"Flee & Release": Fugitive, On the Lam for 11 Years, Nabbed by High-tech Cameras, in Van

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 12 October 2025)

             N.T.'s first words: "What took you so long..."

In Bahçesaray district of Van province, a Gendarmerie JASAT team

nabbed a fugitive on the run for 11 years by using high-tech methods.

The criminal, N.T., was wanted for the murder of Tekin Orhan and

had eluded capture by living in the mountains and hiding in various

towns.  

However, the Gendarmerie got a tip that N.T. was hiding in a house

in Van and determined by the use of  ground-penetrating and thermal

cameras that the fugitive was in a secret room under a chair in the 

living room.  N.T. was arrested and delivered to a prison. 

Bahçesaray: smack dab in the middle of nowhere.