"Kickbox & Release": Drivers Square Off With Kung-fu Moves in Traffic Dispute, in Bursa

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 31 January 2026)

                     Everybody was kung-fu fighting!

At Acemler in Bursa's Nilüfer district, two drivers involved in a 

traffic dispute went after each other as if acting in a Far Eastern

kung-fu film (!).  The scene was captured by the helmet camera of

a motor courier who intervened to separate the combatants, neither

of whom filed a police complaint against the other. 

Bruce Lee would have approved...

"Drop But No Release": Desperate Effort to Retrieve Fallen Snowboard, at Mount Erciyes

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 30 January 2026)

                That must be one special snowboard!

A.C. was riding on a chair-lift at the Erciyes ski resort in Kayseri 

when he dropped his snowboard.  Anxious to retrieve his

snowboard, A.C. hung from the chair-lift, intending to drop down

and retrieve it.

However (!), A.C.'s jacket got tangled on the chair-lift's undercarriage

so he was left hanging from there. Subsequently, he untangled his 

jacket and dropped safely onto a cushion put in place by the resort's

ground crew.  A.C. is said to be in good condition. (no word on the

fate of the snowboard.)

"Leap & Release": Young Turkish Lovers Imitate Romeo and Juliet, in Istanbul's Verona

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 29 January 2026)

                                     They fell in love.

In Istanbul's Ümraniye district, two young lovers leapt in panic 

from a window, in fear of the girl's family's wrath.  The young

man had come to the girl's home, scaled the wall and perched

on a window frame.  

The scene attracted a neighbor's attention and was captured on a

cellphone video. After the two lovers fell to the ground, the girl's older 

brother expressed regret over the turn of events, screaming "Please 

don't die. Nothing will happen to you!"

Life imitates art, again

Turkey's Verona.

"Beat & Release": Cop Shoots Other Cop Who Married His Ex-wife, in Bilecik

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 January 2026)

             "Don't Enter! Police!" - sign didn't work.

In Bilecik, the suspect police officer, S.Y., was taken to the 

courthouse after being processed as part of the investigation 

conducted by the Gendarmerie.  S.Y. was arrested by the court on 

charges of  "attempted murder." of his ex-wife's new husband

H.Ç., also a policeman (!). 

In Bahçelievler neighborhood, on Uzun Street, police officer S.Y., 

who works at the Kütahya Provincial Police Department, shot and 

wounded H.Ç., a police officer working at the Mersin Provincial 

Police Department and the new husband (!) of S.Y.'s ex-wife, in the 

leg last night.

H.Ç. was taken to Bilecik Training and Research Hospital, while

S.Y. was taken into custody. 

"Beat & Release": Murder Victim's Relative Overcome With Grief on Café Roof, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 January 2026)

     Gunshot to the head. Yes, a rather suspicious death...

Murat Atlı (45) was found shot in the head at a cafe in Sarıyer. Relatives 

of Atlı, who was married and a father of three, rushed to the scene upon 

hearing the news of his death. One of the relatives, overcome with grief 

and unable to see the body, climbed onto the roof of the cafe.  The 

distraught individual, in tears, was eventually persuaded to come down 

by police officers. Police have launched an investigation into the 

suspicious (!) death.

The incident occurred on Sunday, January 4th, around 2:30 PM in 

İstinye. According to the information received, Atlı arrived at a cafe 

on the waterfront in the afternoon. Shortly afterwards, gunshots were 

heard coming from the cafe, and citizens rushed to the scene.

Citizens who saw Atlı lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to 

the head notified the medical teams, who arrived at the scene and 

determined that Atlı had died. Following this, police teams launched 

an investigation into the incident. While crime scene investigation 

teams and the public prosecutor were conducting their work, Atlı's

relatives arrived at the scene.

Relatives who rushed to the scene wanted to see Atlı's body. However, 

since the shop's shutters were closed, one of them climbed onto the

roof. Upon seeing Atlı's body, he suffered a nervous breakdown

on the roof. The police teams managed to calm him down with 

difficulty, and then he was brought down from the roof. After the 

examination, Atlı's body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute 

morgue, and the police launched an investigation into the suspicious 

death.

"Tour & Release": Turkish Billionaire Kİlled While on Safari, in Ethiopia

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 January 2026) 

            Angel of Death visits the middle of nowhere.

The bodies of businessmen Erdoğan Akbulak (68), the owner of 

Silkar Madencilik (mining) in Turkey, and Cengizhan Güngör, 

who lost their lives in an armed attack during a tourist trip in Ethiopia, 

have been brought back to Türkiye. 

After the autopsy procedures were completed at the Forensic 

Medicine Institute, the bodies of Akbulak and Güngör were 

received by their families and business associates. Akbulak's 

business associate, Murat Türkoğlu, said, "They set out to see the Omo 

Valley. While moving from their accommodation to another location, 

they came under fire from two vehicles. Their first vehicle managed to 

escape, but unfortunately, Cengizhan Bey, Erdoğan Bey, and the driver

in the second vehicle were caught in the crossfire and died. Later, 

we were only able to bring them here today with the great help of the 

embassy."

Murat Türkoğlu, a colleague of Erdoğan Akbulak, who lost his life in 

the attack, said, "We worked together. On Thursday, January 8, 2026, 

he and a group of four friends set off for a purely tourist trip to see the 

Omo Valley. The incident occurred on Monday, January 12. While 

moving from one place to another, they came under fire from two 

vehicles. The first vehicle managed to escape, but unfortunately, 

Cengizhan Bey, Erdoğan Bey, and the driver in the second vehicle 

were caught in the crossfire and died. 

"AI & Release": Robot's Creator Found Dead in His Home (Hmmmm), in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 January 2026)

      The late welder, with prime suspect, in happier days.

In Ankara's Polatlı district, relatives of welder Hikmet Köpük (47),

who lived alone with the robot he created (!), reported him as missing 

to police when they didn't hear from him for a while.  Upon entering 

Köpük's house, police found his dead body, which was then taken to

the police forensic lab for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.