"Beat & Release": Four Chic Lady Bandits Fool Security Guard, Rob Flat of Gold and Jewels, in Adana

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 October 2024)

stylish thieves precedent a similar MO in Istanbul

When entering, just make it look like you belong there.

In Seyhan district of Adana, on 16 October at about 1 o'clock 

in the afternoon, with hats on their heads and sunglasses 

covering their eyes, Bahar Fidan (22), her cousin Sevil Fidan

(20), Sevda Demir (28) and Tuğçe Çelik (23) stolled past the

security guard to enter an apartment complex. 

Once inside the building, the four went up to the flat of

Sanem Ö., who was at work at that hour, on the 12th floor.

They were able to (somehow!) force open the steel front

door and steal  450,000 TL (about $13,000) worth of gold

and jewelry. 

On 17 October, Sevda Demir and Tuğçe Çelik broke into

the flat of Duygu Ç. in Adana's Çukurova district and stole

400,000 TL worth of gold and jewelry.  In addition, on 18

October they stole 100,000 worth of gold from a flat in the

Yüreğir district. 

After examining security camera footage, police identified

the suspects  and arrested them in a raid on their hideout.

The four women have been jailed. 

"Eat & Release": Manure Pit Swallows Three Men; All Three Died From Methane Poisoning, in Yozgat

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 October 2024)

                                      "No comment."

The evening before last in Boğazlıyan district of Yozgat 

province, Afghan shepherd Mohammed Ali Kerim, while 

working in a stable owned by Sinan Budak, fell into a pit 

filled with manure.  Both Budak and Veysel Taştan saw 

Kerim fall and tried to help him escape, but in the process

they too fell into the manure pit (!). 

Other workers sought help from nearby construction workers,

who extracted the three from the pit as medics and Gendarmerie

troops arrived.  However, all three had suffered methane gas

poisoning and died at a hospital. 

"Beat & Release": Loansharks Swarm to Desperate Victim, in Karaman

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 October 2024)

               M.K. seen entering his tunnel of doom.

In Karaman province, merchant M.K. (42) couldn't pay his debts 

so he borrowed 100,000 TL (about  $3,000) from a loneshark but 

over the course of two years his debt to a number of loansharks

grew to 20 million TL (about $580,000 !).   When M.K. couldn't pay,

all his loansharks began to threaten him so he fled from Karaman 

and through his lawyer Halil Açıkgöz filed a criminal complaint 

against the loansharks with the public prosecutor..

In his complaint, M.K. stated that "I was in charge of the Has

Çobanoğlu Trade Construction Industry Tourism Ltd. company

in Karaman.  In 2022, I was unable to pay some debts  and in

January of that year Veli Ü. called me, saying he'd heard I was

having financial problems.  A few days later I borrowed 

100,000 TL from Veli and 10 minutes later his man Fatih G.

brought me the money wrapped in a newspaper (!). 

Veli wanted me to sign a promissory note, such that I would

pay him back 160,000 TL in 30-40 days.  A month later he

called me and demanded payment. I said 'give me another day'.

Veli refused and said my debt had risen to 320,000 TL. This

process continued until June 2024, at which point I had given

Veli promissory notes totaling 15 million TL (!). 

Prosecutors taking a statement from "Arap Ramazan".

As far as I can recall, Veli went to jail for loansharking in June

2022.  When he got out a few months later he told me that 

he wanted me to pay him right away.  I couldn't so in October

2022 I got in touch with loanshark Ramazan (Arap Ramazan)

A. and his son Ahmet A. in Karaman and obtained 7 million TL 

from them.  In May 2023, Ahmet A. demanded payment so I

wrote him an undated check for 4,500, 000 TL.  But he wanted

me to sign over the titles of two homes I owned to him and out

of fear for my family's safety I did so.  

In May-June 2024 Veli Ü, Ramazan A. and Ahmet A. came to

my workplace a number of times and threatened me, saying

"We won't let our money get away.  We'll destroy you and your

family!"

In order to pay them, I borrowed 4,830,000 TL from another

loanshark named Mustafa Ç., (!) giving him a check for 7,400,000 

TL in exchange.  As all the loansharks' threats continued, I decided

to flee from Karaman on 12 June 2024.  Veli Ü.'s goon Aytekin K.

visited my brothers Muhammet K. and Muhammet A.K., asking

where I could be found.  My complaint concerns Veli Ü., Ramazan

A., Ahmet A., Mustafa Ç. Aytekin K. and Orhan K., all of whom

subjected me to loansharking and victimized me."

Karaman has no seacoast, yet it's filled with sharks...

"Beat & Release": Nightclub Battle in Istanbul is a Lost Chapter of "War & Peace"

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 October 2024)

          That's Leo Tolstoy in the middle, making notes.

In the Taksim Square area of Istanbul, nightclub owners 

Savaş A. ("War", 37) and Barış A. ("Peace", 36), gave

Erdem S. and his friends Ferdi T. (26) and Malik T. (27)

a 5% partnership for 40,000 TL per month each and turned

over the club to them to manage.  But after Ferdi T. and

Malik T. ran the club for a while they reneged on giving

the monthly payment, resulting in gun violence that sealed

the club shut. 

Subsequently, when Ferdi T. and Malik T. learned that "War

& Peace" had reopened the club, they sent their goons 

Serhat T. (24) and Ermihan A. (19) to the club and Serhat T.

threatened the workers with his gun, taking all the money.  

Consequently, "War & Peace" had to close the nightclub.

On 15 October, goons Serhat T.,  Emirhan A., Abdullah Ç.

(32) and Erdal G. (36) same to the nightclub and opened the

padlock on the door with a "spiral" (coil used as an intrauterine

device  (!)) .  Their forced entry prompted "War & Peace" to

contact the Beyoğlu police, who identified the four intruders

and took them into custody. 

Serhat T. was jailed by the court, while the other three were

released on judicial supervision.  A week later, Ferdi T. and

Malik T. were arrested, with the former being jailed and the

latter being released on judicial supervision.

The six are no strangers to jail: Ferdi T. has a police record

of 10 crimes, Malik T.-14, Serhat T. - 15, Emirhan A. - 4,

Abdullah Ç. - 6, and (the champ) Erdal G. with 20 crimes

to his credit. 

"Click & Release": Deviant Takes Photo From Under Woman's Dress and Fondles Another Shopper, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 October 2024) 

Cemal B. is known as the "acrobatic photographer". 

In Bakırköy, Istanbul, on 18 August, a suspicious person was

noticed following two women in a shopping center.  When

the women entered a clothing store the suspect did too and

when one of the women bent down to inspect a garment the

suspect took a photograph from under the woman's dress (!).

The suspect quickly put his cellphone in his pocket and 

pretended to examine the store's clothes.  The women, though,

saw him take the picture and informed the police.  A while

later in the same shopping center the suspect tried to fondle

shopper Nihan K., who pursued the suspect with others as he 

fled but they couldn't catch him. 

In any case, police examined store video footage and 

determined that the devaint was Cemal B.  He was tracked

down in Sultangazi district and jailed. 

"Beat & Release": Killer Admits Crime But Claims "I Wouldn't Hurt an Ant" in Plea For Mercy, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 October 2024)

Evidence presented to refute killer's alibi.

In September 2023 in Bursa's Nilüfer district, realtor Ertuğrul

Erdoğan (23) met with Bülent Karakuş (43) a nightclub 

manager with whom Erdoğan had partnered in business  

since 2022, in Çamlıca Park.  

A money dispute had estranged the two so when they argued 

Erdoğan was prompted to shoot Karakuş 7 times with his 

unlicensed revolver and bash his face with the butt of the 

gun (!). 

Karakuş, not surprisingly, died. Erdoğan turned himself

in to the police and was jailed.  In court, Erdoğan "explained"

that "I lost my head. I went to jail at a young age.  Normally,

I wouldn't hurt an ant (!).  I'm pleading with you to acquit me!"

Nevertheless, although Erdoğan was granted a "discount" for

"unjustified provocation", he was sentenced to 18 years in 

jail for the murder and another 6 years for having 3 unlicensed

revolvers and fined 12,000 TL (about $350).

"Beat & Release": Police on Stakeout Mistakenly Attacked by Enraged Father and Son, in Üsküdar

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 October 2024)

                An unfortunate "volcanic" eruption. 

Yesterday in Üsküdar, Istanbul, lawyer Yaşar Tarık Okatan and 

his father Kadir Okatan, a retired army officer, noticed a car 

waiting in front of a shop.  Yaşar Tarık bey thought that one 

of the people in the car resembled someone who harassed his

sister, so he and his father approached the waiting car in their

own vehicle. 

Yaşar Tarık bey, with a hammer in his hand, cried out "You're

Volkan, the one who harassed my sister!" and he began to 

hit "Volkan" with the hammer.  "Volkan" protested that he 

wasn't the "Volkan" Yaşar Tarık was looking for, but to no 

avail, as father Kadir bey fired on the men in the car with a

revolver. (!)

It turned out that the two people in the car were plainclothes

policemen on a stakeout (!).  Kadir bey's firing prompted one

of them to shoot both Okatan's - Yaşar Tarık bey in the head

and Kadir bey in his groin.  Father and son, along with one

of the policemen, were taken to a hospital. 

"Beat & Release": Torture Victim Bides His Time, Secretly Copies Torture Video, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 October 2024)

 

                     Workplace violence, in spades.

Vedat K. (22) of Suruç district in Şanlıurfa province, went to

Antalya in 2020 to work in an industrial park there. During the

first 10 months he worked at the park he noticed that his 

paycheck was less than expected so he complained to his boss, 

but was rebuffed.

Calculating that he was owed 70,000 TL (about $2,000), Vedat

K. grabbed 15,000 TL from his boss's desk and went to Istanbul.

A while later he came back to Antalya and repaid the 15,000 TL

he had taken.  

However (!),  in response Vedat K. was beaten by A.T., O.T., 

S.T. and A.A., who bound him to a chair in a warehouse,

where they tortured Vedat K. for three days, breaking his 

teeth and forcing cockroaches down his open mouth. 

The torturers even videoed their dastardly acts. When Vedat K.

recovered he didn't file a police complaint because he didn't

have access to the video.  In any case, Vedat K. went back to

work for eight months during which time he succeeded in 

secretly copying the torture video from the fiends' phones.

Vedat K. then fled to Suruç and filed a complaint.  The 

torturers gave statements but were released and the trial 

continues, with the next hearing scheduled for 25 December.

"Beat & Release": Killer Gets "Divine Guidance" to Shoot Father and Brother Before Having Tea With Pals, in Denizli

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 October 2024)

                Kemal was always the "sensitive" one...

When neighbors of Süleyman Pekdemir (56) saw that his 

house in Denizli's Tavas district was on fire the day before

yesterday they called for help.  Firefighters, along with 

medics and Gendarmerie troops, arrived at the scene.  The

fire was put out in about an hour, but firefighters who entered

the house afterward found the dead bodies of Pekdemir and his

son Muhammet (30). 

A Gendarmerie investigation revealed that Pekdemir's 

younger son Kemal had shot dead his father and older

brother with a hunting rifle on Sunday, spent that night

in the house with their dead bodies, started the fire on

Monday night and then went to drink tea. (!)

Kemal Pekdemir was taken into custody and "explained" that

he had asked his father and brother for money but they had

refused to give him any.  As a result, he set the house on fire.

However, under cross-examination, he said that "Guidance

came from above (!).  Before I went to the house I checked my

rifle to make sure it wouldn't jam.  Then I shot them both

and waited for them to die.  Next, I left the house and went 

to a coffeehouse where I had tea and chatted with my friends.

I went back to the house on Monday night and set it on fire.

Then I fled."

"Braid & Release": Alleged Thief's "African Braids" Get Her Acquitted, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 October 2024)

                Sometimes, lawyers actually do help.

In May 2019 in Bursa, three individuals, one of them a woman,

entered Mustafa M.'s bakery and robbed 60 TL from the cash

register, 110 TL left on a table, and 530 TL from the pocket of

a jacket hanging on a coat rack.  The three thieves then hopped

on a motorcycle and fled. 

Police nabbed the male thieves Serkan Bilican (26) and S.E.

(17).  As for the woman involved, based on video images

police took M.K. (25) into custody.  Subsequently, all three

were released but at a court hearing on 8 October 2020, 

Bilican, who admitted guilt, was sentenced to 3 years 9

months in jail.  

As for M.K., she denied guilt but was, nevertheless, hit with

a 3 year-1 month-15 day jail sentence, which was approved

so she went to jail, but was released a week later because of 

the COVID pandemic (!).   

Last month, M.K. learned from police, who were looking for

her again, that a female thief using M.K.'s ID had been arrested.  

M.K.'s lawyer Barış Aydın investigated the matter and found

that the woman had straight hair, whereas M.K. wears her 

hair in an "African braids" style.  A review of the images

from the May 2019 robbery incident showed that the female

thief then had straight hair. (!)

Ultimately, M.K. was acquitted of involvement in the May 

2019 robbery "by a hair", so to speak.  Bilican and S.E.

finally apologized to M.K. for falsely incriminating her. (!)

"Beat & Release": Thief Enters Hospital on Stretcher, Flees With Cash, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 October 2024)

                   He made a grand (theft) entrance...

In Beyoğlu, Istanbul, on 15 October, medics and an ambulance

were called when news came of a person passed out in a back

street.  The patient was taken to Taksim Training and Research

Hospital on a stretcher and when he came to in his hospital room

he began to wait for treatment.  

However (!), the patient became impatient, got up and cruised the

hospital halls, spotting an unattended purse from which he took

500 liras (about $14.50).  He then scampered out of the hospital.

The purse's owner filed a police complaint and based on 

hospital admittance records, the culprit was identified as Z.J.

(24).  Police tracked him down at the same address he was 

taken from initially and jailed him. 

...and a hasty exit.

"Beat & Release": Blackmail and Extortion Activities of "Dalton Gang" Squeezed by Police Raids, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 October 2024)

Recent "Dalton Gang" publicity photo touting 

effectiveness.

Police operations launched against the Barış Boyun Gang

and the "Dalton Gang" have put pressure on the gangs' bosses.

In the "Kuyu-36" operation conducted on 14 October, Boyun 

Gang affiliate Adnan Çolak, the son of recently deceased former

footballer Mecnun Çolak, was captured.  Also nabbed was Murat 

Özavşar, the CEO of an Istanbul company. 

Among the crimes the gangs are accused of committing: firing on

a nightclub in Nişantaşı twice; throwing a bomb into the Çatalca-

Büyükçekmece TIR (long-haul trucks) garage; and threatening 

businessmen at the Tuzla shipyard. The aim of these criminal 

acts was to keep the flow of money to the gangs continuing. 

The gangs began to hire criminals from abroad to fill the 

vacancies left by members arrested in Turkey but recent police

raids and arrests of these for-hire foreign gangsters has put a 

big dent in the gangs' normal (!) blackmail and extortion activities 

against local businesses. 

Forced retirements.

"Beat & Release": Phoney Turkish Secret Agent Drains Duped Girlfriend's Bank Account

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 October 2024)

               At least James Bond has some manners. 

               S.T., not so much.

Engineer H.B., who lives in Germany, met S.T. eight years ago.  

Three months after they met, S.T. told H.B. that he was a secret

agent for Turkish intelligence and would probably be martyred

for his country.  H.B. (evidently also a Turk) was moved by 

S.T.'s patriotism and fell in love with him. (!)

However, S.T. continually asked H.B. for money for his 

"secret overseas missions".  When at last H.B. protested,

S.T. called her a "traitor to her country".  Shamed by this

epithet, H.B. resumed her no-questions-asked support to

S.T. 

H.B. came to Istanbıl from Germany, based on S.T.'s 

(empty) promise of marriage.  Once in Istanbul, S.T.

wanted to keep H.B. as a live-in girlfriend but she

demanded a formal marriage.  In response, S.T. said

"Because of my duty, I cannot get married. All secret agents

like me have this same restriction and their women all

accept this."  

Nevertheless, in light of H.B.'s insistence, S.T. made a show

of preparing for a wedding and he had H.B. stay in a hotel

in Antalya, where, instead, he beat her and nearly strangled 

her. If she got on a plane, S.T. said he would tip the airline 

that she was a terrorist and disgrace her.  Unable to bear S.T.'s

oppression any longer, H.B. again gave in and provided

S.T. with the money he wanted. 

However (!), when H.B. returned to Istanbul from Antalya

she could not reach S.T.  but saw on social media that he

had become engaged to another woman (!).  Finally, H.B.

filed a criminal complaint against S.T.

If H.B. gets her wish...

"Undaunted Deliverance": Baby Born on Metrobus Gets Lifetime Transit Pass, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 October 2024)

                "Yılmaz Baby can ride my bus anytime!"

When Hanife Mete's labor pains demanded it and she couldn't

find a taxi in Esenyurt, Istanbul, to get to a hospital, Hanife 

hanım boarded a metrobüs, giving birth on the bus and naming

her new son "Yılmaz" ("undaunted").  (!)

In light of this historic birth, IETT (Istanbul's mass transit arm)

has issued young Yılmaz a lifetime free pass for all of Istanbul's

mass transit facilities, on the order of Mayor Erkem İmamoğlu. 

Mustafa Bozdemir, the driver of the 34 AS Avcılar-Soğütlüçeşme

metrobüs, related that "when we came to the Küçükçekmece stop

the lady's labor pains increased, so I began to get the other 

passengers off the bus.  One of our security personnel came and

we pulled the bus into an appropriate place.  Then the medical

personnel arrived. For me, it was an event I could never have 

imagined."

Added to the list of maternity hospitals in Istanbul:

"Beat & Release": Family Feud Sends Woman to Riverbottom With "Cobblestone Necklace", in Kırıkkale

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 16 October 2024)

                Not the kind of jewelry she'd hoped for.

Sevgi Gülden Yalçıner (47) left her home in Karaağil village

in Kırıkkale province's Çelebi district on 25 September but was

not heard from again.  Gendarmerie and AFAD (search &

rescue) teams began searching for her.  Given the likelihood

that murder was involved, the Gendarmerie took 12 suspects

into custody and those jailed included Sevgi Gülden hanım's 

siblings Ş.G. and Y.G., her neighbors D.G. and K.U., along 

with her boyfriend B.U.  

Ultimately, Sevgi Gülden hanım's body was found 19 days

later at the site of the Çeşnigir Bridge over the Kızılırmak

River.  An autopsy revealed that she had been shot dead with

a revolver.  It turned out that Sevgi Gülden hanım had been

in a dispute with her sibling over money that was being 

fought over in court and a decision was imminent. 

                     A 13th Century masterpiece.

Sevgi Gülden hanım was married but lived separately from

her husband.  After she was killed, her body was tied to

cobblestones with wire (!) and thrown in the river, where it

was discovered at a depth of 7 meters.  She was buried

in Kırşehir. 

 

"Betroth & Release": Gendarmie Nixes Teenage Wedding, in Samsun

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 October 2024)

         Now they can get back to playing video games.

Gendarmerie teams in Samsun's Bafra district went on patrol to

check on weddings in Dededağı village and determined that

a bride and groom were not of marrying age.  14-year-old (!)

"bride" İ.G. was taken under protection, while her mother G.G.,

her father İ.G., the "groom" S.E.D (17) and his mother and 

father H.D. and O.D. were all taken into custody.  An 

investigation is continuing. 

"Fleece & Release": Follow-up Report - Bridge Thief Gets 2.5 Year Jail Term, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 October 2024)

TNT's stolen bridge report from March 

            Bridge screamed: "Where's the rest of me?!"

Asserting that the 1936 Gömleksiz Bridge over the Kirmir 

Stream in Ankara's Beypazarı district "is mine", Ziya Kesğin 

sold it for scrap in January 2022, reaping 60,000 TL.  (!) Now,

though, Kesğin has been convicted on charges of  "theft-of-

bridge" and will serve 2.5 years in jail. 

The 500-meter Gömleksiz Bridge was in use for 42 years 

until flood damage made it unusable in 1978.  It was 

left idle as a new bridge was built nearby.  In 2022, the

Gömleksiz Bridge was demolished within a week and its

iron and other parts of value were stripped away.  

The legal owner of the bridge was the Highways General

Directorate but Kesğin "assumed ownership" of it and 

sold the scrap to junkmen Y.Ç. and D.K. for 60,000 TL.

However (!), a court case was opened against the three

and the verdict was delivered on 11 October, with Kesğin

convicted of theft and receiving a 2.5 year jail sentence.

The two junkmen were acquitted. 

The Kirmir Stream flows into the Sakarya River.

HMS "Harry Potter", Fit for Royalty, Takes on Fuel at Fethiye

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 October 2024)

                                       Queen of the Seas

The Cayman Islands-flagged, 88.5-meter-long mega-yacht 

'Samsara' owned by "Harry  Potter" writer J.K. Rowling 

anchored at Fethiye in Muğla province to take on 170 tons

of fuel. 

The yacht has been making a tour of the Aegean coast and 

had been centered at Göcek for the past two weeks.  After

taking on the fuel at Fethiye the yacht returned to Göcek.

It is not known whether or not J.K. Rowling herself is on

the yacht but both Turkish and foreign tourists were busy

taking pictures of the yacht all day long.  The yacht is worth

$150 million and has a 5-meter circular pool, a movie

theater with the latest technology, and many amenities one

would find at a luxury beach club.  The yacht can host 12

guests and has a crew of 26. 

Extravagance unlimited...

"Fate & Release": Driver Has Heart Attack, Doctor Miraculously Right Behind Him, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 October 2024)

                    Sometimes you just gotta get lucky.

Selahattin Demirel (68), who lives in Istanbul, has had 4 heart

attacks but has resisted pleas to have a bypass operation out of

a fear of operations phobia.  

However (!),  when Demirel had a heart attack while driving

his car, miraculously, Dr. Şamil Gerek was driving the car 

behind him.  Dr. Gerek, who is the head doctor at Adana 

Kadirli State Hospital, just happened to be in Istanbul for a

few days.  He gave Selahattin bey a heart massage and got

him to a hospital quickly, saving his life.

Dr. Gerek persuaded Selahattin bey to have an operation.

Then, without entering the rib cage, the source of Selahattin

bey's fright, the operation was made through the underarm

by Prof. Dr. Cengiz Köksal, who explained that "with some

patients it is possible to perform a heart bypass operation

by entering the chest cavity through the underarm, rather

than by opening the rib cage, with the infection risk less

and the hospital stay reduced, as well.  Perhaps the most

important aspect is that the patient doesn't see a scar and

feels better psychologically."  

Selahattin bey is feeling pretty good these days. 

"Beat & Release": Two LAW Anti-Tank Weapons, Evidently Owned by "Big Game Hunters", Found in Istanbul Basement

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 October 2024)

Doesn't everyone have at least one in the basement?

The evening before last on Hasan Çelebi Street in Istanbul's 

Avcılar district ("Avcılar" means "hunters") unused items 

found in a basement were put out on the street.  Two sacks 

from among these items were opened and inside of  them

there were two LAW (light anti-tank weapons) (!).

Police were alerted to this unusual "find" and arrived at the

scene, took statements from a few people and arrested one

of them. 

Neighborhood association is very anti-tank.

"Decease & Release": He Wanted Out of His Coffin but New Life Was Short-lived, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 October 2024)

                     Nearly bested the Angel of Death...

As funeral prayers were being said over the coffin of Halit

Bayşu (86) at a mosque in Istanbul, sounds emerged from

the coffin - Halit bey was still alive!  He was taken to a 

hospital but after 2 hours of doctors' efforts he expired (again).

The incident occurred at Fatih Ayvansaray Hacı İlyas 

Yatağan Mosque. Halit bey's friend Erdoğan Baysal related

what happened: "There were about 10-15 of us and we were

all startled when sounds came from the coffin.  He (Halit

bey) was hitting the lid from inside and taking breaths. 

We were all in shock.  The medics came and began to 

apply shock treatment to his chest.  We heard that there

were great efforts to save him at the hospital but to no avail

in the end."

Turgay Tirit, another funeral attendee, said that "we went 

into the mosque and saw him in the coffin and there was

a pulse detector on his arm that read 120.  But it gradually

dropped to 55-56 so he was taken out of the coffin and 

put into the ambulance."

Halit bey's son Yiğit Bayşu said "the doctor told us he

had never witnessed such a thing in all his years as a 

doctor."   Nephew Osman Bayşu observed that "if we

hadn't heard the noise my uncle would have been buried

alive and died again all by himself."

Halit bey's faithful pooch...