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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 February 2024)
A colorful story of black, blue and red.
Ramazan Akbay (59), a retired farmer and the father of three children,
lives in Honaz district of Denizli province. His wife died four years ago.
Through his niece, he met and began chatting by cellphone with
Zulkhunur K. (39), who was living in Uzbekistan. The two decided to
live together and on 18 July last year Zulkhunur settled into Akbay's
house. Two days later, Zulkhunur hanım ran barefooted to the local
police station, claiming that Akbay had sexually harassed her, beat her
and stole her belongings. (!)
Zulkhunur hanım got a report from a hospital that showed more than 50
bruises on her body. Akbay, who was arrested and jailed on 21 July,
rejected her claims but a case was filed against him for "kidnapping, theft
and sexual harassment" with a related jail sentence of up to 45 years.
However (!), at a court hearing on 8 February, Akbay's lawyer Salim
Kutlutürk declared that Zulkhunur hanım's bruises must have been
sustained before the date of the alleged attack by Akbay because so soon
after the "attack" there should have been only redness around the wounds,
rather than black and blue marks.
Hearing this, the court ordered Akbay's release from jail. His lawyer
Kutlutürk asserted that Zukhunur hanım had lied and that "the bruises
on a woman who arrived in Turkey two days before the 'attack' should
have shown redness. The court agreed and my client was released from
jail. In all likelihood, she sustained the bruises in Uzbekistan and came
to Turkey to save herself."
As for Akbay, he lamented that "she wanted 5 bracelets and a pricey
telephone from me. I said that maybe later I'd get those things for her.
We went to my home but then she ran away and accused me. But I
didn't do anything to her, yet I've spent 6.5 months in jail for nothing."
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