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(Milliyet Newspaper, 11 November 2021)
Hopefully, the very last Samurai.
Başak Cengiz (28) worked as an architect for an Ankara construction firm
and came to Istanbul's Ataşehir district for a two-month project. The
evening before last, as Başak hanım was heading back to her hotel at
about 7 o'clock she was attacked on Karanfil Street in the Barbaros
neighborhood by Can Göktuğ Boz (27), wielding a 75-centimeter (30
inches) 'Samurai' sword that Boz plunged into Başak hanım's midsection
15 times. (!)
Police quickly tracked down Boz at his house, where he met police
with a Samurai sword in his hands, threatening to kill them, too. But
police overpowered Boz and took him into custody. They found 16
swords and knives in Boz's home.
In his statement to police, Boz explained that "I was influenced by the
Samurai films I've seen on TV so I wanted to try it out myself. I
started using drugs when I was 18 and five years ago I was treated at
a hospital on the European side of Istanbul for 17 days for drug
addiction and memory loss. On the day of the incident, I was agitated
and depressed. I did it on impulse. I thought that it would be easier
to kill a woman because a man would resist. I didn't know the victim.
When I saw her I followed her and took the sword I'd bought over the
internet out of my bag, sticking her four times. Then I went home and
felt sorrow and depression. I regret what I did."
Boz's mother Ayşe Nejla Yomraloğlu, a lawyer, stated that "He's had
psychological problems since he was 14. I've observed myself that
he has mental problems so I'm asking that he receive treatment while
in custody."
As for Başak hanım, she was due to finish her temporary assignment
in Ataşehir and return to Ankara on Saturday. Her father Avnş Cengiz
said that "My daughter left work a bit late and missed the bus to the
hotel so she walked. She was eating the roasted chickpeas she'd bought
as she was walking. They say the killer is insane. I just hope he gets
what he deserves and doesn't get away with it."
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