"Entice & Release": Turkish Gangster, Lured by "Black Angel" in Honey Trap, Wounded in Rival Gang's Attack, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 May 2024)

                            Irresistible "Black Angel"

Barış Boyun (40), a Turkish gangster who started his own gang in 2016,

added the "Dalton Gang", led by Bahadır Akdağ and Beratcan Gökdemir,

to his organization.  Boyun fled Turkey but continued to direct his gang

from abroad and his gang's rivalries with other gangs stretched to Georgia,

France and Greece.  An Interpol "red bulletin" was issued for Boyun

and he was taken into custody in Italy. 

Boyun, who is expected to be returned to Turkey in the coming days, 

is charged with more than 120 crimes.  The Istanbul Public Prosecutor

issued a 96-page indictment against Boyun on 1 March and included

charges of armed attacks implemented by his associated "Dalton Gang" 

members.  

The indictment reflects enmity between Boyun and other Turkish gangsters

named Uğurcan Gündoğmuş and Halil Ay.  However, Gündoğmuş sought

help from Boyun, who then directed Akdağ and Gökdemir, whose 

nickname is "Can Dalton", to support Gündoğmuş.  In this regard, 

Gündoğmuş gave social media phenom (!) Gizem Karamelek (whose

surname means "Black Angel" (!)) instructions to contact Ay, which she

did via Instagram.

                           Hail, hail the gang's all here.

On 13 January 2023, Gizem hanım succeeded in placing a tracking

device in Ay's car.  After Ay left a Şişli, Istanbul, nightclub in the wee 

hours of the morning he was attacked at the Golden Horn Bridge by 

four members of the "Dalton Gang" using long-barrel rifles and wounded, 

while his associate Cumali Aslan was killed.  "Dalton Gang" member 

Doğukan Kırık was wounded in the exchange of gunfire and captured 

by police as his cohorts fled.  During the incident Kırık was wearing an 

"electronic handcuff" because of another crime he'd committed (!). 

Gizem hanım admitted to police that she had enticed Ay to meet with

her via an Instagram message but she denied that she'd placed a 

tracking device in Ay's car, in which, nevertheless, Gizem hanım's 

fingerprints were found.  After the attack on Ay the "Dalton Gang" 

assailants removed the tracking device from Ay's car.  

Gizem hanım has been charged with being an organized crime group

member and aiding a murder.  Boyun and Gökdemir have been charged

with ordering her to assist in Ay's demise.