Fake Judge Marries Prosecutor, Who Puts Her in Jail

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Haber7 website, 18 July 2021)

Rather than law, she got her degree in "hutzpah".

In Antalya, Zeliha Özdemir had an ID card made for herself in the name

of a judge with the same name.  She was so convincing in her new role

that Zeliha hanım was able to marry public prosecutor Alper Tunçer (!). 

However, when Tunçer asked the Hâkim Savcılar Kurulu (HSK) (Judges

and Prosecutors Council) why his wife's name was not on the list of 

appointments, the truth came out because the real Zeliha Özdermir had

married and changed her surname. 

The wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım, a graduate of a professional legal

high school, told her family and friends that he was studying at a 

university law school.  In 2017, while surfing the internet she noticed

that a judge with the same name as her had been assigned to a city by

HSK so she came up with a devilish plan - she had an HSK ID card

printed with the HSK number of the real Zeliha hanım and put her

own picture on it.  She then joined a sports club with her new identity

and even took advantage of an HSK discount for car insurance. 

The wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım went to the Antalya courthouse and

told her future husband and supposed legal colleagues that she was 

the Zeliha Özdemir who had been appointed to Çeşme and that she had

been temporarily assigned to Antalya as an HSK inspector.  Her child's

illness, though, had supposedly delayed her coming on duty.  

In any event, prosecutor Alper Tunçer was taken in by the wannabe-judge

Zeliha hanım and the couple married.  The real judge Zeliha hanım was

a Penal Court judge.  Wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım, who took the surname

Tunçer after marrying, was able to discuss legal matters with her husband 

and even advise him on some issues.  

On 5 April, while coming from the Antalya airport, Zeliha hanım could not

find her fake HSK ID card in her purse so she filed a notice with the 

airport police about her missing ID card.  An hour later, though, she 

remembered that the ID card was a fake so she withdrew the notice.  

Finally, having not started to work and, therefore, not getting a salary, 

her husband Tunçer queried HSK about the "mix-up", only to learn that

the real Zeliha Özdemir was now registered under her married name. 

So (!), Tunçer had his wife taken into custody in Antalya and on 16 July

she was arraigned and jailed.  Tunçer has filed for divorce.

  Lots of water handy for wiping away the egg on his face.