October 2026.
- Where
- A home on the sixth floor of a building in Bahçelievler, Istanbul.
- Why
- Prosecutors said there was sufficient suspicion that the uncle threw the boy out of the window.
The indictment's account
The mother's account
What happened
The indictment's account
The boy’s sister told prosecutors that she saw their uncle throw her brother out of the window.
The mother's account
The mother said her daughter told her the boy slipped while holding onto the window.
The uncle's role
The indictment's account
Prosecutors sought an aggravated life sentence for the uncle over the alleged act.
The mother's account
The mother said the uncle had done nothing, according to her account of what her daughter told her at the hospital.
My uncle threw Oğuzhan out of the window.
This is very good news for us, but there was also great negligence by the people in the house and we will demand that they be tried.
Oğuzhan Moğol fell from the sixth floor of a building in Bahçelievler and died.
Habertürk reported that the investigation had been completed and prosecutors had sought an aggravated life sentence for the uncle.
- Victim
- Oğuzhan Moğol, 8
- Accused
- Mustafa Uğur S., 24, the boy’s uncle
- Requested sentence
- Aggravated life imprisonment
- Incident date
- 20 August 2024
- Incident location
- Bahçelievler, Istanbul, sixth floor
Sources
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