"Beat & Release": Kidnapped Woman Rescued by the Touch of a Button, in Akhisar

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 December 2023)

            The perfect kidnap plan... foiled by a button.

A.D. (35), working as a senior manager in an Izmir firm, broke off a 

romantic relationship with driver G.U. (38) because he became overly

obsessed with her.   A.D. filed a related complaint with the police but

G.U. continued to stalk her relentlessly.  

G.U. and his friends G.B. (28) and R.K. (30) made a plan to kidnap A.D.,

such that on 31 October they hit A.D.'s car from behind.  When she 

alighted from her car A.D. was confronted by G.U., who said "Let's not

call the police.  I'm drunk.  Let's settle this between us."  Coincidentally,

security guard Metin Eroğlu, noticing the confrontation, came over.

Just then, though, G.B. and R. K. joined G.U. and forced A.D. into their

car, stabbing her in her left calf and right knee to persuade her further (!). 

Eroğlu tried to intervene but he was stabbed in his shoulder and the 

culprits fled with A.D. in their car.  They put their hands on A.D.'s mouth

to prevent her from crying out for help and first took her to Foça, then to

Aliağa.  They phoned a friend in Manisa province and finally took A.D.

to Akhisar.  

However (!), availing herself of an opportunity, A.D. pressed the "KADES"

(signal sent to police by women in need of help) button on her phone.  

Alerted by this signal to A.D.'s location, local police ordered G.U. to stop

his car.  He didn't and a chase ensued, ending in the apprehension of the

three idiots and A.D.'s release from captivity.  All three idiots were jailed 

and both A.D. and Eroğlu were released from hospitals after treatment for 

their stab wounds.