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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."
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