Body of president Özal to be exhumed
Body of president Özal to be exhumed
The body of former president Turgut Özal has been exhumed from his mausoleum in Istanbul as a result of an investigation strengthening claims that he might not have died of natural causes.
Özal is remembered for his changes in Turkish political history. He died on April 17, 1993. He was said to have died of a heart attack in his office in Ankara. No autopsy was performed. His widow, Semra Özal, has claimed that her husband was assassinated by heavy metal poisoning.
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) finally ruled Özal’s death “suspicious,” and asked his death should be subjected to a new investigated in a report released June 13.
"The death of an on-duty president is always a suspicious death. It was totally an eclipse of reason that his death was not investigated, no autopsy was performed and no evidence was collected at his home or office" the report said.
Özal is remembered for his changes in Turkish political history. He died on April 17, 1993. He was said to have died of a heart attack in his office in Ankara. No autopsy was performed. His widow, Semra Özal, has claimed that her husband was assassinated by heavy metal poisoning.
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) finally ruled Özal’s death “suspicious,” and asked his death should be subjected to a new investigated in a report released June 13.
"The death of an on-duty president is always a suspicious death. It was totally an eclipse of reason that his death was not investigated, no autopsy was performed and no evidence was collected at his home or office" the report said.
