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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 August 2025)
Ultimately, police kidnapped the kidnappers.
On 7 August, someone from Cyprus called the emergency
police number 112 (like 911) in Istanbul, saying that her
spouse may have been kidnapped. Police went into action,
calling the phone number of Türkmenistan citizen A.S. (35),
the missing person in question, who works in the tourism
sector.
The person who answered the phone claimed to be A.S.,
adding that all was well. Unconvinced, police told the
individual to engage in a video call and to send them his
location coordinates. When the individual declined to do
either, the police investigated further and found that the
kidnappers were using their captive's phone to call his
friends and extort money.
So the police contacted an extortion target and told him
to play along with the kidnappers, such that he would bring
them money. As a result, one of the kidnappers was nabbed
in Bahçelievler and another in Şirinevler. They gave police
the information needed for a raid to free the hostage, who
was being held in a house in Bahçelievler.
After being rescued, A.S. said that "We had worked together.
As we were dining, they kidnapped me and threatened to
kill me. Each day, they beat me and had me ask my friends
for money."
As for the kidnappers, they claimed that A.S. owed them
$16.000, so they resorted to this method to get their money
from him. Suspects J.J. (30), A.B. (22), A.O. (19) and M.A.
(32) were jailed.
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