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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 December 2021)
Social media's young & restless.
Three teenagers in Ordu stole a car and drove all the way to Istanbul
without encountering any police checks. Their quest was to see
"Esencılıs" (Istanbul's 'Los Angeles'), otherwise known as Esenyurt
district.
A.T., S.Ö., and E.K., aged 12, 13 and 15, respectively, broke the glass
and entered the car dealership owned by Bekir Eren and Cem Uygun
on Atatürk Boulevard in Ordu's Altınordu district at about 4 in the
morning on 28 November. Finding the keys to the cars in a draw, the
teenagers took a brand new car for an 8-kilometer drive and brought it
back to the dealership. Taking another car, the three disappeared.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen
Esencılıs.
When the dealership owners arrived at work they called the police,
who recognized the culprits from security video because they all have
extensive police records (!), despite their young ages. Police went to
the youngsters' homes but their families had no idea where they were.
Police picked up the trail of the three via camera footage at a gas station
in Ordu, where they filled the tank, and at a breakfast café in Samsun.
Finally, the police license plate recognition system detected the car on
Thursday, 1 December in Istanbul - the teenagers had traversed about
1,000 kilometers and 10 provinces en route to the big city.
Ordu police arrived in Istanbul to assist their city colleagues and the
youngsters were finally apprehended on 3 December after spending
most of their time in 'Esencılıs' (Esenyurt) and brought back
to Ordu. They explained that "we see Esenyurt on social media all
the time so we wanted to see it for ourselves." Esenyurt's good and
bad sides are reflected in, especially, 'rap' videos and the neighborhood
has assumed the nickname 'Esencılıs', after America's Los Angeles.
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