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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 December 2023)
Gangsters' Paradise.
Istanbul police conducted an operation against gangs that beat up tourists
who didn't pay their overcharged bills at the gangs' nightclubs. 93 gang
members were taken into custody. İmages of the gang members beating
tourists with bats have emerged. (!)
A number of individuals, most of them tourists, complained to police
about the gangs demanding that they pay inflated nightclub bills in the
gangs' nightclubs along Beyoğlu's İstiklal Avenue and in Beşiktaş. When
the customers refused to pay they were beaten by gang members.
In the police operation, the owners of these "establishments" were
arrested:
Taksim Cocorico Night Club owners Murat Y., Kerem O., and
Nizamettin D.
Keyn Club owners Gürkan G. and Özkan G.
Durnes72 Club owners Recep B. and Kenan T.
Pinokyo Terrace Club owners Mehmet K. and Bülent K.
Happy's Club owners Murat Ö. and Yaşar Y.
Police reviewed street security camera images and saw bar customers who
complained about overcharges being beaten with bats by gang members,
who beforehand roamed the streets trying to entice tourists to their bars.
The resulting astronomical bar bills shocked the customers, who, when
they objected, were threateningly surrounded by gang members and then
beaten if they persisted in not paying up.
Non-paying customers were relieved of their money, cell phones and
wallets, too. A total of 133 individuals were victimized in this way,
93 of them foreign tourists. Police launched "Operation Kafes-23" in
12 provinces, centered in Istanbul, last Friday rounding up 93 suspects.
"The first drink is free!", says Pinokyo...
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