"Beat & Release": One List You Don't Want to be On - "Sarı Memet"'s, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 February 2023)

"Sarı (Santa) Memet" - he's makin' a list and checkin' it twice. 

Mehmet B. (37), who lives in Istanbul, went to prison for involvement in

a crime.  He was released at the beginning of last month during his trial.

After his release, the sound of gunfire began to increase in the Kulaksız

area of Beyoğlu.  Mehmet B., whose nickname is "Sarı Memet", had 

made a list of his friends and acquaintances who ignored him while he

was in prison.  (!)

On 17 January, "Sarı Memet" met with two people on his list, Ertan K.

and Mehmet E., on a pretext and proceeded to shoot them both in their

legs.  In subsequent days he did the same thing to five others on his list,

shooting them all in their legs.  "Sarı Memet" has been able to elude 

police since then but he emerged the day before yesterday in Kasımpaşa,

where he shot Erdinç G. (61) in his legs as revenge for ignoring him 

while in prison. "Sarı Memet", who has a police record of 10 crimes,

is still on the lam.