"Beat & Release": This "Gypsy President" Would Be A Great Tyrant, in Muğla

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 July 2024)

Central casting couldn't find a better fit. He's got "the look".

In Muğla, Soner Başkan (50, whose surname means "president" or 

"chief") was jailed for tying a rope to the neck and feet of his wife

M.B. (71!) and then beating her.  In his statement to police, Başkan

"explained" that his wife hid his medicine and would not give it to

him, derisively calling him "gypsy", as well:

"When she insulted me by calling me 'gypsy' I got angry so I slapped 

her face three times.  Next, I sat her on the couch in the living room 

downstairs, tied her up with rope and cables and secured the ends by 

tying them to the safe and the staircase banister.  Then I sat opposite 

her and smoked a cigarette while I watched her suffer.  She wanted 

food and water but I didn't give her either.  When she asked for a 

cigarette I flicked my butt in front of her." (!) 

Başkan left the house but when he returned the Gendarmerie had 

arrived - she had alerted them to her situation with a phone app 

(KADES).  Başkan expressed no regrets, though, saying that his

wife had provoked him.  He accepted the charges leveled against 

him - "kidnapping" and "wounding".  

Soner bey wants to join this exclusive club.