"Beat & Release": Wife Ogled by "Cem the Knife", Who Stabbed Protesting Hubby to Death, in Kozlu

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 December 2025)

                    He was always on the alert for oglers!

In Kozlu district of Zonguldak province, during the evening hours of

the day before yesterday, an argument erupted between Cem Çakı (51) 

and Murat Yangun (28) in front of a shop on Veysel Atasoy Boulevard

when Yangun scolded Çakı (whose surname means "pocket knife"!),

saying, "Why did you look at my wife?!"  (!)  The argument seemed to

subside, as Yangun went into the shop.  

However (!), Çakı took a knife from his pocket and stabbed Yangun,

as well as shopkeeper H.G. (25), who tried to intervene.  Passers-by

alerted the police, who arrived and found Yangun with stab wounds

in his chest and neck.  H.G. suffered wounds in both of his arms. 

Meanwhile, Çakı surrendered to the police. 

"Cem the Knife" is no Bobby Darin.

Yangun died at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Hospital 

yesterday morning.  H.G. is said to be in good condition. Çakı,

who has a police record of 8 separate crimes, claimed he didn't ogle

Yangun's wife, but that a punch from Yangun had prompted 

him to stab him.  Yangun and his wife married just last August,

so their friends and relatives were heartbroken.  Çakı was jailed.

Kozlu is on the Black Sea's southwest coast.