"Beat & Release": Failure to Yield Leads to 'Friendly-Fire' Casualties in Beyoğlu Road Rage Incident

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 9 November 2022)

     "Whaddya mean 'one way'?!  I'm only going one way!"

Two groups in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, got into a dispute over a "yield-right-

of-way" traffic incident so Veysel E. challenged the opposite group to

come to a park to settle matters.  However (!), at the park Veysel E. 

mistakenly shot his own friends, killing Fatih Sarıtaş and seriously 

wounding Enes D. 

On 25 October at about 5 o'clock in the evening Cenk Y. and Zafer Ö

were driving in their car (plate nr. 34 GZ 8828) when they encountered

Veysel E., who goes by the nickname "Arap Veysi" (!), driving his car

and a "yield-right-of-way" dispute erupted.  Two people on the side of

the street joined against Veysel E. in the argument so Veysel E. declared

"Wait for us at the park!"  Subsequently, Veysel E. arrived at the park 

along with friends Fatih Sarıtaş, Enes D., Hasan Basri A., Emir Doğancan

G. and Mehmet A. 

At the park Veysel E. said to the opposite group "how could you not know

who I am??!! Now you'll find out who I am!!"  A fight between the two

groups ensued and Veysel E. started firing a gun but he hit his friends

Sarıtaş and Enes D. by mistake (!).  Amid the mayhem, both groups broke

up and the police arrived to take Sarıtaş and Enes D. to the hospital, where

Sarıtaş succumbed to his wounds and Enes D. was put into intensive care. 

Police nabbed  Emir Doğancan G. and Hasan Basri A. in the garden of the

Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital, whereas Cenk Y. and Zafer Ö. 

were taken into custody in Hasköy Park.  Mehmet A. was apprehended 

with the gun used in the incident.  All five were released under judicial

supervision (!).  Police are currently in pursuit of Veysel E./"Arap Veysi".