"Beat & Release": "Boiling" Maniac Targets Upstairs Woman Neighbor with His Electrified Nail Contraption, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 December 2024)

"Good fences make good neighbors" - difficult to do

in an apartment building.

In Antalya, Serhan Kaynar (52), who lives on the 4th floor of

an apartment building (and whose surname means "boiling"), 

previously threatened his upstairs neighbor Tezcan K. (36), 

saying "I'll throw a Molotov cocktail at your house and burn it 

down!".  On 7 October, Kaynar poured paint thinner at Tezcan 

hanım's doorstep and lit it.  Kaynar fled but was taken into 

custody by police and jailed - only to be released two months 

later (!). 

On 27 December, Kaynar put together an electrical 

contraption with nails on a 2-meter-long board (!) and waited

with it for Tezcan hanım to come to her home.   Wondering

when she would arrive, Kaynar slyly asked the building's

superintendent to call her  and in reply Tezcan hanım said

she would be home in an hour. 

Serhan bey hopes to patent his contraption...when

he get out of jail.

At about 10 o'clock that night, when Tezcan hanım came

home Kaynar attacked her with his contraption, with one

of its electrified nails contacting and wounding Tezcan

hanım on her chest.  She screamed and as neighbors came

to her aid, Kaynar fled but was again taken into custody

by police. 

Kaynar confessed and "explained" that "I didn't know my

upstairs neighbor previously - I first met her at the police

station two months ago after I set her front door on fire

with paint thinner (!).  I made a decision to kill her.  Since

I don't have any money, I made a contraption with cables

I'd collected, wrapped them around a board on which I 

put nails, with an electrical plug on the other end of the

board.  I thought that the electrified nails would kill the

woman so I hit her with the contraption on her chest. She

screamed and I thought the neighbors would lynch me

so I fled to my own home and waited for the police."

Kaynar was jailed for premeditated attempted murder. 

Tezcan hanım lamented that "When he attacked me I

pressed the "KADES" button (app for women to 

summon police) and the police came.  I live with my

daughter and my niece. He thought that since there was

no man here he could terrorize us."

 

"Beat & Release": Woman's Crockodile Tears Over "Beating and Break-in" Dry Up, in Hatay

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 December 2024)

             Oscar-worthy performance all for nought.

Ayhan Kıdır, who lives in Belen district of Hatay province and 

whose home was destroyed in last year's earthquake, claimed that 

two masked men entered her rented home, beat her and made off 

with her gold bracelets on 28 December. 

Ayhan hanım initially said that "The stolen gold was our only

wealth and we were going to give it to a contractor on Tuesday

to build our new home.  I need help from state officials.  I'm an

earthquake victim and my husband has cancer."

However (!),  when police reviewed security camera footage

and found no evidence of a break-in, Ayhan hanım fessed up

and "explained" that there were no intruders nor was there any 

robbery.  Rather, two months ago she had given the bracelets to 

her son M.K. to cover his gambling debts. 

"Beat & Release": Is Nowhere Sacred?! Official Shot Dead in Moslem Clergy Office, in Beydağ

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 December 2024)

                    Sort of like being shot in church.

Selman Başer (38), who lives in Muğla, was assigned as the 

data preparation officer at the Beydağ "Müftülüğü" (local 

Moslem clergy office) two months ago, so he moved to 

Beydağ, which is located in extreme southeastern Izmir

province.  

Sercan D. (31), with whom Başer had been at odds when

they were both in Muğla, approached Başer as he entered

the "Müftülüğü" building at 9 o'clock in the morning and

fired 9 bullets at Başer, killing him.

Sercan D. fled the murder scene but was apprehended

in Turgutlu district of Manisa province .  He confessed to

the murder. 

"Bet & Release": Sexy Social Media Phenoms Seduced Followers Toward Gambling Sites

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 December 2024)

                          "I bet I can make you bet."

Istanbul anti-cyber crime teams determined that 7 social media

"phenoms"  with high volumes of followers have put ads on their

websites enticing people to gamble. Yesterday  morning in 

simultaneous raids, Elanur Bulut, Salim Çato, Zeynep Buse

Korkmaz and Buse Şahin were taken into custody - the first

three above were jailed and Buse hanım was released on 

judicial supervision. 

No sympathy...

Arrest warrants were also issued for Okan Serbes, Buse Plan

and Tuna Yurdakul, who have 1.2 million followers (!) but

who are currently living abroad.  

"Beat & Release": Ingrate Couple Attack Medics and Boast "Don't You Know Who I Am!?", in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 December 2024)

           Unfortunately, now we know who they are.

In Istanbul's Beyoğlu district the night before last,  Murat D.

(26) and his girlfriend Buket C. (25) went drinking at a 

nightclub.  When they left Murat D. experienced stomach

pains so he called "112" (Turkey's 1911") for emergency

medical assistance.  Medics arrived and put a needle in his

arm's vein.  

Murat D. did not want to go to a hospital, but the medics

insisted, although they did not allow Buket hanım to get

into the ambulance with him.  This prompted Murat D.

to rip the tube from his arm and get out of the ambulance.

Both he and Buket hanım then began to kick and punch

the medics (!). 

The enraged couple broke the ambulance mirror and the

medics had the two of them taken into custody by police.

Subsequently, they were released by the public prosecutor (!).

The medics told police that Murat D. had said to them: 

"Do you know who I am?!  I'll have you shot in Okmeydanı!"

(where the Istanbul courthouse is located). 

Murat D. won't get rich selling these...

"Banish & Release": Ecuadorian VP "Exiled" to Turkey

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 December 2024)

                                     In happier days...

The crisis between the president of Ecuador Daniel Noboa and

Vice President Veronica Abad continues to escalate.  The two

have been at odds since they came to power last year and Noboa

sent Abad to Israel as an envoy to protest Israel's attacks on 

Gaza.

However (!), citing security concerns, Abad was instructed to

leave Israel and go to Turkey, but she refused to go, so she was

suspended from her position for five months.  However (!!),

an Ecuadorian court voided this penalty, which prompted her

rival Noboa to send her to Turkey once again, supposedly to deal 

with bilateral economic relations. 

Abad's duty in Turkey was supposed to begin on 27 December

but, in her posting on X she characterized her assignment at

"exile" and filed a complaint with the public prosecutor in

Ecuador. 

"Fleece & Release": 6th Century Statue Seized in Ankara 7 Years After Its Theft in Isparta

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 December 2024)

               The tales he could tell...

In Gölbaşı, Ankara, on 22 November police stopped a vehicle

in which three people were riding.  A search of the vehicle

revealed the 70-centimeter (27.5 inches) statue of a priest from

the 6th Century that had been stolen from the Yalvaç Museum

in Yalvaç district of Isparta province seven years ago (!). 

The statue was seized by police and Mustafa Küçük (45), 

Hasan Kafaoğlu (46) and Mustafa Kara (48) were taken into

custody.  They were jailed for violating law number 2863,

concerning the protection of cultural and natural treasures. 

The suspects rejected the charges.  Küçük, telling the judge

he makes a living in the fertilizer and acid business, "explained"

that the statue had been given to his son as a wedding present.

When he realized it could not be sold he decided to bring it to

a museum in Ankara and was apprehended en route (!).

"Bribe & Release": Everyone's on the Take, Bribe-taking That Is, in Mersin

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 December 2024)

                                         Chain of fools.

Police in Mersin took action upon learning of  mass bribe-taking

among customs officials there.  The police operation, nicknamed

"zincir" (chain), lasted 10 months and resulted in simultaneous 

raids on 19 December, in which 24 customs officials, including 

those of senior rank, were among the 122 individuals taken into

custody. 

Even the smallest matters required businesses and shop owners

to pay bribes as a routine way of getting things done. 

The loot the bribe-takers had in their possession included 

American dollars, gold ingots and jewelry.  In addition, police

seized revolvers, clips, bullets, luxury watches and narcotic

pills. 

10 suspects were released after giving statements.  In the end

91 individuals were jailed, including 24 customs officials and

67 customs "advisors" (!).  

"Find & Release": Baby Gorilla En Route From Nigeria to Bangkok Discovered and Rescued in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 December 2024)

            "Prince Kong"...what might have been.

On 20 December, customs officials at Istanbul Airport 

inspecting cargo planes, determined that the cargo manifest of 

a cargo plane that came from Nigeria and was headed for 

Bangkok listed its cargo falsely - when a cage-like crate in the 

cargo hold was opened a baby gorilla was in it (!). 

Gorillas are considered to be in critical danger by the International

Union for the Conservation of Nature and their transport is

prohibited.  The baby gorilla was turned over to personnel of

the Istanbul Agriculture and Forests Directorate. 

Bangkok sequel has been delayed indefinitely.

 

"Fleece & Release": AI Video Used Famous Antalya Surgeon to Sell Fake Cream; Fake Doctor & "Sexy" Husband "Treat" Mersin

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 December 2024)

   Real doctor "endorsing" fake cream, thanks to AI.

Organ transplant expert surgeon Prof. Dr. Ömer Özkan, who

works at Akdeniz University's Prof. Dr. Tuncer Karpuzoğlu

Organ Transplant Institute in Antalya, has been victimized

by AI (artificial intelligence) on the internet.  Scoundrels

used AI to copy Dr. Özkan's voice in order to sell cream (!).

Dr. Özkan, the first surgeon in the world to do a womb

transplant and the first in Turkey to do face and arm

transplants, had given an interview sometime ago and the

scoundrels manipulated the interview video with AI  to

have Dr. Özkan praise a cream as the remedy for all sorts

of ailments and as a way to avoid operations.

Once he learned of the fake AI video, Dr. Özkan filed

criminal police reports. He stated that "I was very upset

when I saw the video.  We've gone too far with AI and it has

begun to cause big problems."  He added that the video

remained on social media for five days without being 

taken down. 

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 December 2024)

       Fake doctor "treating" patients, thanks to hutzpa.

Gendarmerie teams in Mersin learned that female Syrian

doktor K.Ş., who has no Turkish certification, was treating 

patients, and that her husband S.Ş. was making sex pills for

sale (!).  

Both of them were taken into custody and in a search

conducted at their address a doctor's apron, an ultrasound 

device, a stethoscope, two tension devices, 75 injectors, an 

acupuncture measuring device, 237 acupuncture needles, 

as well as 320 sex pills and the material used to make them, 

were seized.

"Batman & Release": Emergency Bat-phone Abuse in Batman Province

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 16 December 2024)

                      Batman province's first responders.

In Batman province, in the first 11 months of 2024, out of 

807,494 calls to "112" (Turkey's "911" emergency center)

647,519 were spurious.  One person made 11,156 spurious

112 calls in 4 months. (!)

The bonafide emergency "112" calls were directed for 

action to, in order, health services, police, fire department,

Gendarmerie, AFAD (disaster/search & rescue), and forestry.

9 people were identified and fined a total of 17,820 TL

(about $500) for making spurious "112" calls.

Tell-tale geography...

 

"Beat & Release": Too-smart BMW Catches Fire But Locks Out Owner, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 December 2024)

 

     Cars, like kids, today are too smart for their own good!

In Antalya's Kepez district, a fire in luxury BMW car's fuse box

prompted onlookers to alert the car's owner Gökhan Karabacak,

who arrived at the scene in the Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood, 

only to find that the car had locked itself and locked him out. (!)

Karaback broke the car's right rear window but still couldn't 

get to the fuse box fire under the front hood so he called the 

fire department.  Firefighters put the fire out and saved the car

from total destruction, although there was 40,000 TL ($1,100)

worth of damage done.  Karabacak had bought the car in 

Konya two years ago. 

"Beat & Release": Gendarmerie Seized "Golden Shoes", in Hakkari

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 December 2024)

                                             End user.

In Yüksekova district of Hakkari province, Gendarmerie teams

stopped a vehicle and found 18 kilograms of gold ingots 

hidden in the shoes of the two passengers (!).  The gold has

a market value of 54 million TL (about $1.5 million).

In an announcement the Hakkari Governorate stated that:

"The Hakkari Provincial Gendarmerie Command learned

from a tip that undeclared gold was being smuggled in a

vehicle in Yüksekova district.  The vehicle in question was

identified, stopped and a search of the two individuals inside 

the vehicle revealed 18 gold ingots, one of which was 

24-carat gold, with each ingot weighing one kilogram, hidden

in their shoes (!). Judicial measures have been initiated."

"Dive & Release": Gold From the Deep Found by "Hobby" Diver, Seized by Police, in Bartın

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 December 2024)

               Are pawn shops the same as museums?...

At the Küçük Liman bay in Amasra district of Bartın province, 

Sercan A. (35) dove in a restricted archeological site with a 

detector searching for gold.  Yesterday he did the same thing

at Büyük Liman bay, was taken into custody and released. 

Citizens noticed Sercan A. diving with the detector and 

informed the police and Coast Guard officials, who came and 

seized  a gold ring, earrings, coins and some other metal items

from Sercan A.  

He had come from Izmir to dive at the Bartın shore, saying

that he is not a treasure hunter and that this is just his hobby.

Sercan A. asserted that he turns over anything that might

have historical value to museums. (!) 

"Beat & Release": What's in a Name - Chilean Thief Escobar (!) Robs Swiss Businessman's Home, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 December 2024)

                Swiss Family Robbed and then some. 

In Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Chilean Franco Antonio Escobar climbed

the fence surrounding the home of  Swiss businessman 

Donikyan Kevork (63) and stole 3.5 TL worth of jewelry and

foreign currency from the safe.  He was pursued, caught and

jailed. 

The incident occurred about eight-thirty at night on 13 November

in the Kuruçeşme neighborhood.  Kevork, who lives with his

family in Istanbul, had gone out for the evening.  Taking full

advantage of Kevork's and his family's absence, the suspect

climbed up to the 3rd-floor flat, broke the window and 

entered, wounding his hand in the process.  Once inside, the

thief found the safe and removed the valuables.

Kevork returned home and realized he'd been robbed so he

called the police, who reviewed street security camera footage

and noted that the suspect had boarded a city bus. After 

reviewing 32 hours worth of footage from 54 cameras, police

nabbed Chilean national Franco Antonio Escobar S.J. (28)

in a hotel in the Beyoğlu neighborhood.  All of Kevork's

valuables were found in the Chilean's room and returned

to him.  Senor Franco was jailed.

Young Franco with Dad at the White House years ago.

"Beat & Release": Policeman O.K. Stole and Sold Guns & Ammo to Settle His Debts, in Adana

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 December 2024)

Hmmm, seems like a lot of stuff is missing...that's not OK!

New details have come out about the theft and sale of guns

and ammunition from the Adana police depot.  Special

operations policeman O.K. (!) planned the sale of the weapons 

and ammunition to settle debts he incurred playing the stock 

market. 

O.K. sold the weapons material to Y.Y., a policeman who

was fired because of his connections to FETÖ (Fethullah

Gülen Terror Organization) and his use of the FETÖ 

"ByLock" email system., through female "başkomiser"

(chief inspector) Z.T. M., assigned to the special operations

office in Mersin.  Z.T.M sold the items to a hunting shop,

together with A.M., the wife of a policeman in Mezitli, and

criminal organization lawyer M.Y.  

The suspects made the theft look like the guns and ammo

had been expended during training before selling them to

the criminal organization.  

Policeman O.K. sold t-shirts for his debt relief too.

Raids were conducted on 29 November and O.K., A.M.,

Z.T.M. and M.Y. were among the 11 suspects taken into

custody.  Found at M.Y.'s office were 139 hand bombs, 55

revolvers, 3 automatic revolvers, 2 hunting rifles, 7,621

bullets of various calibers, 200 clips, 17 ballistic vests, 5

electro-shock devices, 40 pepper spray canisters and 23

knives. (!)

An inventory of the depot revealed that 100 hand bombs

and 255,000 bullets were missing and police are trying to

track down the buyers of the stolen material.  O.K., who

confessed, former policeman Y.Y., lawyer M.Y., police

wife A.M., along with E.T., A.K. and K.B. were jailed

and four others released on judicial supervision. 

"Fleece & Release": More Than Half a Million Dollars Bilked From Animal Donations, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 December 2024)

                    Buket hanım tending her herd.

The Ankara public prosecutor began an investigation into ill-gotten

gains reaped by the directors of the "Yaşama Tutanan Patiler Derneği"

(Association for Paws Holding on to Life) organization.  A total of 18

individuals came under suspicion of using contributions for the care

of animals for their own purposes, amounting to 20 million TL (about

$575,000) (!)

Nine of the 18 suspects were taken into custody, including association

chief Buket Özgünlü, her brother-in-law, and her older sister Demet 

Kılıç. These three were jailed as was Ertan Işık, the owner of a parrot 

shop (!).  They were charged with using donations that came for the 

care and feeding of animals for themselves.

Missing from the sign: "Hold on to your wallet!"

"Beat & Release": Ambulance Driver Attacked by Traffic Goons, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 December 2024)

      Hey guys! What about the heart attack victim??!!

On 10 October, ambulance driver Muhammet Ali Karasulu

was taking a heart attack victim to a hospital in Bursa, speeding

along the shoulder of the highway with his lights flashing and

siren blaring.  But when another car cut in front of Karasulu,

he had to slow down.  The driver of  the car in back of him 

wanted to pass Karasulu and succeeded in overtaking the

ambulance, cutting of Karasulu and stopping. 

Alighting from the car were Selim Yedikardeş, Semih 

Yedikardeş and Melih Yedikardeş, who cursed and insulted

Karasulu, whose throat was squeezed by Selim bey when

he got out of the ambulance.  Melih bey then began to punch

Karasulu, shouting "I'll kill you! You're done for!"  

Subsequent to this unpleasantness, Karasulu got a "darp"

(beating) report from a doctor to confirm his injuries, one

of which was a break in the "larnyx hyoid" bone in his

throat.  Police took the three Yedikardeşler's into custody

but they, in turn, filed a complaint against Karasulu for 

attacking them (!). 

Good thing he had an ambulance for himself.

Melih bey was jailed but his father Selim bey and brother

Semih bey were released.  After an inquiry, though, the

public prosecutor requested jail sentences of up to 8.5

years for Melih bey and Selim bey.  Semih bey was charged

with just "insulting".  

However (!), based on Melih bey's complaint, the public

prosecutor requested a jail sentence of up to 6.5 years

for Karasulu.  If this sentence is confirmed then Karasulu

will be barred from holding a government job.  In any case,

all the suspects will appear before a judge tomorrow. 

Artist Waited 55 Years to Claim Compensation for Atatürk Portrait - Too Late!

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 December 2024)

          Better late than never...but better never late.

Artist Etem Çalışkan first published his pencil-drawn portrait and 

signature of Atatürk on 10 November 1969.  Since then the work

has been seen all over and some merchants have printed and sold

t-shirts, such as textile firm owner B.S.  This situation has now

prompted artist Çalişkan to demand compensation. 

When B.S. learned of Çalışkan's complaint he says that he stopped

producing the t-shirts.  However, Ankara public prosecutor Mehmet

Taştan ruled that since up to now Çalışkan had never complained

about others using his work, 55 years later he cannot demand

compensation from B.S. or anyone else.

So maybe they should be free...or two for the price of one...