"Beat & Release": Jewel Robbers "Eagle & Lion", Wearing Salvador Dali Masks, Bungle Heist, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 August 2023)

                           It's not even Halloween yet!

In Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul, jeweler E.B was getting ready to

open his store at 9 o'clock on the morning of 23 August when he noticed

two robbers wearing Salvador Dali masks, like those worn in the Spanish

TV series "La Casa De Papel".  The masked robbers tried to force open 

the store's locked door, but without success.  Next, they fired shots at the 

glass in the door but it was bulletproof (!) so they were stranded outside

the store.

Jeweler E.B. sounded the alarm and the robbers fled in the vehicle they

came in.  Police looked at camera footage and determined that the 

license plate on the robbers' vehicle was stolen.  They were, however,

able to learn that the vehicle belonged to one F.A., who had lent the car

to his nephew Birkan Kartal (whose surname means "eagle") (31).

  

                         The resemblance is uncanny.

Police tracked down and arrested Kartal, who confessed that Mahmut 

Aslan (whose surname means "lion") (25) had joined him in the

robbery attempt.  Aslan was also taken into custody and police found

an unlicensed revolver and three Salvidor Dali masks in a search of the

suspects, who were both jailed. 

"Beat & Release": Family Bar-B-Que Turns Into Family Massacre, in Adana

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 30 August 2023)

                Innocent-looking BBQ grill at right.

In the Kışla neighborhood of Adana's Yüreğir district yesterday at about

6 o'clock in the evening, the Yalçınkaya family began bar-b-queing. 

Unfortunately (!), an argument erupted among family members and son

Burak, said to be a drug addict, pulled a revolver from his belt, shooting 

his older brother Hüseyin, mother Hacer, sister-in-law Esra, his niece 

Elif and nephew Yağmur. 

Burak then put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.  Hüseyin 

was pronounced dead at a hospital and all the others, including Burak,

remain in serious condition. 

                       Turkish sequel's script above.

"Beat & Release": Helps to Have an Accidental Dad in High Places, in Karabük

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 August 2023)

must-see video:

https://karabukpostasi.com/iki-kisinin-oldugu-feci-kaza-ani-kamerada/

                             Upside-down road-rage justice.

Last year in Karabük on 30 June, Ali Emre Gürel (21), the son of Fuat 

Gürel, who was the governor of Karabük province at that time, crashed 

into a car driven by Salih Portakal, who entered a roundabout en route 

to Safranbolu.   Both Portakal (71) and his wife Behiye (69) were killed

in the accident, while Gürel and his friend Bedrihan Erdoğan (!) (20) 

were injured.

Gürel was taken into custody after hospital treatment and jailed, but his

lawyer was able to have him released from prison after only 37 days.

A case was opened against Gürel for "causing the deaths of more than

one individual through negligence." and a sentence of up to 15 years

requested by the public prosecutor.  

However (!), the "expert witness" report about the accident found that

Portakal was more at fault than Gürel in the accident.  The video of 

the crash was finally released to the public after Gürel's father, the then-

governor, was reassigned to a position in Ankara (!).  At the end of his

trial Gürel was sentenced to 3 years and six months in prison.  However,

this sentence was reduced to 2 years and 11 months because "the court

took into consideration the suspect's past, his behavior during the course

of the trial and the impact the penalty would have on the suspect's future."

The court also lifted judicial supervision conditions that had been applied

to Gürel.

(Incredibly!) Portakal's son Erdem Portakal was ordered to pay 174,258

TL (about $6,500) for repairs to Gürel's car. 

"Beat & Release": Monkey Attacks Passers-by, Invades Flat, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 August 2023)

Istanbul is famous for stray cats and dogs - now monkeys?!

Yesterday at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon in the Fatih neighborhood

of Büyükçekmece district, Istanbul, a stray monkey (!) attacked passers-

by.  The monkey then climbed up to the second floor of a four-story

building, entered a flat via the balcony and wreaked havoc inside.

The flat's owner recorded the "visit" on a cellphone. 

The monkey's owners came and retrieved the animal.  Three people

attacked by the creature were treated at the scene and then transported

to a hospital. 

"Beat & Release": Lawyer "Forgot" He'd Put Drugs in Napkin Given to His Sweaty Jailed Client, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 August 2023)

His law practice's slogan: "No good deed goes unpunished"

In Beykoz, Istanbul, Salim Emre Hocaoğlu killed his renter and injured

two other people so he was sentenced to 23 years and 7 months in jail.  

Last Tuesday, Hocaoğlu had a meeting at the Maltepe L-type Prison with 

his lawyer Hüseyin Sever.  In the course of their chat, Sever passed a 

napkin to his client and this caught the attention of the guards. So after 

the lawyer-client chat, Hocaoğlu was searched and the guards found 

illegal drugs in the napkin he took from Sever. (!)

Sever was taken into custody at the prison gate.  He explained that:

"I'm having family problems so I got some drugs from a person I know

in Tarlabaşı (Istanbul neighborhood famous for drug dealing).  I'd 

forgotten that I'd wrapped the drugs in a napkin that I put in my pants

pocket.  When I saw my client perspiring during our conversation I

offered him the napkin to wipe his forehead." (!)

When Sever was brought from the prison to a courthouse for processing

he repeated this explanation.  The judge, though, didn't buy it and ordered

that Sever be arrested for drug dealing. 

                             Napkin shortage under review.

"Beat & Release": Woman, Badly Hurt in Crash of Racing Cars, Held Partially at Fault as a Passenger (!), in Mersin

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 August 2023)

         "Should I have jumped from the speeding car?!" 

Yaren Gürbüz (25) was living in America when, at the beginning of 2021,

she came to visit her family in Mersin.  The COVID pandemic restrictions

at that time prevented her from returning to the USA. As a result, on 

12 March she was involved in a traffic accident that would end her fairy 

tale life. 

That day, Yaren hanım went out driving with her friend Emir Kuytul, 

who began racing with another car but crashed into a TIR (tractor-trailer) 

making an illegal U-turn.   As a result of the crash, Yaren hanım's nose,

jaw, teeth, hip, knee, thigh bone, right heel, spine and shoulder blade 

were broken. (!)  After two months of treatment, Yaren hanım lost the use

of an eye, as well.  Bones from her chest were used to repair her nose.

Since she has had to remain in Turkey all this time, Yaren hanım's U.S.

"green card" has been canceled.  As she continues with her medical 

treatment, Yaren hanım filed a compensation case in Istanbul, including

a doctor's report verifying that she is now 85% disabled, demanding

1 million TL (about $3.6) in material damages and 150,000 TL (about

$5,600) in psychological damages from the three drivers who were 

involved and their insurance companies. 

                                    The Three Stooges

An "expert witness" report was submitted to the court by academics

from the Istanbul Technical University's Engineering Faculty.  The 

report's findings cited TIR driver İsa Ataman as being 50% at fault

in the accident for making an illegal U-turn and drivers Emir Kuytul

and Alparslan Bayundur each bearing 25% responsibility for the 

crash because they were racing. 

Additionally, according to the report, Yaren hanım shared 20% of

Kuytul's fault because she was a passenger in one of the racing cars 

and put her own life in danger by choosing to be in the car (!).   

Her lawyer Mecit Kahraman has refused to accept this 20% fault 

attributed to Yaren hanım and has demanded another "expert witness" 

report from another committee. 

In response to the "expert witness" report, Yaren hanım lamented: 

"How can I be held to be at fault for being a passenger in the car?!

Should I have jumped from the speeding car?! Would they ("expert

witness" committee) have been happy then?!  I have no memory of

the incident but the report confirmed that they were racing with each

other.  And because of their recklessness, they put my life in danger.

They stole my life from me.  I'm still getting treatment and undergoing

operations.  I cannot work.  They must be punished for this so they 

don't put the lives of others in danger and they must be made to pay

compensation."

"Torture & Release": All in the Family - Teenager "Disciplined" by Dad, Uncle and Brother, in Şanlıurfa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 August 2023)

                          "Spare the rod, spoil the child!"

 

The day before yesterday in Mürşitpınar village in Şanlıurfa's Suruç 

district, M. Ş. (15) was chained around his neck, hands and feet by his

father İzzet Ş., uncle (father's brother) Mahmut Ş. and his older brother

Ali Ş. and tortured in a stable from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 

11 o'clock that night (!). 

The "reason" for the torture was that İzzet Ş. was having a dispute 

with his estranged wife's brother and wanted M.Ş. to shoot him.

However, M.Ş. refused this assignment, fled to Nizip, where he stayed

in a hotel for 3 days, and then went to Birecik, where his family caught

up with him.  

M.Ş. explained afterwards that "they bound me in a stable using chains

that are meant for the animals and tortured me from 1400 until 2300.

Then they told me 'you won't tell anyone about this!'".  M.Ş. said that

his three torturers also urinated on him (!) and took a video, which they

sent to his mother, whose sister ultimately came to rescue M.Ş. 

İzzet Ş. and Mahmut Ş. were jailed and M.Ş.'s older brother Ali Ş. 

was released on judicial supervision (!). 

             Nizip and Birecik are at lower left on map.

"Beat & Release": Surgeon Killed by Pimp Over $4 Price Differential for Hotel Liason with Uzbek Woman, in Avcılar

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 August 2023)

      "A man's been shot! Someone call a doctor! Uh...."

Last Tuesday evening, M.S.A., the desk clerk at the Pablo Suit Hotel in

Avcılar, Istanbul, called the police, saying that someone in room 206 had

been shot.  The victim was Dr. İbrahim Karahan (55), a general surgeon

at a private hospital, who suffered a gunshot to his midsection and died.

In his statement to police, M.S.A. explained that "an individual came to the

hotel and told me that a woman was being beaten in room 206."  M.S.A.

added that he and this individual entered room 206 and the individual

opened fire on a man ((Dr. Karahan)) in the room, before fleeing with the

woman there.

       

     Formerly operated under the name "No-Tell Motel"

Police identified the woman as Dilnoza Bayramova (31) from Uzbekistan.

Dr. Karahan had booked the hotel room using another name and the 

women came to the room after him.  The killer was identified by police

as Ali Asker Kıtay (26).  Both Bayramova and Kıtay were taken into 

custody.  

Evidently, Dr. Karahan and Bayramova argued over the price of their

sexual encounter, with Bayrmaova demanding 1,500 TL ($55) and the 

doctor offering her 1,400 TL ($51.50) (!).  In her statement, Bayramova

explained that "Two months ago I met Ali Asker on Instagram and I

became his girlfriend.  He left me at the hotel.  When I entered the 

hotel room I argued with the man there about the price. He offered me

too little and began to beat me when I insisted on my price.  So I 

called Ali Asker, who was waiting for me below, for help."  

 

"Beat & Release": Cousins Clash and "Pompalı Tüfenk" Attack Kills Uninvolved Market Owner, in Pamukkale

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 August 2023)

                       Family feud's collateral damage.

In Pamukkale, Denizli, the day before yesterday Hasan S. (25) and his 

cousin Yusuf S. (26) got into an argument because of their girlfriends so

they decided to have it out at a nearby park that night.   

Yusuf S. arrived for the "event" with his girlfriend Buse K. and five 

friends. After Hasan S. arrived, the fight began and Hasan S. sought

refuge in a market across from the park. In hot pursuit, Yusuf S. entered

the market with a "pompalı tüfenk" (pump-action rifle) and fired at both

Hasan S. and market owner Merve Acar (28).

                                           Perps walk.

Yusuf S. and his friends fled, while Merve hanım and Hasan S. were 

taken to a hospital with serious gunshot wounds in their chests.  

Hasan S. remains in intensive care but Merve hanım, who had no 

connection whatsoever to the dispute, passed away.  

Police nabbed Yusuf S. and Buse K. hiding out on a rooftop and the

other 5 suspects involved in the incident were arrested at various

addresses.  

"Beat & Release": First Do No Harm...to Doctors, in Gaziantep

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 August 2023)

            Doctor as patient. Everything's relative...

In Gaziantep the night before last, a child with a high fever was brought

to a hospital's emergency room for treatment.  However (!), the child's

relatives objected to ER doctor Dr. Esadullah Beğoğlu's alleged "delayed" 

response and began to rain down insults on the doctor.  The relatives

then beat Dr. Beğoğlu, nighttime hospital director Ahmet Sefa Sağlık

(who's surname means "health"!) and security guard Gökhan Hacı Yunus

with iron bars (!).

Dr. Beğoğlu is now in intensive care with trauma to his head, where a 

wound was closed with 15 stitches.  Health Minister Fahrettin Koca 

said on social media that one person has been arrested for the attack

on Dr. Beğoğlu and that "an investigation is continuing into the other

attackers. Justice will give the deserved punishment to those who 

commit attacks on health personnel."

"Beat & Release": Rabid Man Flees Hospital, Persuaded to Return, in Şanlıurfa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 August 2023)

                                In a world of ouch.

Hasan Halil Faras (30) was bitten by a stray dog in Syria and taken to a

hospital where he was diagnosed with rabies and then transferred to

Şanlıurfa Akçakale State Hospital in Turkey.  However, Faras opened the

locked door of his hospital room, grabbed someone's cellphone and fled.

Police tracked down Faras in an empty field 10 kilometers away from

the hospital.  It took police a long time to persuade Faras to return to the

hospital.  Efforts are underway to determine who Faras may have come

in contact with. 

"Beat & Release": Rappers Wrapped Up for Singing Songs for Crime Gangs, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 August 2023)

                      What would Tupac say?...or sing?

Yesterday, police in Istanbul's anti-organized crime unit arrested rappers 

who allegedly wrote and sang songs as requested by organized crime

gangs (!).  Among those arrested were Doğan Tarda, known by his

rapper name "Heijan", Şamet Işık, known as "BIG" and Şahan Terzioğlu,

known as "CAC".  Muhammet Nedim Doğan, known as "Muti", was 

not at his address when the police raid occurred and remains at large. 

The rappers were charged with "inciting hatred and enmity among the

populace" and "praising crime and criminals".  The charges reflected

the claim that the rappers put songs on social media and in the music

sector on behalf of criminal organizations and that these songs, shared

widely among the gang members, became symbols of the particular

organized crime gangs. 

Another rapper known as "Aynen" was taken into custody for using a

fake gun in a song clip.  In the raids, police seized fake Kalashnikov

and Uzi guns, as well as a revolver, that were used in clips.  It is 

alleged that the rappers made a song for Barış Boyun's "Death Gang"

organized crime gang.  Boyun was captured by Interpol in Italy. 

 

                      Inspiration imported from America.

"Beat & Release": Uneasy Rider Grounded in Kadıköy; Easily Duped Businessman's 5 Gold Kilos Gone, in Esenyurt, Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 August 2023)

                                       Road model.

In Kadıköy, Istanbul, motorcyclist Emir Kolay (whose surname means 

"easy") popped a wheelie while riding along the coast road but was 

stopped by traffic police and fined 24,000 TL (about $885).  Adding

insult to injury,  his bike was impounded in a police auto park. (!)

Kolay explained, "I popped a wheelie and the police came from 

behind me.  I pleaded with them but they fined me 24,000 TL. I

bought my bike on credit.  Since I can get any more credit my 

motorcycle adventures are over." 

                                   Easy come, easy go.

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 August 2023)

                                 Golden Fleece(er)

Businessman Ali A.N., who lives in Esenyurt, Istanbul, received a 

telephone call on 3 August from a person identifying himself as a 

policeman.  The caller explained that an anti-terror operation was

underway and the bad guys were using Ali A.N.'s identity and

bank accounts.  Therefore, until the end of the operation, Ali A.N.

was told to give up any gold and cash in his home.  (!)

Ali A.N. was assured that he would get the gold and cash back but

if he failed to comply he would be taken into police custody.  Rattled,

Ali A.N. put 5 kilograms of gold (worth about $360,000!) into a pouch 

and gave it to a courier sent by the caller.  Subsequently, the original 

caller did not call again and Ali A.N. could not reach him (duh!). 

A friend of Ali A.N. suggested that he may have been hoodwinked

(ya think?!) so he went to the police, who looked at camera footage

and nabbed Barış Emek, who took the pouch of gold from Ali A.N.

Such individuals are known by the moniker "eldenci" (one who takes

from the hand) in Turkish.  The other gang members remain at large

and the gold is still missing. (!)

"Beat & Release": Violence Against Women - The Ultimate Solution, in Pamukkale

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 August 2023)

On her 4th try, Elif hanım got the "final" restraining order.

Elif Ulubey (47), the mother of two, living in Denizli's Pamukkale district,

left her husband Ahmet Ulubey (52) five months ago because of his ill 

treatment and filed for divorce.   Yesterday evening at about 7 o'clock,

Ahmet bey followed his wife as she went to the market and told her he

wanted to talk things over.

When Elif hanım rejected his offer, Ahmet bey took out a revolver and

shot his wife in the head.  Bloodied, Elif hanım fell to the ground.  Ahmet

bey, thinking that his wife was dead, shot himself in the head. (!)

However (!), when medics arrived at the scene they saw that Elif hanım

was merely wounded, because the gunshot had just grazed her head. 

Ahmet bey, though, was dead.  Elif hanım was taken to a hospital and 

her condition is said to be not serious.  She had gotten three restraining

orders against Ahmet bey before yesterday's incident.  (!)

"Beat & Release": Diyarbakır Police Track Down Hoodwinking "Vuvuzela Gang" in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 August 2023)

"You may have already won a free flight to Diyarbakır!

But send money for food and beverages."

Police in Diyarbakır learned two months ago about a gang hoodwinking

citizens by telephone and identified three Africans who were directing 

the gang's operations.  When police determined that the suspects were

all in Istanbul they went there and tracked down the "Vuvuzela Gang."

The gang's modus operandi was to call people and pretend that the 

caller was an American soldier in Syria who came upon $1 million 

and needed to smuggle the money into Turkey.  The gang's targets 

were told that they would get half of the money but that they must

first send the caller money for customs and courier expenses.  The

seduced targets sent this money to an account number given to them

by the caller.

        Vuvuzela Gang members, when not hoodwinking.

However (!), after sending the money those duped could not reach the

caller and the gang withdrew the money sent at ATMs. The day before

yesterday, Diyarbakır and Istanbul police launched "Operation Safari"

and took 12 people, including the 3 Africans, into custody in Istanbul.

Searches revealed a large number of telephones and telephone lines, 

foreign exchange and a pump-action rifle.  The 12 arrested suspects 

were then flown to Diyarbakır for police processing. 

"Beat & Release & Kill": After "Assisted Suicide", He Gets Out of Jail Early and Kills Again, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 August 2023)

     Can't stay in jail and can't stay outta trouble either.

In an incident known as the "2. Şule Çet" case in Küçükçekmece, 

Istanbul, Ebru Erdem (17) "fell" from the 9th floor of a building to her

death on 20 March 2019.  Police determined that Serdar Taş was with

Ebru hanım at the time so he was taken into custody, along with Kemal

Sönmez, who rented the flat to Taş.  

Taş was tried in connection with Ebru hanım's death and the public 

prosecutor requested a jail sentence of 23 and a half years.  In a 

hearing concerning the case on 2 July 2021, Taş was sentenced to house

arrest and forbidden from leaving Turkey (!).  In any event, Taş remained

in prison on another charge.  On 21 September 2021, the court convicted

Taş of sexually harassing Ebru hanım and sentenced him to 8 years more

in jail. He was acquitted of the charge of murdering Ebru hanım for lack

of evidence.

Nevertheless, Taş was released from jail recently (!) and the night before

last he argued with a taxi driver Ferhat Ceylan in Bahçelievler.  A fight

ensued between the two and Taş shot Ceylan dead.  Taş remains at large.

"Beat & Release": Women Use "Tantanacılık" Distraction to Rob Vet Clinic and Vet's Lunch (!), in Kadıköy

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 August 2023)

 Best meal they've had in days - pet food and Zanna's lunch.

In Kadıköy, Istanbul, Zanna Bessonova, working in a veterinarian clinic,

was victimized by a group of six women who entered the clinic and

intentionally caused a ruckus among themselves as a distraction to steal.

The trick, known as "tantanacılık", was successful because while 

Sessonova went to a carpet dealer close by for help, the women stole

70,000 TL, some pet food, clinic items and even Bessanova's lunch (!). 

The incident began  the day before yesterday in Kadıköy, at about 1

o'clock in the afternoon when the women and their children entered a

number of stores with theft in mind.  The shopowners, wise to the trick,

expelled the women and children but they then targeted the Katina 

veterinarian clinic where Bessanova (42) was working.  As the women 

created a chaotic atmosphere, the bewildered Bessanova sought help

from a neighboring carpet dealer.  While she was away from the clinic

for a minute or two, though, the women stole 70,000 TL (about $2,500),

10,000 TL worth of pet food and other items, as well as Bessanova's

lunch (!!). 

Bessanova stated that "at about one-thirty, six women and their children

came.  They had 200 TL and asked about the prices of various items. I

was bewildered by them so I called the carpet dealer next door but his

phone was busy.  So I went to his shop but when I returned I found that

our cash was gone and our products missing.  They even took my lunch!"

Gizem Canbay (38), the clinic owner, said that "I went on an errand for 

about ten minutes and was in shock when I returned, seeing that the

70,000 TL was gone.  We were going to use that money a half hour later

to make a payment.  I called the police and the women can be seen on

camera footage.  It's ridiculous that such a brazen thing could happen in

Kadıköy in broad daylight!"

 

"Beat & Release": Armenian's Excommunication Playing Out in Turkish Courts, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 August 2023)

                     Seems to be badly outnumbered.

Levon Gagaçyan, a member of the Armenian community in Turkey, has

been excommunicated by Patriarchate's Spiritual Council because of 

messages Gagaçyan posted on social media about the Patriarchate. In

addition, Patriarch Şahak Maşlayan and Spiritual Council President

İsahak Bıçıkçı have petitioned the public prosecutor to put Gagaçyan

on trial for insulting them. 

In response, after reviewing Gagaçyan's social media verbal and written

messages, the Bakırköy public prosecutor opened a case against him,

requesting a jail sentence of 2 years and 4 months.   Responding, 

Gagaçyan asserted that "I have in no way acted in a way that would

demean the prestige of the Armenians in Turkey.  Without any right to

appeal, I've been excommunicated.  I felt badly about this so I posted

a critical message on my Facebook account." 

After he was excommunicated, Gagaçyan appealed to the Turkish

Presidential Communications Center (CİMER), asserting that "If me or

my property suffer any harm then 3 people in the Patriarchate are

responsible."  CİMER's response to him was that he could file a petition

with the Istanbul public prosecutor if he so desired (i.e. "take two aspirins

and call me in the morning").   

In any case, Gagaçyan did file a criminal complaint with the Istanbul 

public prosecutor, claiming that his "freedom of religious belief" has

been impeded.  In addition, Gagaçyan filed a criminal complaint against

Deputy Patriarch Şirvan Mürzyan for posting an insulting message about

him on social media regarding his excommunication. 

"Beat & Release": Mom the Avenger and Chain-reaction Familial Vengeance, in Serinhisar

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 August 2023)

                                   Revenge is complicated.

Kemal Akköse (25), who worked at a roasted chickpeas processing plant

in Denizli's Serinhisar district, left his house on Ortaokul Street in the 

Aşağı neighborhood at 7 o'clock in the morning yesterday to go to work.

But no sooner did Akköse get into his parked car than a masked attacker

fired 4 shots from a hunting rifle at Akköse and fled. 

Arriving at the scene, police saw that Akköse had died from gunshots to

his head and chest.   They also determined that Akköse was the brother

of Mustafa Akköse, who on 6 June last year shot dead his distant relative

Hasan Akköse and İsmail Yalçın, burned their bodies with gasoline, 

dumped the bodies in a well and covered them with rocks and dirt (!).

Denizli police discovered that Hasan Akköse's mother A.K. had posted

a vengeance message on social media at 11 o'clock the night before last,

8 hours prior to Kemal Akköse's murder, with a picture of Hasan Akköse 

and these words: "Söz intikamını alcam kuzum" (I'll avenge you as I 

promised, my lamb!)   Police arrested Y.A., A.K.'s divorced husband and 

the father of Hasan Akköse, for the murder of Kemal Akköse.  In his 

statement to police, Y.A. denied that he had killed Kemal Akköse. 

"Beat & Release": Deadly "Honey Trap", in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 August 2023)

                                     Poison honey.

Murat Arpapay (57) lived in Istanbul but he was born in England and

spent his youth there, coming to Turkey in the mid-1990s to live in his

family's home in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district.  His family in England

regularly sent him money for his expenses and he had a comfortable life.

Arpapay frequented the café owned by Ersen Başak, who, when Arpapay

told him about the money he received from his family, hatched a heinous

plan.  Başak enlisted "escort girls" Muhterem Perçikli (19) and Serpil 

Demir into his plan and had them flirt with Arpapay in the café.  Arpapay

took the bait and on the night of 26 July, he and Muhterem hanınm went

to a flat in Şirinevler.  

However (!), waiting at the flat were Başak and his goons.  They 

handcuffed Arpapay, beat him and knocked him senseless with ether. 

Then they injected chemicals into his blood stream, killing him.  

Meanwhile, Başak went to Arpapay's home and stole all his money.  

Lastly, Arpapay's body was thrown down an empty shaft in the building 

where he met with Muhterem hanım. 

Responding to a report of a dead body, police came to the scene the next

morning and noticed that there were none of the usual signs of murder, 

like stab or gunshot wounds.  Arpapay's body was taken to the police 

forensic lab where it was determined that some substance had been 

injected into him.  A review of camera footage led police to identify 

Başak, Doğan Sarıyıldız, Fatih Erginoğlu, along with Muhterem hanım 

and Serpil hanım, as murder suspects. 

Police learned that Muhterem hanım ran away from her family in Mersin

two years ago.  Her mother Telime Karaca appeared on a TV program,

saying that her daughter had gotten involved with drugs and was 

kidnapped.  After the program was aired, Muhterem hanım called her 

mother and returned home. 

Başak fled to Georgia and Sarıyıldız and Erginoğlu went to northern 

Cyprus.  The two women were jailed and an Interpol "red bulletin" has 

been issued with regard to the other three suspects.