"Beat & Release": Turkmen Caretaker Terror, Again, Caught on Camera, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article 

(HaberTürk website, 23 March 2022)

another Turkmen caretaker click here for another 

similar and recent episode in Istanbul. 

ouch! click here for the unpleasant video. 

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In Kadıköy, Istanbul, a caretaker from Turkmenistan inflicted violence

on an 80-year-old woman Alzheimer patient she was "caring for".  

Thanks to secreted cameras that the woman's family put in, the 

beatings came to light. 

The incident occurred in Kadıköy's Suadiye neighborhood.  In 2018,

H.Ö.U. hired Turkmen caretaker Merjen Allakulyyeva to look after 

her mother Müzeyyen D., who suffers from Alzheimers. Last year, the 

family noticed black and blue marks and swelling on Müzeyyen hanım 

so they brought her to a hospital, where it was determined that 

Müzeyyen hanım had been beaten like a boxer beats an opponent.  

H.Ö.U. suspected the Turkmen caretaker and put secret cameras in

Müzeyyen hanım's house.  Sure enough, the video reflected Müzeyyen

hanım being subjected to punches and torture by the Turkmen caretaker,

who at one point noticed one of the cameras.   

Shocked by what she saw, H.Ö.U. filed a police complaint and Merjen 

Allakulyyeva was taken into custody.  Subsequently, a court sentenced 

her to 4 years and 2 months in jail, but instead she was taken from the 

Bakıköy Women's Prison to the Istanbul Immigration Administration 

Directorate (İl Göç) for expulsion from Turkey. 

However (!), H.Ö.U.'s lawyer Celal Ülgen claimed that Allakulyyeva's

sister, who has a Turkish residency and work permit, was somehow,

but illegally, able to free her from İl Göç, and that Merjan Allakuyyeva

has been spotted in various parts of Istanbul.  As a result, Ülgen has 

filed a complaint against İl Göç in this regard, and had this to say about

the matter: 

"Black and blue marks were noticed on the neck of my client's mother

and a doctor determined that these marks were the result of punches. 

My client had cameras installed in her mother's home and was shocked

by what she saw, including her mother's head being smacked against a

wall, a blanket stuffed in her mouth and being subjected to curses. The

suspect was jailed for about a month but then released for expulsion 

from the country.   However, we have learned that the suspect is still

in Turkey, having somehow been freed from İl Göç."

"This is not something a normal person would do. We want her deported

so this doesn't happen to someone else. This caretaker worked for my

client to watch over her mother for 4 years but the bruises were only

noticed lately.  Now they think this may have happened before without 

their knowledge.  Alzheimer patients cannot explain their needs.  We 

think that even though her sentence was issued in Turkey, the suspect 

could be tried in Turkmenistan and jailed there so that's probably why 

she is still in Turkey.  But if she doesn't get jail time here she should 

serve it in Turkmenistan.