Arslan Öztürk

**Arslan Öztürk** (1996–) is a main character in Mysteries of Turkey, serving as one of the player's partner. He was suspect in the murder investigation of traveller Ketevan Abramashvili in Chase Your Fate (Case#15 of Mysteries of Turkey), Hell's Gate leader Amanda Mackay in Power, Sacrifice and Death (Case#30 of Mysteries of Turkey).

## Biography

Arslan Öztürk was born on 20 January 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey to Erman Öztürk and Leyla Öztürk. He was the second child and only son of his parents. He had a older sister Eylül Öztürk. His family was extremely wealthy and owner several companies in England and Germany. He spent most of his summers in Bonn, Germany. Arslan had a tough childhood, his father and sister extremely despised him therefore his mother was the only one who ever loved him. Arslan was educated at a private school in Istanbul, and for his higher education he went to study in Imperial College London. Arslan was also huge fan of football and he was made captain of his university's football team. Arslan is able to speak English with an "perfect" British accent, and is also able to converse in German and Italian.

Arslan had a rough and harsh childhood, although he was the only son of his parents, his father extremely despised him and hated his guts, and his sister also was the same, she had always tried to defame and bring him down, however despite this, he always held her on high regard and respected her. His father also favoured Eylül over him and she always got what she needed, and Arslan was always ignored, however his mother was always there for him. Arslan owned a pet dog named "Gidget", and he loved him with all his heart, however one day Eylül got rid of him, by hitting him with a car. Arslan's father kicked him out when was he was 16, and he then went to live with his best friend, Taner Özkan, before his mother bought him a house, and also send him to one of the top universities in the world. Arslan had a girlfriend named Gülay Toprak. On 26 October 2018, Arslan was engaged to Gülay on her last wish, Arslan wished to marry her, but she disagreed because she did not want him to live him as a widower. On 6 November 2018, only eleven days following their engagement, Gülay died at aged 22. This left Arslan in a huge shock for whole four months, at times he wanted to end his life but was saved by Taner and his mother. He had got a tattoo in his arm for her memory and also opened up an organisation for donations for cancer patients and named it after Gülay.

In 2021, Arslan joined the Turkish Police Force who focused on keeping peace in the country, however they were interrupted by Hell's Gate, who started to spread violence in the country. He stared to date Merve Seferoğlu, finally HG was defeated after Matthew Erickson killed himself.

After HG was defeated, he and Merve went to Bonn and then to Paris for recovering from the events that occurred. Arslan later proposed Merve in August 2022, and she accepted it. They got married on 18 November 2022 in a magnificent ceremony in Istanbul, the couple later went to several countries for their honeymoon. On 23 December 2023, the couple's first child, a son Taner Öztürk was born. Arslan named his son after his best friend, Taner Özkan who died protecting the country from the evil. After his birth, Arslan gifted Merve a diamond ring, which she kept with her whole life. In 2025, he moved to Limerick, Ireland in order to establish his business there, it proved be to be successful, and there on 17 July 2026, his second child and only daughter Hilal Öztürk was born. After her birth, Arslan gifted her another diamond ring, in order not to differentiate between his children, like his father did. Arslan loved his both children equally, he did not repeat the mistakes his father had done to him.

## Profile

Arslan is a 25-year-old player to the partner. He wears a white T-shirt underneath a black shirt. He also wears a Apple Watch. In the addition that, he holds his phone in his shirt's pocket, and has a tattoo on his wrist which says "My love, Gülay", which is to represent the love for his deceased girlfriend, who died of cancer.

## Case Appearances

* Once A Tragedy (Case#1 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Truth Lies Beneath (Case#2 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Life Torn Apart (Case#3 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* What Comes After (Case#4 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* The Lust For Power (Case#5 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Breaking Dead (Case#6 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* A Death of Dishonour (Case#7 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* In Agony and Betrayal (Case#8 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Love Beyond Death (Case#9 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Night of Dead (Case#10 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Never To Be Drugged (Case#11 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Once A Class (Case#12 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Above The Death (Case#13 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* In All Secret (Case#14 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Chase Your Fate (Case#15 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Under The Head (Case#16 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Up Your Eyes (Case#17 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Dig Your Innocence (Case#18 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* An Evil Truth (Case#19 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Once A Bloody Union (Case#20 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* That Old Revenge (Case#21 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Broken Promises (Case#22 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Nowhere To Burn (Case#23 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Over The Poison (Case#24 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Quarrel of Respect (Case#25 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Fate of The Lust (Case#26 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Secrets Die Together (Case#27 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Agony Goes Around (Case#28 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* King of Hearts (Case#29 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Power, Sacrifice and Death (Case#30 of Mysteries of Turkey)