Gursu is being held prior to a trial (Picture: Newsflash)
A man has been arrested for allegedly pushing his girlfriend off a clifftop after she denied his proposal.
Alleged killer Nizamettin Gursu planned to pop the question to his girlfriend Yesim Demir, 39, and took her to a romantic clifftop in Polente Cape, Turkey.
When police arrived on the scene after Ms Demir plunged, Gursu told officers that after she had said ‘yes’ and they had been happily drinking – when he went to the car to grab something, heard a scream and then discovered Ms Demir was gone.
Police discovered signs of a ‘violent struggle’, and also discovered broken glasses and a broken speaker.
However, Ms Demir’s family revealed that she had been planning to break up with Gursu and would not have accepted the proposal.
While investigating, police officers found the ring he claimed Ms Demir accepted was not on her finger and had been in his pocket.
Police finally seized Gursu after Ms Demir’s suspicious family filed a complaint against him, and the family also revealed Ms Yesim had suffered from panic attacks and would never have been so close to a cliff edge voluntarily.
At the time of his girlfriend’s death, Gursu played the heartbroken boyfriend, and said they chose to have a ‘romantic memory’ after the proposal.
He said: ‘We drank some alcohol. Everything happened at once. She lost her balance and fell down.’
Paramedics worked for 45 minutes to save Ms Demir’s life, but she died without regaining consciousness.
Gursu is being held in custody pending trial.
Femicide is a growing problem in Turkey, increasing more after the country officially quit the Istanbul Convention in July 2021.
According to data from the ‘Monument Counter’, which is ‘a digital memorial for women killed by violence’ and is updated daily, 393 women were killed by men in 2022, while 376 femicides have taken place in Turkey so far this year.