"Beat & Release": Driver Blatantly Hits Motorcyclist But Claims He Was "Unaware", in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 October 2025)

                         An accident made-to-order.

On 15 July in Antalya's Muratpaşa neighborhood, motorcyclist 

Mehmet Tekelioğlu and driver Ahmet Doğru argued as they

proceeded in traffic.  Doğru then swerved radically to hit

Tekelioğlu and knock him and his motorcycle to the ground. 

Doğru and U.S., sitting next to him in the car, fled the scene.

Tekelioğlu was pronounced dead, while Doğru was jailed and

U.S. was released.  However, Tekelioğlu's family asked the

public prosecutor to jail U.S. too.  Facing a judge, Doğru

claimed that "I didn't notice I'd hit a motorcycle.  I certainly

didn't do so intentionally." (!)

As for U.S., he had this to say: "Our window was open and

we were listening to music.  Then, this motorcyclist came 

along side us and started cursing us. In response, I said to 

him 'hey, old fellow, are you talking to me?!'  He then spit 

at me."

U.S. a big fan of Travis Bickle.

T.K., In the back seat of the car at the time of the incident,

"explained" that "I only met Ahmet Doğru a couple of days

before the incident.  But I was sleeping when the indicent 

happened, although I did hear U.S.and the motorcyclist 

cursing at one another."