ABSTRACT

Military service has a significant role with respect to physi-cal and psychological stress. Various medicolegal problems or deaths occur among soldiers due to different factors in different countries. In this study we aimed to investigate soldier deaths autopsied in 5 years in Bursa in different aspects and to empha-size their medicolegal dimension. Records of 3065 autopsy ca-ses in Forensic Medicine Council Bursa Chairmanship were re-viewed retrospectively and identified 39 soldier death cases vere investigated in different aspects. The cases were all male, most common at the age of 21 years, and suicide was the main manner of death in 46.15% of cases. Autopsy and routine post-mortem procedures are necessary to find out accurate and de-tailed data about soldier deaths to guide further studies to de-tect risk factors and to establish preventive strategies.

Keywords: Soldier, death, autopsy.