Gates-Bezos Billionaire Boys Club Birthday Party in Fethiye for "Seçkin" Only

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 October 2021) 

                         Only the "seçkin" can wave back.

Microsoft's Bill Gates and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, two of the world's five

richest people, have been separately touring around the Turkish Aegean

coast since the middle of the week in their superyachts - Gates in his 

"Lana" around Fethiye and Bezos in his "Flying Fox" around the Gulf

of Gökova.

The two billionaires came together for Gates's 28 October birthday party 

at Büyük Boncuklu Bay in Fethiye held a day early on Wednesday. Bezos

flew in on a helicopter for the party at a private beach, where 50 "seçkin"

(select, choice, distinguished, outstanding, superior!) individuals joined

in the festivities.  

Bezos arrived on Gates's 107-meter yacht via helicopter from Gökova,

after which the two went by high-speed boat to the private beach that 

had been closed off earlier for the birthday party.  Workers were barred

from using their telephones and strict security measures were implemented.

"Beat & Release": Never Accept a Taxi Ride from a 'Vulture'

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 29 October 2021)

                                   Birdbrain of prey.

In Kocaeli, Ali Akbaba (50, and whose surname means 'vulture') shot

and killed Seyhan Gözer (44) in a taxi because Seyhan hanım wanted to 

break up with him.  Akbaba delivered himself and Seyhan hanım's body

to the police station by means of the same taxi. 

Yesterday morning in Kocaeli's Gölcük district, Akbaba saw Seyhan 

hanım waiting for her morning ride to work and offered to take her in

a taxi.  Seyhan hanım accepted the offer but as the taxi ride ensued the

two argued and Seyhan hanım reiterated that she wanted to break up

with Akbaba.  When the taxi reached Seyhan hanım's workplace, 

Akbaba told the driver to keep on going.

           Queue at the taxi stand near Ali bey's house.

In the Saraylı neighborhood, Akbaba took out a gun and shot Seyhan

hanım in the head.  Taxi driver Süleyman Yılgın wanted to take the

injured woman to a hospital but Akbaba put the gun to his head and

said "If she dies, she dies.  Take us to the police station."  Once there,

Akbaba explained what had happened and turned himself into the

police.  Seyhan hanım's body, still in the taxi, was taken to the morgue.

Taxi driver Yılgın had this to say: "The woman would probably have

lived if we'd got her to a hospital.  He wanted to shoot her a second time

but his gun jammed.  He was probably going to kill himself, and me too."

TNT Coronavirus Edition: Who Was That Unmasked Man!

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(Sabah Newspaper, 27 October 2021)

COVID collateral damage click here for another recent

coronafiasco.

                                The Lone Deranger.

In Konya, the night before last at about 2230 hours, Adem Sarıtaş (38) 

boarded a bus on the Kültürpark-Kaşınhanı route without wearing an 

anti-COVID mask.  An argument with the bud driver and some 

passengers ensued and Sarıtaş was forced to get off the bus. 

However (!), Sarıtaş went home, picked up a gun, caught up with 

the bus by means of another vehicle and re-boarded.  Sarıtaş then 

pulled out his gun and fired twice at Recep Ceylan (25), with whom

he had earlier argued.  The rest of the passengers fled the bus in a 

panic and when police arrived Ceylan was taken to a hospital. He is

said to be in good condition 

In his statement to police, Sarıtaş explained that "when they forced

me off the bus he (Ceylan) manhandled me, that's why I shot him."

                       COVID collateral damage express.

TNT Road Rage Edition: "The Scream"...and the Bizarre Aftermath, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 October 2021)

              Drama queen's Oscar-caliber performance.

In Istanbul on 1 November 2018, Özlem Atan Tarlacı, an academician at

Haliç Univerisity, was stopped by police for chatting on her phone and 

not wearing her seatbelt while driving along the Golden Horn shore in 

the Balat neighborhood of Fatih district.  Police then noticed that Özlem 

hanım's car lacked an updated inspection sticker.

But when police wrote a ticket for these infractions, Özlem hanım had a 

screaming fit that lasted for some minutes (see video at "türkçe" above).

Policeman A.K. took a video of Özlem hanım's "performance".  She was

fined a total of 578 TL and her car was banned from the streets. 

                         The resemblance is uncanny.

About a month after the incident occurred, "The Scream" audio-video was

provided to the press and posted on social media.  This prompted Özlem

hanım to file a criminal complaint, alleging damage to her prestige.  The 

subsequent investigation resulted in charges being brought against 

policeman A.K., who took the video, policeman O.K., who shared it with 

a 52-member traffic police WhatsApp group, and M.G.H., who posted 

the video on Instagram, for "exposing video and audio related to one's

personal life."

Policemen A.K. and O.K. explained that their collar cameras weren't 

charged so they had to use their personal cellphones to take the video

for evidence purposes and shared it with the traffic police WhatsApp

group with this same evidentiary aim in mind.  They were both acquitted

by the court.

As for M.G.H., he claimed that he got the video from another website

but it was determined that the video had not been posted anywhere else

on the internet before M.G.H. posted it.  The court found him guilty of

"exposing video and audio related to one's personal life" and sentenced

him to 2 years and 1 month in jail. (!) 

 

Social Media Battleground Casualties Keep Mounting

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 October 2021)

                                  Smile now, sue later.

Dubbing artist and writer Oya Pervin Pelit requested jail time for actress

Elif Fatma Baysal (67), whom Pelit accused of violating a 2-month 

restraining order and of threatening and insulting her and her family.  The

court agreed and ordered that Baysal be jailed for three days. 

According to a protection suit filed in Istanbul Family Court, Baysal

posted threatening and insulting messages on her social media account

targeting Pelit, who claimed that as a result she and her family were in

danger from Baysal.  The court approved a 2-month restraining order 

against Baysal, who did not desist.

In one posting, Baysal said of Pelit: "what a dishonorable, styleless,

no-good person you are! Followers of my page are astonished that 

you are still out and about.  Bury your head in the sand and prove 

you're a human being. You are shameless, brazen-faced!  You are one

of society's black sheep.  I'm ashamed of the years I worked with you!"

 "You denied your debt, swallowed my hard-earned money.  When I

gave you the money I was an angel for you but afterwards...now I have

to tell people who you really are.  I'm after you! Like Azrail (angel of

death)."

Based on Pelit's legal complaint about this posting, the court ruled that

Baysal would spend three days in jail.  Objecting to this, Baysal, who

makes a living as an actress in 'dizi' (TV soap opera) programs, said

"despite giving some of my hard-earned money to the plaintiff as a 

loan, she has so far ignored my repayment requests.  The court has

deemed my postings as insults. If I have to go to jail then my 'dizi'

work will be negatively affected and cause me financial and spiritual

distress.  Additionally, in light of my lung cancer and hypertension

illnesses, I request that this jail sentence be voided."

Nevertheless, the court rejected Baysal's plea and ruled that the 3-day

jail term would be enforced. 

TNT Road Rage Edition: Tomato Paste Dump & Run, in Balıkesir

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 October 2021)

                                Make your own pizza.

A load of  tomato paste that fell off a TIR (tractor-trailer) at Yeniköy, the 

15-kilometer point along the Balıkesir-Bursa highway, caused an 18-car

chain-reaction accident that resulted in 1 dead and 10 people injured.

The TIR, bearing license plate 10 AGD 046, was driven by C.U. (55),

who fled the scene following the accident.  Soon after, C.U. was taken 

into custody by the Gendarmerie. 

 

One of the drivers victimized by the accident was Hayri Turoğlu. He told

reporters that "I was driving at about 65-70 kpm when a bunch of cars

crashed into each other. I stopped but another TIR hit me from behind.

My car "pert oldu" (suffered serious damage).  Anyway, I tried to help

the other drivers.  If the TIR driver that caused the accident hadn't fled,

he could have stopped traffic and this tragedy would have been avoided.

I hear that he's been taken into custody by the security forces."

 

            Tomato paste reading was way over the limit.

Wedding Photo Shoot a Smashing Distress, in Adana

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 October 2021)

One picture, bottom left, that may not make it into the

album. 

Yesterday in Sarıçam district of Adana, newlyweds Fatma (36) and 

Erhan (37) Menekşe met with a photographer for outside wedding 

photos.  Leaving their car by the side of the road, the couple and the

photographer went to a wooded area to take pictures.

Meanwhile (!), the bags, wallets and telephones left in the car were

stolen.  Returning from the photo shoot, the crestfallen newlyweds

saw that the left rear window of their car had been smashed.

Fortunately, a police review of security camera footage led to the 

arrest of Erdem E. at his home, where the Menekşe couple's 

4 pairs of gold earrings, a gold bracelet and 100 TL (about $10)

were recovered and returned to them. 

             Press modesty censors got a bit carried away.

"Beat & Release": The Shadow Knows...Who Ankara Killers Are

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 October 2021)

                          Shadowboxing gets too real.

On 16 October, police in Ankara got word of a person injured in a

beating on Gökalp Avenue in Çankaya district.  Arriving at the scene,

police found no one.  Meanwhile, Özlem Gürgen, having heard no 

word from her older brother Uğur Güzel (33) for two days, went to 

his home on 18 October and had a locksmith open the door. 

Özlem hanım found her brother passed out on the floor.  He was taken

to a hospital but could not be saved.  The initial medical examination 

revealed that Güzel's nose had been broken by a heavy blow and the

bleeding in his brain caused his death. 

Thinking that the report they received two days earlier about a 

beating might be related to Güzel's death, police began to investigate.

Reviewing security camera footage, police saw the shadows of a group

of people beating an individual on the ground.  Other video showed four 

individuals getting into a taxi nearby and police were able to determine 

their identities by means of a facial recognition system. 

Ankara policeman Ahmet Gölgeoğlu cracked his namesake

case.

Yunus Emre Sözcü (27) and Ersin Demir (29) were taken into custody, 

along with their girlfriends E.K. (29) and N.K. (19).  In her statement to

police, E.K. explained that when she asked Güzel where the bus stops 

were located, he cursed at her.  This prompted Demir to say to Güzel 

"watch your language!" and he head-butted Güzel.  Then Sözcü kicked

Güzel lying on the ground.  

Sözcü and Demir asserted to police that they beat Güzel because he 

cursed at their girlfriends and admitted their guilt.  They were both 

jailed, while E.K. and N.K. were released after giving their statements

to police. 

"Accidental Hunters", In More Ways Than One

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 October 2021) 

                      Roadkill? Accidents happen, they say.

Last Saturday at the Sevindikli location on the North Marmara highway

in Kocaeli, a small truck driven by İ.Ç. crashed into the back of a TIR 

(tractor trailer) cab, without a trailer, driven by Nihat Öz.  Both İ.Ç. and

his passenger Ö.T. were hospitalized with their injuries. 

Gendarmerie troops arriving at the scene noticed dead red deer in the 

trunk of the small truck and alerted the Nature Defense and Parks 

Regional Directorate, whose officials arrived and found a large number

of bullets that they assumed had been used in hunting the deer.

However (!), in their statements to the Gendarmerie İ.Ç. and Ö.T. 

declared that they had not shot the deer, having "coincidentally" found 

them by the side of the road, already dead. (!)  Nevertheless, the 

"accidental hunters" both had hunting licenses but not permission to hunt 

the deer.  İ.Ç. and Ö.T. were each given sanction fines of between 1,730 

TL and 8,692 TL and administrative damages fines of 35,000 TL.

 

                   They're an accident waiting to happen. 

Veterinarian Blackmail'ed by a Wicked "Fairy"

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 October 2021) 

             Bewitching, but may have dental problems.

According to an investigation being handled by the Izmir public 

prosecutor, a blackmail incident occurred at a hotel in Pendik,

Istanbul, in August of this year.  The story began last March when 

veterinarian E.S. received a call from "Peri" (fairy), a.k.a. Nurper E., 

who said she was seeking aid for handicapped children on behalf of 

the Bilinpa Danışmanlık company and asked E.S. if he would like to 

buy theater tickets to support the cause. 

E.S. then sent 300 TL (about $30) to the company's bank account

but he received a call from another woman a few days later who

claimed to be from the same company.  In all, E.S. ended up sending

5,000 TL to the account.   Next, after the Izmir earthquake, Nurper 

hanım called E.S. again, asking for an aid contribution.  

After they chatted, E.S. noticed that Nurper hanım had changed her 

profile photo on WhatsApp.  E.S. sent a message to  Nurper hanım, 

writing  "your profile picture is nice.  If I was younger I'd like to take 

a chance with you."  In response, Nurper hanım wrote "what's stopping 

you?"  E.S. explained that he is married and 25 years older than Nurper

hanım, who said in reply that the age difference was no obstacle. (!) 

As events proceeded, Nurper hanım kept asking E.S. for more money

for various reasons: to start a business, buy a car, get a filing in her 

tooth (!).  Each time E.S. responded by sending her money.  Then,

Nurper hanım asked E.S. for money for a new cellphone, telling E.S.

"let's buy it with your credit card and I'll pay the monthly payments."

So, she bought two new cellphones for herself, each one costing 

16,300 TL, and some jewelry, promising E.S. that she would repay him.

In making the accusation of blackmail, E.S. submitted records showing 

that he sent 170,000 TL to Nurper hanım's bank account.  The basis of

the blackmail, though, involved E.S. and Nurper hanım meeting in a 

hotel room in Pendik, Istanbul, in August, when Nurper hanım secretly 

recorded their tryst.  At 3 o'clock in the morning, Nurper hanım was 

called by "her aunt" so she went to the hotel lobby and subsequently 

sent E.S. a message, which included the video she took of their tryst. (!)

In her message to E.S., Nurper hanım wrote that "I'm going to buy an

electric car for my sibling. Send me your credit card information."  

E.S. demurred but Nurper hanım doubled down, telling him that she

would put the damning video on the internet.  E.S. declared that "this

is blackmail!" but Nurper hanım was unmoved, telling E.S. "send me

100,000 TL and I'll erase the video. Otherwise, your children will be

watching you on YouTube."  E.S. again refused, so minutes later Nurper

hanım posted the video and E.S.'s telephone number on an Instagram 

account she opened.

               Handicapped Kids' fairy godfather Canbay.

As the consequence of all this, E.S. filed a criminal complaint against

Nurper hanım with the Izmir public prosecutor.  Hürriyet called Nurper

hanım for a comment but she declined to make one.  Hürriyet also 

contacted Murat Canbay, who owns the Bilinpa Danışmanlık company. 

Canbay said that he owns a call center that organizes theater plays on 

behalf  of handicapped children but he refused to confirm whether or not 

the company has permission to collect contributions.  Neither would

Canbay explain what the money that people like E.S. send is used for,

saying only that "we're organizing aid with a theater company."  But

there is no such theater company active. (!)

"Steal & Release": Taxi Given or Stolen? Alternate Realities Compete, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 October 2021)

                                                 "What?"

According to taxi driver Murat Atabey, last Tuesday at 5 o'clock in the

morning he picked up a passenger in his taxi, bearing license plate 

34 THA 05, in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul.  The passenger said he wanted to

go to a TIR (tractor-trailer) garage in Çatalca to see his father.  As the

taxi approached the TIR garage, Atabey stopped for a bathroom break

but when he came back the passenger had taken his taxi. (!) 

Atabey informed the police and also a WhatsApp group of his fellow

taxi drivers.  The day before yesterday, another taxi driver noticed 

Atabey's stolen taxi in Ambarlı in Avcılar district.  Police arrived but

the driver of the taxi tried to flee so the police fired at the vehicle's tires

to make it stop.   

The driver of the stolen taxi turned out to be Abdülsamet Karata, who

has a record of 46 crimes and is being sought on narcotics charges.  

Atabey had this to say: "I picked him up as a passenger in Beykikdüzü.

He stole my taxi and picked up passengers, while also selling drugs.

He swindled those he picked up. He had a record of more than 40 crimes.

He put a "shoot me" sticker on my taxi and the police shot at that. 

I wish they had shot him and we'd all be rid of him."

Karata was released by police and is free until his trial. (!)  He had this

to say about the incident: "I know Murat Atabey from before.  On that

day my wife and I went to see him at his house in the Gazi neighborhood.

At his house, he told me he was looking for a driver and asked me if I 

would be interested.  I agreed and at 11 o'clock that night my wife and I

left his house.  He gave us a lift home but on the way someone called him

and Murat said to him 'where are you? Come here and let's hang around

together.'"

"At that point, Murat gave me the taxi, saying 'since you're going to 

drive it for me anyway, I'll leave it with you.'  I took the wheel and let

him off on Menekşe street in Büyükçekmece.  I don't know what he

did after that. The first day I drove the taxi Murat didn't call me at all.

The next evening he called and said 'you stole my taxi!'  In response,

I said 'I didn't steal it, you gave it to me!'  Then he said 'bring the car to

me and we'll have soup together.'  As I was about to bring the car to him

the police caught me.  I'd had a few drinks so I got scared and fled."

  

"Beat & Release": Iranian Kidnapper Makes Rookie Mistake, in Denizli

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 16 October 2021)

Violated kidnapping rule number one: To avoid police attention, 

don't cover your license plate. 

In Denizli, Iranian Ramin Fotovat (40) shot pepper spray in the face of 

his ex-wife S.F. (38), beat her and kidnapped their 8-year-old daughter 

A.F.  Fotovat had come to Turkey from Iran with friends Yasin Saeb and 

Seyetmojtava Moosavi.  The three Iranians followed S.F. and A.F. for 

10 days in Denizli before attacking S.F. and forcing A.F. into a car with

its license plate covered (!). 

However, after the kidnapping, police went into action and nabbed 

the three Iranians at Istanbul Airport, returning A.F. safely back to her

mother in Denizli. 

Elderly Phone Fraud Victims Need to Get "I Don't Speak Turkish!" Training

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 15 October 2021)

dissuasive discourse click here for other examples

where one English phrase could have saved the day.

Next time they call just say the four magic words that will make 

them go away.

In Kütahya, last June someone called Fatma Dobur (67) claiming to be a

policeman and swindled her out of 800,000 TL (about $90,000) worth of

gold.  But in raids conducted by police in three provinces, eight suspects,

one of them a lawyer, have been taken into custody.  Seized in the raids 

were six bracelets, gold coins of various sizes, notes exchanged between

the gang members about buying and selling gold and cash, and an 

unlicensed revolver and rifle.

The gold hoodwinked from Fatma hanım and other victims was taken

by car from Kütahya by a courier to Denizli, from where it was transported

to Şanlıurfa, the gang leaders' headquarters. 

Fatma hanım was very pleased to hear of the suspects' capture, saying 

"the things they stole from me were the result of 52 years of hard work.

I went without food and drink, gathered wood from the garbage.  But they

deprived me of my sustenance.  Now the thieves who stole from me have

been caught.  Bring back my gold.  That's all I want."

"Beat & Release": Devilish Facebook Ruse Scalps Barber in Kadıköy

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 October 2021)

               Facebook friends can turn out to be foes.

Barber Kamuran Tün (42), who had an affair with a married woman in 

Silopi district of Şırnak province twenty years ago, fled out of fear to 

Istanbul and became a barber with his own shop in Kadıköy.  Meanwhile,

back in Şırnak, Murat Tumuçin (21) learned from his father Hacı Tumuçin

that Tün was the reason that his parents' marriage broke up. 

So Murat Tumuçin set out to find and kill Tün, coming with his father to 

Istanbul for that purpose.  However, Tün's Istanbul address was hard to 

find so the Tumuçins came up with a devilish plan.  Murat "friended"

Tün on Facebook under the guise of being a woman named "Züleyha",

who told Tün that "she" wanted to become a hairdresser.  

Tün got interested and gave "Züleyha" his phone number.  But Murat

needed to find a real woman to call Tün so he got in touch with a friend

of a relative in Tekirdağ named Duygu Asker Hilal, telling Duygu hanım

that "Kamuran Tün owes me money.  If you find where he is I'll give you

some of the money."  

Sloppy killers from Silopi, with Tekirdağ's Duygu hanım,

trailing. 

Duygu hanım then called Tün, telling him she wanted to come and see him.

So Tün gave her his address (!) and on 12 October Hacı Tumuçin and 

Selçuk Başboğa went to Tekirdağ, picked up Duygu hanım and brought

her to Kadıköy to meet with Tün.  After coffee at a restaurant, when Tün

came out onto the street he was stabbed and killed by Murat Tumuçin and 

his relatives.     

The attackers fled but were rounded up by police.  Murat and Hacı Tumuçin

were jailed and Selçuk Başboğa and Duygu hanım were released on 

judicial supervision. 

"World Brotherhood", with Out-of-this-World Ties, Sparks Divorce Case in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 October 2021)

UFO Ahmet  click here for a report on a possible

WBUMYF member gone to the dark side.

WBUMYF click here to learn more and avoid  

troublesome operations.

                 Note: NOT (!) affiliated with the Oscars.

According to a file in Istanbul's family court, Bağdat Polat and Metin 

Polat married in 2003 and had two children.  But Bağdat hanım claims

that their lives changed completely five years ago when Metin bey

joined the "World Brotherhood Union Mevlana Yüce Foundation" 

(WBUMYF) and devoted all his time and attention to it, at the expense 

of his family. 

Bağdat hanım said that her husband told her that he holds the "Knowledge 

Book" of the foundation to be more sacred than the Koran and that it

relates to "out-of-this-world cosmic energies".  When Bağdat hanım asked

Metin bey to leave the association, he said to her "even if I die, I won't 

leave it!"

Bağdat hanım said that her husband tried to convince her of "baseless,

ridiculous things" and that when she rejected them he choked her in front

of their children.  She added that he goes to meetings three times a week

for more than 5 hours each time.  Consequently, Bağdat hanım wants a

divorce, with two million TL in compensation for spousal neglect and

psychological stress, along with 5,000 TL per month for herself and 8,000

TL per month for the children, as alimony. 

In response, Metin bey rejected Bağdat hanım's claims about him, noting

that the WBUMYF is legal, adding that "my wife took seriously some 

things that I said jokingly. I used to make a lot of money in business but

now I make very little, so I reject her compensation and alimony demands."  

                            Her motto is "Shaikh 'Em Up!"

As for the WBUMYF, it was founded by Bülent Çorak, now 98-years-old,

in 1966.  Known as "the woman shaikh", Bülent hanım claims that the

Mevlana came back to the world in her body and that she is reincarnated

all the time and will never die.  

Medical operations for WBUMYF members are forbidden, since the 

anesthesia will "disperse their energies" and "another spirit might enter

their bodies during the operation".  Bülent hanım claims that when she

needed an operation, three beings in diving suits came from outer space 

to cure her. (!)

   WBUMYF's candidate for the Alien Oscars

(with which it IS affiliated). 

Fake Doctor's "Beauty Factory" Mishap Rectified 9 Years Later, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 October 2021)

      Factory-recall hindered by 9-year lack of spare parts.

Banu Mülhim prepared a fake diploma from Istanbul's Cerrahpaşa 

Medical School for herself and in 2013 she opened a beauty center in

Bakırköy under the name "Beauty Factory"(!).  Patient Kıymet Kaya,

thinking Mülhim was a real doctor, went to the "Factory" and wanted

to have fat removed from her midsection.  After administering general 

anesthesia, Mülhim then injected the fat removed from Kaya's stomach

into her patient's face. (!) 

Kaya awoke in great pain and didn't even recognize herself when she

looked in the mirror.  Her face was puffed up and black and blue all

over.  The following day, pus began to flow from her facial wounds.

Learning that her face could not be repaired (by the "Factory"!), Kaya

filed a criminal complaint against Mülhim.  This led to Mülhim being

exposed as a fake doctor and the public prosecutor opened a case 

against her for fraud and neglectful harming, demanding a one-year 

jail sentence. 

               Factory warranty (with a big loophole).

In court in Bakırköy, Mülhim claimed that she had been slandered and

when the court found the evidence against her to be insufficient, Mülhim

was acquitted.  Kaya then filed an objection.  Another court in Bakırköy

re-tried the case and, upon the instructions of a court in Tekirdağ, Mülhim

gave a statement asserting that the damage to Kaya's face was certainly

not the result of her procedures.  

For her part, Kaya declared that "I'm still getting treatment for the things 

the suspect did to my face 9 years ago.  I want her punished."  The court

decided that Mülhim was guilty of fraud, slapping her with a 2.5-year

jail sentence and a 3,340 TL (about $400) fine.  In addition, the court

found Mülhim guilty of the charge of neglectful harming and added on 

a 10-month jail sentence for that crime. 

 

 Court ordered Mülhim to issue this notice (better

late than never!)

TNT Ancient History Archives: Rome's Gladiators Played Their Away Games in Nazilli

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 October 2021)

One of the latest additions to historic tourism in Turkey is the coliseum

discovered at Mastaura Antique City in Aydın's Nazilli district.  Experts

say that this coliseum is an architectural twin of the Coliseum in Rome -

100-meter diameter and 30-meters high, atop 32 vaults.  

By next Spring, all of the lines of the structure will be exposed.  The 

Nazilli municipality, the provincial tourism directorate, and Adnan 

Menderes University have begun efforts to make this discovery available

to the public.  The experts noted that this coliseum is unique not only in

the region, but in the rest of Anatolia and Greece, as well.  

The coliseum was the scene of gladiator games during the time of the

East Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, and gladiators came from all parts

of the empire to compete here.  While the Coliseum in Rome had a 

capacity of 50,000 spectators, the one at Mastaura's capacity has been

estimated to have been able to hold 20,000 people.

Nazilli Mayor Kürşat Engin Özcan stated that "the one remaining arena

left standing in the world is here.  When we offer it for tourism we will

be adding yet another of our area's cultural richness to the world."

Archeologists say that since this coliseum has been covered completely

by soil it has remained intact.