20 Haziran 2022 Pazartesi

"Beat & Release": 'Femme Fatale' and 'Enforcer' Snared Duped 'Johns' in Istanbul 'Honey Trap'

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 June 2022)














                       Just an ordinary working couple.

Ş.K. (29), who lives in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, called the police on 23 March
to file a complaint about a woman and a man who entrapped him in a
"VIP Friendship" ploy and stole his cellphone at knifepoint.  According
to Ş.K., he met with the woman, Özlem Çalık, at his home based on an
advertisement Çalık had posted on social media. Soon afterwards, Recep
Kıraç (30) arrived to exclaim "what are you doing with my girlfriend!"
Ş.K. told police that Kıraç wounded him with the knife and stole his
cellphone. 

On 8 May, D.K. (31), who lives in the Sarıyer district of the city, called
police to say that he had fallen into a similar trap and was threatened 
with a knife, beaten and robbed of 3,500 TL, his wristwatch and his
cellphone.  Ten days later, M.D. (51), who lives in Güngören,  reported
to police that he had met with a woman who had put a "friendship" 
advertisement on social media.  A man then entered with a knife, beat
M.D. and had him transfer 8,000 TL via a bank money order, as well
as taking M.D.'s cellphone and 3,000 TL in cash. 

Police reviewed street security camera footage from the neighborhoods
where the incidents took place and determined that the 'femme fatale' 
was Çalık and her enforcer Kıraç.  As police continued their 
investigation, they learned that Çalık was meeting with one M.V. (56)
at a hotel in Esenyurt on 16 June.  

When police arrived at the hotel at 0230 hours, a fight was in process
in the lobby between Çalık and M.V., from whom Çalık had taken 
2,350 TL, and Kıraç was attacking M.V. with a knife.  Police took 
Çalık and Kıraç into custody and found M.V.'s money on Çalık's 
person.  The suspects were processed at the police station and it 
turned out that Çalık has a police record of 16 crimes and Kıraç 
has one for four crimes.  They were both jailed. 















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