He Shoots Meatball Shop Partner and Heads for Next Victim: Mom

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 27 February 2019)


Coincidentally, Sadık Z. is known affectionately among
friends as "meatball".

The night before last, an argument erupted between Erhan Günay (41)
and Sadık Z. (43), partners who had opened a 'çiğ köfte' (dish made of
ground meat, pounded wheat and red pepper) restaurant in Şehzadeler
district of Manisa province just 10 days ago.  Sadık Z. fired his gun at
Günay, hitting him in the right temple, and fled.  Güney was taken to a
hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Subsequently, during a routine traffic stop on the Balıkesir-Izmir
highway, police and Gendarmerie teams boarded a bus to check
the IDs of passengers, one of whom was Sadık Z. (!).  Shouting
at the police that his was a "matter of honor", Sadık Z. fired a shot
into the floor of the bus.  He allowed the other 33 passengers to get
off the bus but took the driver and his assistant hostage.

Sadık Z. made the bus driver proceed along the road at gunpoint.
Police, though, set up a barricade at the Bigadiç turn-off and
succeeded in stopping the bus.  Sadık Z. would not surrender so
the police stormed the bus and subdued him, freeing the driver and
his assistant.

Researching the incident, police learned that Sadık Z. was en route
to Istanbul to kill his mother (!) over a family matter.  Sadık Z.
has a police record for 6 crimes, including premeditated, attempted
murder and  weapons possession.


Bus was en route from Izmir to Istanbul. Incident took place
near Bigadiç.