News of the conquest of the grave has been on the agenda frequently in Turkey lately. There is no specific standard in this method of identifying the person in the grave. In some corpses While DNA detection is easily detected, identification cannot be determined in cases such as plane crashes. With the advancement of scientific developments, significant progress has been made in DNA detection, and successful results can also be achieved in identification by taking pieces from the grave of the deceased, called Feth-i Kabir.
ÖZAL’S WAS ALSO OPENED
The most popular of the events that came to the fore in Turkey in this way belongs to Olympic record holder Naim Süleymanoğlu, who died in 2017. Sekai Mori, the daughter of Japanese journalist Kyoko Mori, filed a lawsuit claiming that the famous weightlifter was her father, and after the grave was opened, it was revealed that he was her daughter. Again The grave of Turgut Özal, the 8th President of Turkey, was opened exactly 20 years after his death to determine whether he was poisoned, but the exact cause of Özal’s death could not be determined.
NO STANDARD
Forensic Medicine Specialist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Alkan says that the prosecutor or the judge of peace can make the decision to open the grave. Stating that it is not known for certain what will be found inside the grave after the Conquest of the Kabir process is opened, Alkan said, “There is no standard for how long it takes for the bodies to undergo changes in the grave. It usually becomes a skeleton within 5 years. Of course, turning into a skeleton does not prevent DNA testing. “The bones are durable, can last for many years, and the identity of the person can be determined from the cells inside them.” gave the information.
Adding that the person who needs to be tested for DNA should be compared with the cells examined from the grave, Alkan said, “A piece is taken from the hip bone or hip bone. These are sorted and isolated. There are cases where identification cannot be made if the person died in high temperatures, such as in a plane crash.” “The piece taken from the grave is sent to forensic medicine laboratories, police or gendarmerie criminal investigation,” he said.
RELATIVES ARE NOTIFIED
Lawyer Kevser Yıldırım, on the other hand, drew attention to Article 87 of the Code of Criminal Procedure No. 5271 and shared the following information: “The authority to decide on exhuming a body for examination or autopsy is given to the Public Prosecutor during the investigation phase, and to the courts during the prosecution phase. “If the decision to exhume does not jeopardize the purpose of the research and is easy to access, a relative of the deceased is immediately notified.”
STAGES OF CONQUEST OF KABIR
Addressing the risks of opening a grave, Yıldırım said, “Since there may be poisonous gases in the grave, ventilation is usually done if necessary when the grave is opened. If the corpse is new, parts can be taken from the corpse, but if the corpse is stinky or rotten, only the necessary organs or bones can be examined. If toxicological examination is requested, samples can be taken from the corpse’s shroud, grave soil and coffin. “In cases such as death by poison, residues can also be found in these places,” he said.
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