Erdoğan offers condolences for 8-year-old found dead

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged that justice will be served for 8-year-old Narin Güran, whose body was found 19 days after she went missing.

Narin's disappearance and death have gripped the nation, prompting widespread media coverage and statements of condolence from high-ranking officials.

"I want it to be known that I will personally follow the judicial process so that those who took our child from us receive the harshest punishment they deserve," Erdoğan wrote on X.

"I pray for God's mercy on our girl Narin."

Narin was last seen on the afternoon of Aug. 21 near her home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır. A large-scale search operation was launched, involving local authorities and her family, but efforts to locate her initially proved unsuccessful.

After 19 days, her body was found in a stream around one kilometer from her village on Sept. 8, still dressed in the clothes she had been wearing when she disappeared.

A funeral ceremony for Narin Güran was held in Diyarbakır on Sept. 9.

Following an autopsy process that lasted nearly 11 hours, Güran's body was handed over to her brother in the morning hours of Sept. 9. The body of the 8-year-old was found in a sack in a stream bed near her village.

The funeral took place in a neighboring village, though her coffin — wrapped in a bridal veil — was buried in her village.

Preliminary findings from the autopsy, conducted by a 14-member expert team, revealed no visible signs of trauma inflicted by sharp or ballistic weapons on Narin's body.

Due to extensive decomposition from prolonged exposure to water, the precise time of death could not be conclusively determined.

Further pathological and biological tests are scheduled to...