"Crash & Release": Georgian Massacre by Kitchenware Along the Road, in Çankırı

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 March 2024)

It's just a mess...but it'll have to do till the real mess gets here.

Along the road at Göynükçukuru village in Çankırı province's Çerkes

district, the driver of a car with plate number 16 ADB 879 pulled over

to the side of the road with car trouble.  Police arrived to help driver

Mehmet Adem and took measures to ensure safety during the rescue. 

However (!), Shota N., the driver  of a TIR (tractor-trailer) with 

Georgian plates and loaded with kitchenware, plowed into the disabled 

car and the police rescuers, spilling the kitchenware all over.   As the

result of the crash, car driver Adem, his father Abdurrahman Adem,

his mother Tokezban Adem and his sister Yurdağül Davan were killed.

Shota N. and policemen D.G. and B.K. were slightly injured. 

It took five hours to clear the TIR and the kitchenware from the road.

"Beat & Release": Professor in Northern Cyprus "Wanted" by Canada for 13 Years on Sexual Assault Charges is Being Deported

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 March 2024)

                      Canada "wants" him, badly.

At a time when Northern Cyprus is reeling from "fake diploma and 

corruption" scandals that erupted at a university, it turns out that at a 

separate university a professor who runs three departments in the 

engineering faculty has been "wanted" by Canada for 13 years (!). 

Consequently, the Northern Cyprus Council of Ministers has declared

Prof. Dr. Ali Turjman to be an "illegal migrant" who is being sought on

charges of sexual assault and attempted murder.  Turjman, who teaches

at Near East University (YDÜ) in Lefkoşa is being deported.  But since

Northern Cyprus does not have direct ties to Interpol, Turjman is being

deported via Turkey. 

Turjman, who is a native of Kuwait, completed his doctoral degree at

Queens University in Canada in 2011 but was charged with the crimes

of sexual assault, attempted murder and kidnapping. (evidently, he 

successfully fled from Canada). 

In 2019 Turjman was teaching at Antalya Science University and has

published more than 190 scholarly papers.  On YDÜ's website there

is a 37-page (!) biography of Turjman.  Nevertheless, YDÜ has yet

to make a comment on Turjman's deportation. 

"Crash & Release": Car of "Marble-piercer" Village Chief Gets Pierced by Steel Road Barrier, in Rize

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 March 2024)

  A marble barrier would have been too much to ask fate for.

Yesterday, Okan Seymenoğlu (42), the village chief of Mermerdelen 

(which translates to "marble-piercer") village in Rize, hit a road 

barrier that pierced his car and he and his three passengers were injured 

in the crash.  The four were returning from the funeral (!) of Mehmet 

Sultan Allahverdi who died in a landslip during drinking-water pipeline 

excavations in Trabzon's Hayrat district.

Besides Seymenoğlu, Reşit Aydın (68), Levent Kalkavan (46) and 

Mehmet Çelik (47) were injured and all of them were taken to a 

hospital for treatment.

"Meow & Release": Beloved Cat "Faruk" Gets Test Proctor Fired, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 March 2024)

                                  Geçmis olsun Faruk!

Last Saturday, the IELTS test, which is aimed at excusing high school

students from having to take university preparation classes, was given

at the Terakki Foundation Schools in the Etiler neighborhood of 

Beşiktaş, Istanbul. 

F.A. was serving as the proctor for the test and wanted to shoo away a

cat named Faruk who entered the classroom through an open window. 

However (!), Faruk regularly comes into classrooms and roams the 

corridors of the school, about which F.A. was unaware since he was

assigned for the test by an outside company. 

In any case, in his ardor to shoo away Faruk F.A. either caused or 

forced Faurk to fall from the second-floor classroom.  Because of 

this controversy about the beloved Faruk, IDP, the firm that assigned 

F.A. to proctor the test,  disowned and fired him. (!)

As for Faruk, veterinarian Batuhan Nathur stated this about the 

feline's condition: "I can't yet give you good news because Faruk's

condition right now is critical.  If everything goes well, Faruk will

fully recover in 2-3 weeks."

"Pray & Release": Mosque and Minarets Demolished - Blocked Sabiha Gökçen Airport's New Runway, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 March 2024)

                    And during Ramazan! Tövbe! Tövbe!

A new runway was recently opened at Sabiha Gökçe Airport in Istanbul -

Runway-24.  However (!), the minarets of a nearby mosque presented an

obstacle to the new runway and the decision was made to demolish

them.  

Yet, another problem has arisen with the mosque in question: the dome

of the mosque is interfering with the ILS approach system's functions.

In addition, a cargo company's office must be shaved down.  So, after

the upcoming Ramazan holiday is over the mosque's dome will be 

demolished and a new, lower one built instead. 

If that wasn't enough, the new runway's lighting system is still not in

place and the fact that planes must make a 230-degree turn to reach

the terminal has slowed arrivals considerably.  

Also, now that the AJet airline company has made Sabiha Gökçen it's 

main base of operations the terminal building has been found to be 

insufficient but it is unknown when construction of the second terminal, 

to be built by Tabanlıoğlu Mimarlık, will begin. 

And the Malaysian company (!) that manages Sabiha Gökçen Airport's

General Directorate has appointed Serhat Soğukpınar to the leadership

position but the Turkish side has yet to make a similar appointment. 

"Beat & Release": Killer's Crocodile Tears in Court Are Shed for Naught - No Sentence Reduction, in Ankara

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 March 2024) 

                          "I want my mommy!!"

Samet Özgül, a student in the history department of Gazi University in

Ankara, was working as a motorcycle courier when on the night of 5

November 2022 he was involved in a traffic dispute and then beaten by

three people and stabbed to death in his throat.  The killer, Halil İbrahim

 Demirci, was given a life sentence, while his father Mustafa Demirci

and Bülent Acıkgöz were each given 12-year sentences in connection

with Özgül's murder. 

An appeals court in Ankara voided these sentences, asserting that 

there was not enough convincing evidence for the crime of "aiding an

intentional murder" to convict Mustafa Demirci and Bülent Açıkgöz.

In addition, this court ruled that "despite Halil İbrahim Demirci's 

regret he was not given a 'good behavior' sentence reduction." (!) 

The first court then re-tried the case and reaffirmed the original 

conviction of Mustafa Demirci and Bülent Demirci because the two 

"distracted the victim's attention and hindered his self-defense" so

that Halil İbrahim Demirci could carry out the murder.   

With regard to withholding a "good behavior" sentence reduction for

the killer, the court explained that "the suspects left the victim to die

and walked away calmly."  Additionally, the court noted that Halil

İbrahim Demirci's crying in court (!) to emphasize his regret was not

a convincing reason to warrant the reduction. 

Will wearing a tie in court be the next reduction to fall? 

"Beat & Release": Two Women Who Faked Being a Lawyer and a Doctor, Respectively, Jailed

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 March 2024)

                 Madam councilor, before and after. 

When the Adana public prosecutor got a tip that Betül S. (37) was 

stalking the corridors of the Adana courthouse as a would-be lawyer 

using another real lawyer's name and trying to hoodwink potential 

clients, an investigation was begun.  

Betül hanım took pictures of herself dressed in lawyer robes in 

courtrooms and the courthouse restaurant and posted them on social 

media.  She was arrested in one of the courtroom corridors.  A search 

of her home yielded a false lawyer ID, lawyer robes, an unlicensed 

revolver (!) and many legal documents evidently used in her scam. 

She was brought up on a number of related charges and jailed. 

The incident with Betül hanım brought to mind the case of Ayşe Özkiraz,

who tried to pass herself off as a doctor in Tekirdağ Çerkezköy State 

Hospital but was caught and jailed when she drew the suspicions of the 

real doctors there.   

Ayşe hanım even had a wreath sent to Çerezköy Hospital on the occasion

of her birthday last October with the message "We love you - the pride of 

Çapa! Happy Birthday to my Dr. Ayşe" (Çapa Medical School is in 

Istanbul).  

Ayşe hanım's father Ali Özkiraz, a farmer in Tokat province, lamented

that "she duped me for years.  I sold my tractor to be able to send her

money.  She got 35,000 TL from me for medical books." (!) 

A birthday selfie, in more ways than one.

"Beat & Release": From Africa With Love...and Maybe HIV?, in Karabük

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 March 2024) 

                                  The usual suspects.

On a "confession" page opened in the name of Karabük Univeristy on

social media, some Turkish students are asserting that after having been

"together" with foreign Black students they have gone to the hospital

suspecting they have contracted HPV or HIV (!).   Meanwhile, the 

Karabük provincial health directorate has announced that there has not 

been an increase in either HIV or HPV-positive incidents in the city. 

The "confession" page on Instagram (kbuitiraf.et) is full of assertions 

from Karabük students that they think they have contracted venereal 

diseases after having had sexual relations with African students, and 

that although the Africans do not show signs of the diseases they may 

be carrying them.  Yet, local health officials contend that there has been

no uptick in venereal diseases. 

According to the university's 2023 activities report, there are 45, 890

students at the school, 11, 908 of whom are foreigners - 8,673 males

and 3,235 females.   The largest number of foreign students are Syrians

(1,498), followed by Chadians (1,386) and Iraqis (844).   The former

dean of Karabük University, Prof. Dr. Refik Polat stated that "we have

more than 1,300 Chadian students out of 5,000 students from Africa 

who will bring Karabük to Africa and Africa to Karabük."  Polat was

succeeded by Prof. Dr. Fatih Kırışık last year. 

"Beat & Release": Just Another Routine Murder, This Time in Izmir

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 March 2024)

A very modest jewelry store and the impulsive, elusive F:B.

The evening before last in Izmir's Bornova district, Enes Özkurhan (24)

came to a police station and told police that there was a dead body in 

the trunk of a car bearing license plate number 35 TU 261, parked at a 

private hospital.   The police went to the scene and found the body of a 

male with three bullet holes in the head.  They then determined that the

deceased was Bekir Bozar (68), the owner of a jewelry store. 

In his statement to police, Özkurhan "explained" that on the evening of

19 March his childhood friend F.B. (24) summoned him to drive his

car, in which F.B. and Bozar were passengers.  They next headed to 

Bozar's home to drop him off but en route F.B. and Bozar got into an

argument about money, prompting F.B. to shoot Bozar in the head three

times. (!)

After the murder, Özkurhan and F.B. put Bozar's body in the car trunk

and headed for Manisa, returning to Izmir the next day, whereupon 

Özkurhan went to the police station and F.B. fled.    It turned out that 

F.B. had stolen gold from Bozar's jewelry store to settle debts he had 

with 14 people.  Özkurhan was jailed and police are looking for F.B. 

"Beat & Release": She Robbed 8 Million Euros in Germany, Fled to Turkey and Has Now Surprisingly Surrendered in Bremen

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 March 2024)

                             She'll be safer in jail.

Yasemin Gündoğan robbed more than 8 million Euros from the company

she worked for in Bremen, Germany, in 2021 and fled to Turkey.  Now,

though, she has surrendered to police at Bremen airport, but the question

remains: why now?

Speculation is rife about Yasemin hanım's surprise decision to turn herself

in but it may be that she felt threatened.  Right after her heist, Professor

Adolf Gallwitz, a psychologist working in  the Villingen-Schwenningen 

police department, told Bild newspaper "this great amount of money 

would draw the attention of many criminals, who would be inclined to

track her down anywhere in the world.  She would be vulnerable to 

blackmail and possibly kidnapping."

German Criminologist Axel Petermann opined that "there are many 

reasons that a person might surrender after committing a crime like

this.  She might have spent all the money or criminal pursuers may have 

found out where she was hiding and were closing in on her.  Another

possible reason for surrendering could be a crisis of conscience about

having committed the crime and the related regret.  And constantly 

living on the run is extremely stressful."

From Bremen to Berlin to Vienna overland, by plane to Istanbul

and Izmir.  Then perhaps to Bilecik, where a German insurance

company filed a complaint with the Turkish prosecutor, 

alleging that Yasemin hanım was in the market for a plot

of land there. 

In Wake of Crimes of Extravagance by Social Media "Phenoms", a Collateral-damage Suicide, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 March 2024) 

"phenom" role models click here for TNT news about the Polats

 

                          A lavish "butterfly effect".

Amid the investigations into social media "phenoms" like the couple 

Dilan and Engin Polat who flaunted a luxurious and extravagant 

lifestyle, another couple - Dr. Tayyar Taylan Öz and his wife Özlem Öz -

also with "beauty clinics", theirs advertised with the name "Drtayyaröz"

(!), were caught up in the investigative net. 

As a result, on 28 November 2023 the Anatolian Public Prosecutor 

indicted the Öz couple on organized crime charges and their assets were

seized in December, with an administrator, Bünyamin Ergün, appointed 

to take charge of said assets. 

However (!),  Ergün, who was living with his wife in the Başakşehir

district of Istanbul, experienced severe marital problems and moved out

to live separately.  The night before last Ergün returned to the 9th floor

flat in Başakşehir but his wife wouldn't let him in.  This turn of events

prompted Ergün to jump 9 stories to his death (!). 

Before his suicide Ergün left this note: "There are a lot of bad things

going on but no one is to blame. Whatever I've done I've done it to

myself."  As for his wife, she told police "we've had some problems

for a while.  He is prone to violence and I was afraid he would harm

me so that's why I didn't open the door."

Oh, the wreckage the ostentatious "phenoms" have wrought...

"Beat & Release": Young Turks Hoping to Enter USA Via Mexico Face Increased Scrutiny

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 March 2024, article by Uğur Cebeci)

                                No Turks need apply.

The number of young Turks wanting to enter the USA via Mexico is 

increasing every day.  Consequently, measures have begun in Istanbul

to screen potential illegal asylum seekers prior to flights.  These measures

are being implemented not by Turkish Airlines (THY) but, rather, by

private security company.  Boarding may be prevented and even those

who successfully board may be returned from the countries they land in.

Henceforth, it will be more difficult for Turkish youths to fly to Mexico,

Colombia, Panama, Cuba and Brazil.  

The number of Turks entering the USA through Mexico: 

October- December 2019: 636

2021: 6,945

2022: 21,968

Most of the travelers in question have been from Çorum and Ağrı 

provinces (!). 

Mexican visas can be obtained with no charge over the internet. But

regardless of hotel reservations or other "proof" of remaining in 

Mexico or the other mentioned countries, based on the new stricter

measures you may be blocked from boarding.  Increasingly, Turkish

youths are voicing their frustration with these measures on social 

media and on Instagram, in particular. 

But many Turkish youths have returned to Turkey having lost their

money to traffickers in Mexico and elsewhere, and, of course, having

failed to enter the USA illegally.   Many of those who have snuck into

the USA have found themselves going hungry and homeless. 

"Beat & Release": Note on Garbage Can in Forest Led Police to Dead Body, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 March 2024)

                         Perhaps the only eyewitness.

People who went to get water from a fountain at Bahçköy Hunca, in

Belgrad Forest, Sarıyer, Istanbul, the day before yesterday at about

2 o'clock in the afternoon noticed this hand-written note on a garbage 

can: "there's a body down the hill" (!).  

Police were summoned and found the unrecognizable body of a male

below a cliff.  In order to recover the body from the rough terrain, 

firefighters were called and after two hours the body was brought

up to the road and sent to the police forensic lab for an autopsy and

possible identification. 

Dilek Sönmez, who alerted police initially, stated that "we came to

get water and saw the note that read 'there's a body down the hill.'

We alerted the police and they came.  We didn't see anything related

to the incident except the note."

"Fleece and Release": State Bridge "Sold" by Hoodwinker to Junkman, in Ankara

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 March 2024)

               Once upon a time there was a bridge...

Ziya K., asserting that the historic "Gömleksiz Köprüsü" bridge in

Ankara "is mine" (!) sold it for 60,000 TL (about $1,850), calling to mind

a fellow nicknamed "Sülün Osman" ("sülün" means a brisk, lively little

man) who years ago also sold state goods as if they were his own to dupes. 

When Ziya K. was brought to court for his punishment he asked for time 

to pay his debt to society, but he was ordered to pay 140,000 TL (about 

$4,200) by the time of the case's next hearing on 8 May. 

In 2022, Gendarmerie troops on patrol in Beypazarı district of Ankara

noticed that the "Gömleksiz Köprüsü" bridge was missing (!).  This 

prompted the Gendarmerie to write to the Highways General Directorate

(HGD), asking "did you remove the bridge?".  A negative reply from HGD

started an investigation by which the Gendarmerie learned that the bridge 

had been dismantled in a week's time, with the iron and other parts carted 

away in trucks.  It turned out that Ziya K. told junkman Y.Ç. that "they 

gave me the bridge." (!)

At the first hearing of the case on 6 March, Ziya K. asked to make good

on his debt but noted that "we didn't do anything in secret.  I asked the

government to give me the bridge and assumed I'd get a positive response."  

Unimpressed, the court ordered Ziya K. to pay the HGD 140,000 TL by

8 May.

As for junkman Y.Ç., he "explained" that "I'm a junkman so I sold the

iron that came from the bridge.  Ziya K. told me that HGD gave him the

bridge so I sent him 60,000 TL via the account of D.K." (!)

Ziya K.'s role model...

"Beat & Release": Purse-snatchers Using Stolen Motorcycles Foiled by GPS Chip, in Istanbul

 (Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 March 2024: original Turkish article 

unavailable) 

dedective-like bike recovery see this TNT report for  a similar 

story.

Girls! Look out! He's coming for your purses and phones!

On the night of 6 March in Bağcılar district of Istanbul, two thieves with 

their heads covered cut the locks off a motorcycle and stole it. 

However (!), the thieves didn't know that the motorcycle  had a GPS 

chip in it, so once the owner informed the police they were able to 

track the thieves using the motorcycle for "purse-snatching" in the 

city's Fatih and Demirkapı neighborhoods.  

Soon afterwards, the thieves uncovered their heads and police determined

their identities as T.Ş. and A.Ç., taking them into custody.  It turned out

that the two thieves had stolen motorcycles in three neighborhoods on

19, 24 and 25 February.  These motorcycles were found in an enclosed

parking lot and returned to their rightful owners.  T.Ş. and A.Ç. were 

taken to jail. 

Bike Thief's Victim Gets Sweet Revenge for Herself and Others, in Antalya

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 16 March 2024)

                         She's pretty smart.

Ukrainian citizen Mishel Lazerenko, who lives in Antalya, had her 

bicycle stolen from in front of her house but, like a detective, she

succeeded in having police find not only her bike but those stolen

from others, as well. (!)

Mishel explained what happened to Hürriyet as follows:

"When I came home from work I saw that my bike had been stolen.

Right away, I filed a complaint with the police.  Next, I downloaded

an app for a website selling second-hand goods and opened an account

with the name "Damla".  Within an hour I saw my bike up for sale so

I contacted the seller but, in order not to attract suspicion, I haggled

a bit about the price.  In fact, at my insistence, the seller reduced the

price by 1,000 TL.  Once we settled on a price and I got the address

I informed the police."  (!)

"En route to the seller's address, two policemen followed me in their

car.  I met the seller in front of a TIR (tractor-trailer).  When he opened

the door of the TIR I saw tens of bikes inside.  The police checked the

serial number on my bike to officially determine that it was mine.

The rest of the bikes were returned to their rightful owners."  (!) 

(no mention in the article of the fate of the "seller" - presumably he

was arrested but one never knows around here...)

"Flee & Release": Rich Kid Who Fled Turkey With Mom After Fatal Car Crash, Spotted in New York City

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 March 2024)

TNT background story click here for the initial story.

The trauma of the fatal crash, and jet lag (!), seems to have

 passed.  Geçmiş olsun...

On 13 March, when Gözde G., a Turk living in New York City, saw 

fugitives Eylem Tok and her son Timur Cihantimur at around 5 PM 

on the corner of 57th Street and 6th Avenue in New York, she snapped 

photos of them but noted that the two were quite merry and relaxed,

despite realizing that they were being photographed. 

Gözde G. added that "they hailed a taxi and I took a picture of the

taxi's license plate but, knowing I took the picture, they probably got

out of that taxi soon after.  It was a yellow taxi.  The youth was 

wearing the same clothes he wore when he fled Istanbul.  I didn't

speak with them.  But in the hope of helping them get caught, I

shared my pictures right away."

Victim's and parents' surname is "Acı"  (pain) (!)

"Beat & Release": Two Women Named "İlayda" Viciously Attacked, One by a Stranger, One by Her Fiancé, in İzmir and Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 March 2024)

                  A very strange stranger in the night. 

In Konak district of Izmir on 8 March, World Women's Day (!), Yunus 

Yılmaz (32) stabbed İlayda Alkan (20) to death and wounded her mother 

Oya Tarhan (45).   On the night of the incident, the two women, who

worked at the same company,  were sitting on a bench at about 1130 

after having had dinner when Yılmaz attacked them, apparently for

no reason (!). 

After being arrested Yılmaz "explained" that he was drunk and didn't

remember why he argued with the two women (!).  Oya hanım's brother-

in-law Abdullah Sergezoğlu lamented that "our girl didn't even know this

guy, no connection whatsoever.  How can someone attack another so

randomly?!"

*****************************************************

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 March 2024)

One suspects the engagement is off...or at least "restrained"

a bit.

In Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district, a friend of Barış Çatak wanted to

work with Çatak's fiancé İlyada Ötünç.  Initially, Çatak told İlayda

hanım that he didn't like this idea but then he changed his mind and

they went to dinner together.  When İlayda hanım asked Çatak why he 

changed his mind an argument erupted. Çatak accused İlayda hanım of 

insulting his friend's girlfriend and beat her to a pulp. 

Somehow surviving this assault, İlayda hanım filed a complaint with

the police and got a restraining order (!) against Çatak.  She stated

that "My eye exploded as he beat me continually for about five or six

minutes.  I thought I was going to die!"

"Crush & Release": Truck Hits Overpass, Crushes Car; Same Truck Hit Same Overpass in 2019, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 March 2024)

                                              Ouch.

In Bakırköy, Istanbul, yesterday evening at about six-forty five a TIR 

(tractor trailer) driven by Mehmet F. struck the top of a bridge at the

Yeşilyurt Air War College intersection and fell on top of an automobile.

Passers-by tried to unload the trailer's contents in an effort to lighten

it.  However, the four people in the car, one a child, all lost their lives.

Mehmet F. was taken into custody by police.  The victims were

identified as Recep Aytekin, his mother Güler Rukiye Aytekin, his wife 

Sultan Aytekin and his daughter Merve Aytekin.  The family was en 

route to the Istanbul Municipal Social Facility at Florya for the evening

"iftar" (dinner after sunset during Ramazan) meal.

It turned out that the TIR (license plate  34 ER 260) had hit the

same bridge in 2019. (!) 

"Beat & Release": Mom Burns Wedding Dress of Daughter Murdered by Ex-Spouse, a Policeman, in Mersin

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 March 2024)

 

               "And our love will be a funeral pyre..."

On 6 March, Mustafa Yıldır (41), a policeman in the Mersin police 

department (!),  met with his second ex-wife, Mervegül Bayer (31), who 

was divorced from Yıldır a year ago, and shot her in the head with a 

revolver before killing himself with the same gun. 

Go, yes, but don't take anyone with you.

The evening before last, Mervegül hanım's bereaved mother Hatice Kurt

burned her daughter's wedding dress in the street.  Hatice hanım had 

this advice for young girls:

"Girls, this is Mervegül's funeral shroud!  Her shroud!  Girls, everthing

began with this dress and now it comes to an end with this same dress.

Why am I doing this? As a lesson to you all.  You may think over and 

over again 'why did Aunt Hatice' burn the wedding dress?!'   Well, 

think about getting married over and over again.  Think hard girls and

don't let anyone crush you, find help somewhere. This is Mervegül's

message: 'put my wedding dress out, gather my friends and burn it to

the last thread. Everything began with this dress.'  Let this wedding 

dress be a message for you.  Whether good or bad, a person does not

change.  Don't forget this."

"Beat & Release": Terror in One of Those Peaceful-looking Villages You See From Afar...

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 March 2024)

              Must be such a wonderful place to live (!).

Cihan Oral, a married man who lives in Azaklı village of Korkut district,

Muş province, kidnapped Ayşe İnceyol (27) nearly a year ago.  A short

while ago the İnceyol family found Ayşe hanım and brought her back 

home in Arpalıseki village, Kavakbaşı township, in Bitlis province's

Mutki district.  

Enraged, Oral went to the İnceyol's house last night at about 3 o'clock 

in the morning with a long-barrel rifle.  An argument ensued (!) 

prompting Oral to shoot dead Ayşe hanım, her father Musa İnceyol (65) 

and her older brother Neytullah İnceyol (35) and seriously injure Ayşe

hanım's mother Nermin İnceyol (54).  

The Gendarmerie is currently searching for Oral.