An autopsy on the exhumed remains of Turkish President Turgut Özal, who died in office in 1993, has reportedly revealed traces of toxic substances but reached no concrete results on the cause of death. “Toxic substances were detected in the Forensic Medicine Council [ATK] report, but experts could not conclude whether the death was caused by poisoning,” media reported yesterday.
The report arrived at the Ankara Republican Prosecutor’s Office yesterday. The prosecutor is expected to make announcement on the issue today or tomorrow.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said yesterday that he still had doubts about whether Özal died of natural causes. “In my opinion, the report didn’t eliminate the doubts. At least, my doubts continue,” Bozdağ told reporters at Parliament.
His remarks came when he was asked about media reports that an autopsy showed that the exhumed body of Özal, who led the country out of military rule in the 1980s, contained poison but that the cause of death was unclear.
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