Identical Twin Cars, Side by Side: Whoops!

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(Vatan Newspaper, 16 October 2018)


There's one too many of these. And don't leave your
keys in the ignition!

In Adana, a driver who went to a market to shop got into
someone else's car of the same color, make and model
when he came out of the store and drove away.

Ferdan Öztürk went to the market in Yüreğir district and
left his keys in the ignition of his car, plate number 01 NE
054, when he went in to shop.  A bit later, Gültekin
Kapukaya  arrived at the market in a car, plate number
01 RS 643, which looked exactly like Öztürk's, parked
next to Öztürk's car and went in to shop.

Kapukaya came out of the market, got into Öztürk's car
and drove away.  When Öztürk came out of the store he
called the police, thinking that his car had been stolen.
Police looked at security footage and noticed that the 2
identical cars had parked next to one another.  Police
contacted another store customer, based on the car's
plate number, who knew Kapukaya because he had
left the car with Kapukaya, who does car bodywork,
for repairs. This other store customer was able to give
police Kapukaya's cellphone number.

After be called by the police, Kapukaya returned to the
store right away and explained that "I went into the
market, got some glue and came right out.  I got a
phone call so I wasn't concentrating on which car I
got into."  In the end, Öztürk left in his own car and
Kapukaya drove away in the car he is repairing for
his customer.