11 Ağustos 2024 Pazar

"Beat & Release": Accidental Traffic Combatants, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 August 2024)














              No accident is complete without a fight.

In Ümraniye, Istanbul, three workers in an İBB (Istanbul municipality)
service vehicle got into an argument with another car's driver.  Claiming
that he and his older sister had been beaten by the 3 workers, K.Ö.D.
filed a police complaint against them.  The 3 workers were taken into
custody by police and explained that they'd apologized after the incident
but then a dispute erupted about the cost of repairing the car damage,
prompting K.Ö.D.'s police complaint. 

The incident occurred on the night of 1 August in the Aşağı Dudullu 
neighborhood of Ümraniye.  K.Ö.D. (20) was driving "makas" style
(weaving in and out of traffic at high speed) and clipped the İBB 
vehicle, in which İ.K., H.A. and E.P. were riding.  The 3 workers 
pursued K.Ö.D. and cut him off near his home.  A fight ensued and
the 3 workers beat K.Ö.D. and his sister, who together filed the police
complaint on 9 August, after which the 3 workers were arrested. 

With regard to the damage inflicted on K.Ö.D.'s vehicle when the
3 workers cut him off, he and his father demanded 100,000 TL 
(about $3,000), although the estimated cost of repairs was put at
27,000 TL.  This money dispute led to K.Ö.D.'s complaint and 
the workers' arrest. 



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