"Beat & Release": Narc Cop Driving a Maserati, Cripples Lawyer Who Passed Him on Highway

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 June 2023)

Matching the drug barons' lifestyle - for cover purposes, of course.

Policeman Hüseyin Tayfun Üçgül, driving a Maserati automobile 

registered in his wife's name, broke the leg of lawyer Fatih Uzun

because Uzun passed him on the highway.  Üçgül is assigned to the

narcotics team (!) in Dalaman district of Muğla province. 

According to an indictment prepared by the Manisa public prosecutor,

Istanbul lawyer Fatih Uzun was driving with his wife and two children

from Izmir to Istanbul on 22 April.  Around Soma, he saw two drivers 

arguing with each other in front of him.  Uzun wanted to avoid this

confrontation and passed Üçgül's Maserati.  Enraged, Üçgül pursued

Uzun and cut him off, forcing him to stop on the shoulder of the 

highway.  Then, Üçgül beat up Uzun, breaking his leg in two places. (!)

A sentence of 6 years 10 months has been requested by the prosecutor

for Üçgül and the first hearing will be held on 3 July.  

Uzun explained to Hürriyet that "It was the Ramazan holiday and we

were returning to Istanbul as a family with my wife and our two small

children.  Because I wanted to avoid the arguing drivers I passed the

Maserati, whose driver was incensed by this, caught up to me and 

forced me to the side of the road. Then he beat me up, breaking my

leg in two places below my knee using an attack technique. My kids

were screaming as he terrorized us."

"I wanted a blood sample taken from him and the camera images from

his car seized but the prosecutor wouldn't do either of these.  Üçgül 

even had a gun in his waistband and his wife and three children were

with him.  He intentionally crippled me - now I have to use a cane to

walk.  Lots of information about him is pouring in now.  He seems to

be quite a bad fellow.  The Maserati, worth 30 million TL (over $1

million), is registered in his wife's name and they live in a villa and

stay in luxury hotels.  Yet, he's supposed to be just a regular policeman.

There needs to be an investigation about him.   An administrative

inquiry is underway."  

Üçgül has worked in police narcotics and smuggling offices since

2017 and now has a very luxurious lifestyle.  He has been involved

in many judicial incidents and, as a result, he is under investigation

as a suspect. Uzun has requested that MASAK (Turkish Treasury 

Dept.'s financial crimes unit) look into Üçgül's finances and that he

be fired from the police force. 

"Beat & Release": He Confessed to Shooting Them, They Claimed it Wasn't Him, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 June 2023)

Left & right: toilet-training failures; center: chivalrous confessor.

In Bursa's Yıldırım district, Ayberk Demirok confessed to shooting Fuat

Gürbüz and Cihangir Muratoğlu but the victims asserted that someone

other than Demirok shot them so they did not file police complaints 

against Demirok. (!)

The incident took place in a wooded area of Yıldırım on 18 February, 

when Muratoğlu (40) and  Gürbüz (35) were relieving themselves (sans

toilet facilities) while drinking together and Demirok (23) was strolling 

nearby with his girlfriend M.K..  Demirok scolded the two, who then laughed

and made fun of Demirok for his excessive propriety.  Enraged, Demirok

fired his unlicensed revolver at the two, wounding them.  

While Muratoğlu and Gürbüz were being taken to a hospital, Demirok

turned himself in to the police.  Demirok was jailed and at his first court

hearing he stated that "they were coming after me so I shot my unlicensed

gun, which I'd bought for 4,000 TL, at their feet.  I didn't know them before

and there was no enmity between us.  I request release from jail."  

In response to a question at the hearing by the judge, Demirok said that he

shot his gun with his right hand.  However (!), Gürbüz asserted that it 

wasn't Demirok who shot him.  Explaining further, Gürbüz stated that 

"the shooter was taller and bigger than him, in fact much taller.  The

shooter stood behind his girlfriend as he shot at me and he was lefthanded.

I have no complaint against the suspect at this hearing."

Muratoğlu concurred with Gürbüz's statement, insisting that the person 

who shot them was not Demirok.  Consequently, the court released 

Demirok, on the condition that he not leave the country.  The astonished

judge noted that "In my 20 years as a judge this is the first time I've 

released someone who'd said 'I'm guilty'".  Witness M.K. will be required

to appear at the next hearing to give her testimony. 

"Beat & Release": Sans Helmet, Motorcyclist Dies Minutes After Police Warning, in Ordu

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 June 2023)

                                       Born to be wild.

In Ordu's Altınordu district, at about 8 o'clock yesterday morning on 

Atatürk Boulevard, Eda Toru (20) lost control of her motorcycle while

heading in the direction of Samsun.  Eda hanım had taken off her 

helmet so when she was thrown from her motorcycle and her head hit

the posts of an advertisement panel she died from the blow.

Minutes earlier, just 3 kilometers from the scene of the crash, traffic

police had warned Eda hanım about her reckless driving when she was

stopped at a red light.  Despite this warning, 3 minutes later the young

woman lost her life.

"Beat & Release": Crow Drops Two Toes at a Gas Station, in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 June 2023)

     This eyewitness has refused to cooperate with the police.

Last Sunday in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, a gas station attendant saw a 

crow drop two cut-off toes to the ground (!).  The toes were brought to

the police forensic lab for prints and DNA analysis.  A murder 

investigation was started on the likelihood that the toes belonged to a

murder victim.  

The preliminary autopsy performed at the forensic lab determined 

that the toes were very probably from the same foot and had been

cut with a sharp instrument, very likely a surgical lancet.  The toes

may have been cut off by a surgeon at a hospital.  (stay tuned!)

 

"Beat & Release": Dog Orders Man to Kill Friend (!), in Kırşehir

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 June 2023)

 

              Defendant shamelessly wore this hat in court!

Hamdi Aydoğan (30), an animal tender who lived in Boztepe district of

Kırşehir province, left his home on 31 July 2022 but did not return.  

Based on his family's missing person report, drones went airborne and

Aydoğan's body was located in a vacant field on 2 August.  The autopsy

showed that he had been strangled to death.

Police determined that Aydoğan had last talked with Bayram Erdoğdu 

(31), who stole four cows from Aydoğan and then killed him.  Erdoğdu's

lawyer claimed that his client was mentally unbalanced but a medical

report submitted to the court contradicted this claim.  

In any case, Erdoğdu confessed to killing Aydoğan in court, explaining

that "we had a debt-repayment issue. I bought four cows from him and

signed an IOU for 40,000 TL.  But Hamdi claimed my debt to him was

actually 300,000 TL.  An argument erupted between us and I knocked

him unconscious with a hatchet blow.   Then, my dog (!) said to me

'I think you better kill him, otherwise, he'll kill you.'  So I used the rope

around my donkey's neck to strangle Hamdi."

Unimpressed by this explanation, the court sentenced Erdoğdu to life

in prison for the murder, with an additional 10-year sentence for stealing

the cows.  After the verdict, though, Erdoğdu was equally insistent, 

declaring, "I do not accept the verdict in this case because I killed

him based on my dog's orders (!).  I killed him under orders!"

"Beat & Release": Time Ran Out for "TikTok" Phenoms in Cahoots with Credit Card Thieves

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 June 2023)

Teams from the Cyber Crimes Unit in Istanbul made an investigation of 

some TikTok phenoms in light of the phenoms' disproportionate spending

and lavish lifestyles, in comparison to their incomes.  It was clear to the

teams that something fishy was going on.  

It turned out that some people who stole credit cards were in cahoots with

the phenoms, such that by means of a convoluted arrangement "tokens"

sent by fans via credit cards during live TikTok broadcasts were converted 

to money and a commission paid by the phenoms to the thieves.

More than 4,000 bank accounts belonging to 215 individuals were 

examined in the investigation, which determined that 1.2 billion TL

(about $50 million (!)) in dirty money was involved.  Yesterday morning,

an operation was launched centered in Istanbul but including a total of 

37 provinces to apprehend these 215 individuals.  Ultimately, 120 people

were taken into custody and 32 flats, 9 fields, 6 business places, a villa,

38 automobiles, partner shares in 14 companies, 1,700 bank and crypto

money accounts, 82,000 TL, $17,300, 6,650 Euros, 2 unlicensed guns,

1 blank-shooting gun, 93 bullets, drugs and a large amount of digital

material.

Among the phenoms arrested was Onur Sermik, who has 1.5 million

followers and 9,397,000 TL in his bank account; Fırat Özaltlar, who 

has 785,000 followers and 4,560,000 TL in his account; Kenan Kerim

Kekeç, who has 107,000 followers and 7,690,000 TL in his account;

Adem Korkmaz, who has 624,000 followers and 4,500,000 TL in his

account; Fatma Nur Karpuz, with 2.7 million followers and 1.1 million

TL in her account; Tülay Bülbül, with 1.7 million followers and 

550,000 TL in her account; and Murat Noyan, with 9.5 million 

followers and 1.2 million TL in his account.  (!) 

 

"Beat & Release": Looks Like He's Getting His Cow Drunk!, in Tarsus

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 June 2023)

                              In reality, "to your health!"

In the run-up to "Kurban Bayram" (Feast of Sacrifice at end of June) a 

worker at a farm in Mersin's Tarsus district made a cow drink a liquid

from a beer bottle and posted the scene on social media accompanied 

by a song with the words "I drink, what's it to you! I get drunk, what's

it to you!"  (!)

Responding to negative reactions to the post, the Tarsus District 

Agriculture and Forestry Directorate went into action and made an

investigation at the farm in question.  It was determined that the beer

bottle contained veterinary medicine so no punishment was administered.

The farm worker posted a new video asserting that he had been 

misunderstood.  According to him, the cow chews plastic bottles so a

glass bottle was the best way to get the animal to drink the medicine. 

 

"Beat & Release": "Fearless" Spider-Man Wannabe Kid Falls 5 Floors and Survives, in Arnavutköy

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 June 2023)

                     Soft landing not always guaranteed. 

In Arnavutköy, Istanbul, five-and-half-year-old Berzan Korkmaz 

(whose surname means "fearless" (!)) jumped fom his family's

home's fifth-floor window, inspired by Spider Man videos he'd

watched on his grandmother's cellphone. (!)   

Berzan's 3-year-old brother Miran told their grandmother, making dinner 

in the kitchen, that his brother had fallen.  The grandmother then informed

the boys' father Fatih Kormaz, a back-hoe operator, and he rushed home -

only to find Berzan without a scratch on him. (!)  Nevertheless, Berzan

stayed in a hospital for two days under observation but doctors released

him, amazed that the boy had survived the fall without injury. 

Father Fatih Korkmaz related that "when I asked my son what happened

he said 'Dad, I flew like Spider-Man but my brother didn't jump with me.

When Spider-Man jumps he saves people.  My brother was going to save

me but he didn't and I fell to the ground.'  Berzan watched Spider-Man

videos on his grandmother's phone and kept saying 'I'll climb buildings

and fly like Spider-Man!'  Children shouldn't be allowed to watch such

things and I won't let him ever watch Spider-Man again."

Dr. Mehmet Çakmak, who treated Berzan, stated that "this week two 

children came to our clinic for this reason.  Generally, we lose the 

children in such incidents.  It's a miracle that Berzan suffered no bone

breaks or internal injuries. I've never encountered such a thing in my

professional career.  Berzan was lucky that he hit the ground in a

sitting position.  When falls like this happen people should not pick

up the person and should call 112 (911) right away because any wrong

movement of the victim could result in paralysis."

"Beat & Release": Possessed by a "Force", He Killed Four Relatives, in Kartal

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 June 2023)

Reduction he asked for: possession is nine-tenths of the law.

In 2021, Ahmet Salih Bilginer, the neighborhood chief in Yalova's 50th

Year neighborhood, got into an inheritance dispute with his family.  

Bilginer met with his relatives on 6 April 2021 in Kartal, Istanbul, but

an argument erupted and Bilginer shot to death his uncle's children

Haluk Onat (58), Kebire Esra Aymutlu (54), Ayşe Ece Aymutlu (26)

and Ahmet Nuri Onat (63).  In addition, Arzu Onat (56) was seriously 

wounded.

Bilginer fled back to Yalova but was taken into custody there by the

Gendarmerie.  At his trial, Bilginer asserted that "they all came after

me! But before the incident, a force entered my body so I didn't know

what I was doing. Something else was controlling me!" (!)

Nevertheless, the court sentenced Bilginer to four life terms in prison

for the murders and added on a 14-year sentence for the wounding.  

Noting that Bilginer fled after the killings and showed no regret, he

did not qualify for any reductions in sentence. 

"Beat & Release": Yet Another Woman's "Assisted Suicide", in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 June 2023)

                                He's just a facilitator.

In Çankaya, Ankara, the day before yesterday, lawyer Belen Nesil 

Coşğun (24) called for police help three times using the "KADES"

alert system for battered women.  Police arrived at the scene but 

found Belen hanım's bloody body in front of the elevator.  She had

a bullet wound under her chest

Police took Belen hanım's boyfriend Muhammet B., who was in 

her flat, into custody as a murder suspect and the weapon was 

recovered in the bedroom.  However (!), in his statement to police

Muhammet B. explained that "when I went into the bathroom I 

heard a shot coming from the room.  She was lying wounded on the

floor.  I picked her up and took her as far as the elevator." 

In any case, Muhammet B. was charged with intentional murder. 

Good idea but too late this time.

"Beat & Release": Pigeon-lover Killed by His Wife and Her Lover, in Erzurum

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 16 June 2023)

                               What are best friends for?

On 10 June in Erzurum's Aziziye district, Farullah Özdemir (47) and

Georgian national Padine Avcı (35) told the Gendarmerie that they had

found Padine hanım's husband Ayhan Avcı (47) dead in the shack where

he was raising pigeons.  Examing the scene, the Gendarmerie discerned

that Avcı had been killed by a blow from a sharp object to his head. 

Padine hanım explained to the Gendarmerie that "my husband was 

arguing with someone on the phone and said to me 'I'm going to take

care of this matter.'  But when he didn't return at night I called his friend

(!) Fahrullah Özdemir.  We both went to the pigeon shack and found my

husband sprawled out on the floor motionless."  

The Gendarmerie questioned the two as suspects and determined that 

Özdemir's advances toward Padine hanım has disturbed Avcı and prompted

the argument between Padine hanım and Avcı.  Subsequently, Padine hanım

and Özdemir went to the pigeon shack and knocked Avcı unconscious with

a shovel, after which they beat him to death with a hatchet and a scythe. (!)

"Beat & Release": An "Ear for an Ear" Murder, in Pendik

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 June 2023)

       Drunken ear-biting fetish ends with deafening silence.

Six months ago while drinking in a wooded area of Pendik, Istanbul, 

Özkan A. (49) met Ömer Çoşkun, a driver for a pharmaceutical firm,

and they became drinking buddies.  From time to time the two met to

drink together but a month and a half ago, while drinking Çoşkun bit

Özkan A.'s ear (!), breaking off a part of it.  Özkan A. was angry about

this but during subsequent drinking bouts Çoşkun joked that "I'll bite 

off your other ear, too!"

The evening before last, an enraged Özkan A.  took a knife with him

and went to Çoşkun home in the Çamçeşme neighborhood and stabbed

Çoşkun in the back.  Özkan A. fled but returned later with his brother

Hakan A. and was taken into custody by police.  Meanwhile, Çoşkun

died at a hospital.  

Özkan A. explained in his statement to police that "a month and a half

ago Ömer bit off a part of my ear.  After that every time we met he joked

that he'd bite off the other ear, too.  On the day of the incident, I got very

angry about this and stabbed him."  The two brothers were jailed. 

"Beat & Release": Pretty Girls Can't Resist Bad Boys - Latest Evidence has a Trump Connection, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 June 2023)

                 His roguish charm was irresistible.

Famous model and presenter Ebru Şallı and her husband Uğur Akkuş,

the owner of AS Holding company, returned from Paris yesterday and

landed at Istanbul Airport.  However (!), while passing through passport

control Akkuş was detained on fraud charges and taken into custody.  

On 31 May, an individual named Ö.A. brought $500,000 to Akkuş's 

office in Trump Tower (!) for conversion to crypto money.  Akkuş then

gave the money to security man E.E. and office worker Feyza B.Y., who

left Akkuş's office supposedly to bring the money to a bank.  

When Ö.A. subsequently could not get any information from Akkuş 

about his money he filed a complaint with the public prosecutor. In

addition to Akkuş being taken into custody at the airport, E.E. and 

Feyza hanım were taken into custody, too.  At the police station,

Akkuş reacted to reporters' questions by shouting "It's all a lie! I'm

fed up with all of you in the press!"

As for Ebru hanım, she posted a video from her home to clear up 

rumors that she had been detained, as well.  She asserted that her

husband's situation had nothing to do with her.  It turned out that 

Akkuş has a record of 17 previous crimes (!)  and was tried for 

bilking $30 million from Kuwaiti businessmen - Akkuş "sold" the

Kuwaitis a non-existent plot of land in Çeşme, near Izmir. 

       Ebru hanım eager to prove she's home and not in jail.

"Beat & Release": She'll Sell Home Only to People Worse Than Her Noisy Neighbors, in Çorlu

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 June 2023)

                                  Fighting fire with fire!

In Tekirdağ's Çorlu district, Özge Şeber (35) put her flat up for sale

because she couldn't bear her noisy neighbor on the floor below.  

Özge hanım, who lives on the top floor of the 5-story building put a

"for sale" sign in her balcony window in March that read "For Sale.

Will be sold to people who are worse than the people below me."

Özge hanım, fed up with the loud music and laughter coming from 

the neighbor, explained that "when I put up the sign I was careful to

avoid harming anyone else's personal rights.  The purpose was to 

draw attention and prompt people to ask themselves 'am I one of 

those bad people?'"

                                  Girlfriends (not!)

Downstairs neighbor Arzu Korkmaz was not amused, though, and

filed a complaint against Özge hanım with the Çorlu public prosecutor.

As a result, the sign was ordered to be taken down, which it was by

police on 5 June.  Arzu hanım stated that "if I'm making so much noise

how come my other neighbors aren't complaining?!  The sign has caused

me psychological distress because many people who saw the sign began

to think that I was really causing problems."

"Beat & Release": General Hospital and/or Melrose Place Redux, in Aksaray

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 June 2023)

                           What happens in Aksaray...

On 24 May in Aksaray, nurse Saliha Tuncel (25) "fell" from the 7th 

floor flat of her boyfriend Dr. Halil İbrahim A. (43) to a balcony on

the 3rd floor and died.   The doctor was taken into custody but 

asserted that "I was inside when that happened.  I didn't see her fall." (!)

He was released, taken into custody a second time but released again

on judicial supervision. 

In the course of the investigation, Çiğdem Özkan, the financial expert

at the hospital where all three worked, was taken into custody on the

charge of  "threats and blackmail".   It was determined that Çiğdem 

hanım is the lover of the hospital's owner and chief doctor T.C.  

She threatened Saliha hanım with a video of T.C. entering his villa 

together with her (Saliha hanım).  

Searches were conducted at the apartment building where Dr. Halil

İbrahim A. lives and Saliha hanım's home and automobile were

searched, too, as was T.C.'s villa.  Saliha hanım's telephone contacts

with the suspects have been examined, as well.  Her blood samples

have been sent to the police forensic laboratory in Ankara to find out

whether Saliha hanım had alcohol, drugs or medicine in her bloodstream.

Experts will then try to determine whether, under the influence of some

substance she either took or was forced to take, she jumped or was 

thrown off the 7th floor to her death. 

"Beat & Release": Drunken Uber Driver Kills Turk in New York City

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 9 June 2023)

                              When worlds collide...

Abdülhekim Eşiyok of Ağrı went to New York in order to better support

his family in Ağrı and to start a new life for himself.  However, on the 

night of 4 June, as Eşiyok was sitting on his motorcycle on the sidewalk

at 3rd Avenue and 21st Street, a drunken Uber driver named Mahbun Ali

(26) plowed into the crowd there, killing Eşiyok and injuring three other

persons.  Mahbun Ali was arrested by New York police.

Eşiyok's family was unable to get visas to come to New York to retrieve

his body so his friends have started a GoFundMe campaign to raise 

money for sending Eşiyok's body to Ağrı for burial.   Eşiyok had come

to New York just a few months ago. 

"Beat & Release": Bicyclist Killed by Ethiopian Woman's Baseball Bat, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 June 2023)

                                       Strike Three!

In Istanbul, Halil Özdemir, a member of the Bicyclists Association, left

his house in Eyüpsultan on his bike on 9 May.  When his relatives did

not hear from him subsequently, the filed a missing person report with

the police.  Two days later, a burned body was found in Zeytinburnu

Kazlıuçeşme Meydanı.  DNA tests confirmed that the body was that of

Halil Özdemir. 

Police determined that Özdemir had been killed by a blow to the head 

with a blunt object.  They also determined that he had met with an

Ethiopian woman named M.E.H. in Fatih on the day of his disappearance. 

M.E.H. was taken into custody and told police that she had hit Özdermir

with a baseball bat (!), put his body in a sack and burned it.  

"Beat & Release": Alphabet Soup of Suspects Nabbed in Catalog Prostitution Ring, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 June 2023)

In Bursa, police determined that a gang was luring young girls to luxury

nightclubs, introducing them to that lifestyle and promising them high-

income jobs. However (!), with the photographs taken of the girls the 

gang prepared a catalog for "customers" and forced the girls into 

prostitution. 

On Friday, 2 June, the police launched "Operation Catalog" and took

17 suspects into custody.  22 "catalog girls" were rescued, four of them 

foreigners.  When talking on the telephone the gang members tried to

avoid being caught by police by telling the girls to go to a customer's

address in a secretive manner, sending the message "there's a location.

We'll go to that location".  

Interrogation of suspects C.S. (33), H.G. (34), C.K. (33), E.Y. (33),

T.A. (49), Y.G. (20), B.Y. (28), B.G. (27), İ.A. (40), A.T. (26), İ.I. (46),

İ.H.U. (39), M.K. (23), U.B. (38), R.K. (22), S.A. (29) and G.D. (49)

is continuing. 

"Beat & Release": Junk Man Stabs Pregnant Wife 97 Times for "My Honor and Good Name", in Bandırma

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 June 2023)

   What the fashionable killer junk man wears these days.

In Balıkesir's Bandırma district on 15 February, junk man Kadir Meşe

(30) had a fit of jealousy and stabbed his 3-month-pregnant wife

Hazal Alpyörük (19) 97 times (!).   Neighbors called the police and Hazal

hanım was taken to Bandirma Training and Research Hospital, where

she died.  Meşe turned himself in at a police station and was jailed. 

In his first statement at his trial in Bandırma, Meşe explained that "my

mother-in-law was selling my wife, who was using drugs, on social media.

And the baby in her womb wasn't mine. So when I came home I stabbed

her many times."  Asked if he regretted his actions, Meşe stated "Yes, I'm

regretful, but God gives life and God takes it away." (!)  A DNA test 

confirmed that Meşe was indeed the child's father.  Meşe went on to say

that "Judge, I killed Hazal for my honor and good name.  I will accept

whatever you decide."

Meşe's lawyer stated that his client is the victim of long-term drug use

and should be released.  The court rejected this request and ruled that

Meşe would be kept in jail during the remainder of the trial. 

"Beat & Release": Fateful Last Moment Seat Switch Kills One Judo Coach, Saves Another, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 June 2023)

                         Fate flips coaches' destiny. 

A minibus driven by Halil İbrahim Akyurt (40) taking athletes from

Aksaray to the Spor Toto Mini's Judo Championship in Balıkesir

crashed into the back of a dump truck driven by Selahattin Cerah

heading in the same direction in Bursa's İnegöl district, at about

6 o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday. 

Minibus driver Akyurt, 14 athletes and 2 coaches were injured

in the accident.  One of those injured was Abdülcelil Er Bayram 

and he subsequently succumbed to his injuries.  It turned out that the 

other coach who was injured, Muzaffer Uluçam, had switched

seats with Bayram moments before the accident and moved to the

back of the minibus. (!)