Former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz’s eldest son Mehmet Yavuz Yılmaz was found dead in his bed in Istanbul on Dec. 16, Hurriyet Daily News reported citing Doğan News Agency.
38-year-old Yılmaz was shot once in his head in his Beykoz home, initials reports said. While police and health personnel were assigned to the area following the incident, medical workers said Yavuz Yılmaz had lost his life.
Yılmaz, who was by his self throughout the night, is suspected of having committed suicide, according to preliminary reports. “We entered with the help of a locksmith in the morning and found a gun by his side,” Yavuz Yılmaz’s bodyguards said in their testimony.
The investigation is ongoing as Yılmaz' body has been taken to the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), Turkish broadcaster CNN TÜRK reported.
