Allegations regarding jewelry following a wedding in Milas that lasted 3 days and 3 nights: An investigation has been launched into the bride
Following a wedding in Kızılağaç, Çomakdağ, Milas—which lasted three days and three nights and reportedly cost approximately 10 million lira—an investigation is ongoing into allegations that 4–5 million lira worth of jewelry went missing. The groom’s father, Mehmet Ateşoğlu, spoke out; the bride, however, denied the allegations.
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A traditional Yörük wedding in Milas, which lasted three days and three nights, made headlines due to a criminal investigation. The investigation was launched following allegations that gold and jewelry worth approximately 4–5 million lira, which had been worn during the wedding, had gone missing. The bride denied the allegations.
The three-day, three-night wedding
The incident took place in the Çomakdağ Kızılağaç neighborhood of Milas. The wedding of Milas native Mustafa Ateşoğlu and Mamura Burkhanova (Culponova), an Uzbek national whom he met through intermediaries, lasted three days and three nights.
Local traditions were observed in full at the wedding, where nighttime oil wrestling matches were held; renowned champion wrestlers from Kırkpınar took to the wrestling ring. According to a statement from the family, approximately 10 million lira was spent on the event.
The family filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office
It was alleged that after the wedding, the family noticed the bride was not at home, and upon checking, the gold and jewelry she had been given at the wedding could not be found. The Ateşoğlu family filed a criminal complaint with the Milas Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, alleging that jewelry worth approximately 4 to 5 million lira was missing.
At the prosecutor’s office’s instruction, teams from the Milas Police Department launched an investigation.
Father: “I’m fighting for my honor and pride”
The groom’s father, Mehmet Ateşoğlu, emphasized the emotional distress they experienced rather than the financial aspect of the incident.
Ateşoğlu said, “I spent 1,500,000 TL just to organize the wrestling matches. I’m not after the money that’s gone. I’m after my honor and my pride.”
The bride denied the allegations
The bride, whose statement was taken as part of the investigation, claimed that she did not take all of the gold and jewelry given to her at the wedding.
It was reported that in her statement, she said she was constantly subjected to threats and insults from her husband, and that she had taken refuge at her mother’s house out of fear. The bride stated that she had taken only 20 quarter gold coins and 226,000 lira with her, claiming that the rest of the gold was in her father-in-law’s possession. She said that the phone she was using had been given to her by her husband with her consent.
An investigation is ongoing to determine the fate of the jewelry and how the incident unfolded.
Latest Update
UPDATE: A new development occurred in the investigation on September 4. The bride, Mamura Burkhonova, went to the police station on her own and gave a statement; while she admitted to receiving 20 quarter gold coins and 226,000 lira, she denied the claim regarding jewelry worth millions and filed a complaint against her husband and father-in-law, accusing them of insults and threats. For details: New development in the Milas wedding investigation: Bride gives statement, files complaint against husband and father-in-law
