"Kidnap & Release": Rebuffed Suitor Abducts Woman But Gendarmerie Rescues Her, in Çerkezköy

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 March 2025)

              Reluctant bride gets "encouragement". 

In Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ province, Vedat Akkuş (30) went to

request the hand in marriage of Sevgi T. (32) from her family.

However (!), when the family refused Vedat bey decided to

kidnap Sevgi hanım and together with his sister-in-law Seda

Akkuş blocked Sevgi hanım's path last Saturday.  Vedat bey,

with help from his older brother Mahsun Akkuş, then forced 

Sevgi hanım into his vehicle and sped off. 

Sevgi hanım's family learned of the abduction and called the

Gendarmerie, which determined that the Akkuş family had

changed vehicles at Çatalca and headed to Istanbul with Sevgi

hanım. 

In an operation conducted at Halkalı in Istanbul, Seda Akkuş

was arrested and jailed.  Next, the Gendarmerie tracked down

and apprehended Muhammet Ali Baki and Mahsun Akkuş,

who were both jailed. 

Subsequently, the Gendarmerie rescued Sevgi hanım and

nabbed Vedat bey, along with İsmail Akkuş, and brought 

them back to Çerkezköy, where they were jailed. 

"Bomb & Release": Denied Upgrade, She "Jokingly" Threatened to Bomb Plane, in Kayseri

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 March 2025)

            Gediz hanım's motto is "Upgrade or bust!"

Gediz Solgançok (39) complained about not getting an upgrade

on a Turkish Airlines Kayseri-Istanbul flight on 15 June 2023,

declaring "we'll bomb your plane!"  Her pronouncement 

understandably created panic among the other passengers (!).

Gediz hanım was tried and a 10 year sentence was requested

by the public prosecutor.  In the end, she received a 10-month

jail term that was deferred. 

The incident occurred at Kayseri Erkilet Airport in Kocasinan

district on 15 June 2023.  Passengers for the flight to Istanbul

were boarded at 0345 hours but one of them, Gediz hanım,

said to a flight attendant: "You didn't upgrade me! We'll bomb

your plane!"  

Hearing this, some of her fellow passengers feared that a 

terror incident was in the offing, with some of them wanting

to disembark.  The pilot informed the police, who took Gediz

hanım into custody.  The flight took off 54 minutes late.

Gediz hanım was released pending trial but the public prosecutor

asked for a sentence of from 5 to 10 years for "attempted 

highjacking"

At the first trial hearing, Gediz hanım "explained" that "I was

just joking!  I only said it to the flight attendant. We had a 

laugh and I took my seat.  But 15 minutes later, the police

took me into custody. If I'd known it was a crime to say such

a thing, I wouldn't have, of course. I apologized over and over."

Ultimately, Gediz hanım was sentenced to 10 months in jail

but the sentence was deferred thanks to her "good behavior"

during the course of her trial.  (!) 

"Fleece & Release": Elderly Professor Scammed by Fake "Secret Agents", in Çanakkale

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(T24 Internet Newspaper, 3 December 2024)

                      Police tracking of "MIT" fraudster.

The statement of ODTÜ (Middle East Technical University)

Professor Bekir Nihad Peynircioğlu (80), who lost 35 million 

TL (about $920,000) to fraudsters who told him they were 

"MIT" (Turkish National Intelligence Organization) agents, 

has come out in Çanakkale.  

Prof. Peynircioğlu related that "They recited Atatürk's "Address

to Youth" in unison and cried about it.  We were quite impressed

and believed them.  They said they were conducting an operation

so I shared all my bank account information and my "e-devlet"

(Turkey's national database) password with them.  When we

realized we'd been duped, we explained it all to my daughter,

who's a lawyer."

Prof. Peynircioğlu, the son of "ordinaryüs" (senior) Prof. A.

Hamdi Peynircioğlu, lives with his wife on Bozcaada island.

The suspects identified themselves to him as "MIT" agents

and bilked him out of 35 million TL.  In the resulting operation

ordered by the Çanakkale public prosecutor, 11 suspects  were

nabbed as they were trying to dupe another professor (!). 

                Police sketch of "fraud in process".

In his statement Prof. Pinarcioğlu said that: "They called my 

wife's phone at about 11 o'clock and said they were MIT 

agents.  When they called again I talked with them.  They 

sent us our ID pictures and account statements from mine

and my wife's bank accounts, asserting that  "FETÖ"

(Fethullah Gülen Terror Organization) was taking money

from them. We were convinced by their recitation of Atatürk's

"Address to Youth" and their assertion that we had a patriotic

duty to comply with their instructions."

"They wanted our 'e-devlet' passwords so we gave them up. 

They said their names were 'Zafer Aktaş', 'Selami Yıldız',

 'İlyas Kayış' and 'Atalar Yıldırım'.   Mostly, we spoke with

'Selami Yıldız'.  Based on his instructions, on 5 August 2024

we delivered $409,509; on 12 August 2024 $70,000, 250,000

Euros, 74,000 English Sterling; on 6 September 2024 $174,587

to a man wearing glasses in Güzelyalı, İntepe and, lastly, Ezine.

Police determined that the "MIT" fraudsters were from Akçakale

in Şanlıurfa province and identified them as Mahmut K., his

brothers Abdülkadir K. and Kasım K., Halil E., İbrahim Halil A.

and Mehmet Y.   After a months-long investigation, 11 suspects

were nabbed in simultaneous raids in Şanlıurfa, Ankara, Istanbul

and Diyarbakır.  The aforementioned suspects were jailed and

the others were released on judicial supervision. 

Bozcaada

"Beat & Release": Maniac Kills Neighbor for Leaving Shoes at Threshhold, in Bursa

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(T24 Internet Newspaper, 23 March 2025)

                                        Worth a life?

In  September 2023 in the Hasanbey neighborhood of Bursa's 

Mudanya district, Hasan Şahin warned his neighbor Mustafa

Çikin living in the opposite flat about shoes left in front of his

(Çikin's) door, deeming them unsightly.  An argument ensued

but other neighbors quelled it. 

Four days later, though, as Çikin was heading to his night 

shift job at a factory on his bicycle, Şahin hit the bike with

his car, toppling Çikin.  Şahin then got out of his car and

stabbed Çikin 15 times with a  "sustalı" (switchblade) knife.

Çikin died at a hospital and Şahin turned himself in to the

police (!). 

On the other hand...

Şahin "explained" what happened as follows: "The deceased

and I were neighbors in the same apartment building.  Since

there's no superintendent I took it upon myself to act as one

for the building.  We had argued a number of times about him

leaving shoes and other items outside his door.  He cursed me

and threw a punch but I did not file a police complaint.  On

the night of the incident I encountered him and he insulted

me again. I hit his bike with my car and when he cursed me

again I got out of my car with my knife. I don't remember

what happened after that." (!)

Speaking for her late husband, wife S.Ç countered in court:

"The suspect is lying. We recently moved into to our house.

A few days before the incident while I was in the kitchen

the doorbell rang and he and my husband argued about the

shoes left outside our door.  His son came and apologized to

us, saying 'my dad's an irritable person, just stay clear of him.'

The night of the incident my husband was going to work on

his bike and he hit him and stabbed him. Mustafa did not

deserve to die this way. I want the most severe punishment

for him."

The court sentenced Şahin to life in prison and added on 11

months  (!) for "carrying an unlicensed weapon" - the

switchblade knife. 

 

"Beat & Release": Ballet Student Attacked by Obsessed Deviant, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 March 2025)

                   Even the swings aren't safe anymore.

In Ankara, E.N.A. (19), a ballet student preparing for her tests 

at an arts conservatory, was swinging on a swing at a local 

park on 9 December when Y.E.Ç. (30), whom she had met

five months before, grabbed her neck, broke a few of her

teeth and head-butted her (!).

E.N.A.'s mother A.K. saw what was happening from her 

home's window and pursued Y.E.Ç., who threatened A.K. 

with a fruit knife.  Mother and daughter obtained a hospital

report about her bruises and filed a complaint with the 

Gendarmerie.  As the investigation continued, 3 months later

Y.E.Ç was forbidden from approaching E.N.A.

However, E.N.A. noticed that Y.E.Ç. was still following her

so she sought help on social media, relating that she felt 

trapped at home by his surveillance and unable to attend

classes.

As for Y.E.Ç., in his statement he "explained" that "when I

tried to chat with E.N.A.  and touched her ear she cursed me.

Her mother cursed at me, too!"  Nevertheless, Y.E.Ç. was

fitted with an electronic handcuff. 

Complexion problems are to blame, evidently.

"Fleece & Release": Fraudster Bilks Elderly Woman but Jeweler's Suspicions Jail Him, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 March 2025)

When the call came, had M.K. just said "I don't speak

Turkish." it could all have been avoided...

In Bursa's Nilüfer district on 13 March, Ali Uluğ (22), 

identifying himself as a policeman, called an elderly

woman named M.K. (75) and told her she had been caught up

in an investigation of the FETÖ (Fethullah Gülen Terror

Organization).  Consequently, she had to give all the money

and jewelry in her house to Uluğ for "safekeeping" while

the investigation continued.  

M.K. complied and delivered 104 gold pieces and foreign

currency to Uluğ at the address he specified on the phone. 

However (!), when Uluğ took the gold and the money to a 

jeweler to get cash, the jeweler became suspicious.  Police

arrived at the shop and took Uluğ into custody. 

Police then went to the neighborhood where M.K. had

surrendered the gold and money to Uluğ and obtained

camera images reflecting the exchange.  Uluğ, who 

confessed his guilt, told police where to find M.K.,

who was then reunited with her valuables.  It was only

then that M.K. realized she had been duped by Uluğ (!).

Uluğ also admitted to bilking another person in Kuşadası

out of 1 million TL (about $26,000).

"Beat & Release": Deviant "Kitchen Worker" Enters Girls' Dorm to Harass Them, in Istanbul

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 22 March 2025)

                   Dorm guards asleep at the switch!

In Istanbul's Avcılar district yesterday girls experienced high

anxiety in their dormitory because deviant M.K. (29), trying

to pass himself off as a dorm "kitchen worker", entered the

dorm and pestered the girls.

When the girls screamed in protest security guards nabbed

M.K, who has a police record of 21 crimes (!), and turned

him over to the police.

The upset girls wrote to the dorm administration: "While

security sleeps we're in danger!" and staged a protest in

front of their dormitory. 

M.K. brought a friend...