"Fleece & Release": Dumped by Boyfriend, She Sought Help from "Golden" Soothsayer, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 May 2025)

                        I'd turn back if I were you...

Buket D. (46), who lives in Ankara, was suddenly dumped by 

her boyfriend in 2023 without explanation.  Buket hanım, 

though, was determined to find out the reason for the one-sided 

break-up so she turned to the website "medyumtigran.com" 

where the helpful (!) Medyum Tigran offered his services. 

After explaining the situation over the telephone,  "Tigran Hoca"

directed Buket hanım to send 4,800 TL to the account of his

partner Şaban A. and to provide the name, surname, telephone

number, date of birth and a photograph of her ex-boyfriend. 

She complied with both requests. 

As the "treatment" continued, Tigran Hoca called Buket hanım

late at night and "explained" that since she'd had sexural relations

with her ex-boyfriend "40 Moslem and 40 Jewish evil sprits" had

to be burned - the burning, however, required a "deposit" of 15

grams of gold, which would, of course, be returned to Buket

hanım after the evil spirits were burned up. 

Tigran Hoca's enforcers.

Buket hanım claimed she had no such gold to give but Tigran 

Hoca said in response that the evil spirits would relentlessly 

pursue her, her family and her ex-boyfriend until she paid up.  

Concerned that her ex-boyfriend would find out about her

quest, Buket hanım sent 18,500 TL to Tigran Hoca in lieu of

the gold. 

Two hours later, though, Tigran Hoca wanted 39 grams of gold

so Buket hanım borrowed money and sent Tigran Hoca 47,000

TL more (!).  Later, the insatiable Tigran Hoca demanded 

another 90,000 TL from Buket hanım.  

Ultimately, Buket hanım sent Tigran Hoca a total of 70,300 TL

before filing a criminal complaint with the Ankara public 

prosecutor.  Four suspects have been charged with fraud, with

jail sentences of up to 15 years requested in an indictment 

dated 27 April.  All of the suspects have previous records of

engaging in such frauds so their denials in Buket hanım's

case were deemed to be worthless by the prosecutor. 

Fuel for burning evil spirits