Career
İncetahtacı died in a car accident in November 1999, on his way to the airport to speak about Susurluk at conferences in Germany. Fellow Susurluk Commission members Mehmet Elkatmış and Fikri Sağlar had also voiced suspicions. Yeni Şafak reported that a week before his death İncetahtacı had gained access to new documents on the relationship between businessman Erol Evcil and certain civil servants.
His family said he had been writing a book about Susurluk.