"Beat & Release": Celebratory Wedding Gunfire - 4,000 Bullets and Two Deaths

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 8 July 2022)

          Maybe some traditions deserve a second thought. 

In Çorum, the trial of Murat Yılmaz (46) for causing the deaths of  his

friends Murat Şahin (38) and Emin Alparslan (44) when he fired his gun

randomly into the air at a wedding is continuing.  Of the 4,000 (!) bullets

fired at the wedding, 200 have been determined to have come from 

Yılmaz's gun.   In his defense, Yılmaz explained that "I pulled the trigger

once and it started firing continuously." (!)

The incident occurred last November in Tepekutuğun village in Çorum's

Bayat district.   As wedding guests danced in the village square, random

revolver and automatic rifle fire erupted in celebration.  However, some 

of the bullets hit guests Emin Alparslan and Murat Şahin.  Both were

taken first to İskilip State Hospital and then to Çorum Hitit University's

Erol Olçok Training and Research Hospital, where despite all efforts 

they died. 

At Yılmaz's trial for causing the deaths of Alparslan and Şahin, it was

stated that of the 4,000 celebratory bullets fired, 200 came from Yılmaz's

gun.  Appearing at the trial in front of the judge for the second time,

Yılmaz pleaded innocent, asserting that "I just touched the trigger once.

Then it started to fire continuously. I'm innocent! I didn't commit the 

crime I'm accused of!"

Yılmaz's lawyer Derya Öztekin declared that "only" 200 of the 4,000

bullets came from Yılmaz's gun and it has not yet been proven 

conclusively that the bullets that killed the deceased came from his gun. 

Öztekin added that the witnesses at the trial are protecting themselves

and their relatives while hiding some truths. The trial is continuing. 

"Beat & Release": Mom's Heart Attack Prompts Son to Kill Cardiologist, in Konya

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 July 2022)

                    Akçay's credo: First, do some harm. 

Hacı Mehmet Akçay (39), who worked as a security guard in Yunak 

State Hospital in Konya, took leave, complaining of back pains.

Akçay told his bosses that he was going to Akşehir State Hospital for

treatment because there was no orthopedic service at Yunak.  Instead,

though, Akçay went to Konya City Hospital at 1430 hours yesterday.

There, Akçay headed for the cardiology clinic and fired a gun at 

cardiologist Dr. Ekrem Karakaya (47), before turning the gun on himself

and committing suicide.  As Dr. Karakaya and Akçay lay bloody on the

floor, those who heard the shots called police.  Neither of them survived

the shots.

It turned out that Akçay's mother Kezban Akçay (58) had suffered a 

heart attack on 7 June and was transferred from Yunak to Konya City

Hospital, where Dr. Karakay treated her.  Nevertheless, Kezban hanım

died the next day.  Evidently, Akçay held Dr. Karakaya responsible for

his mother's death and killed him for that reason. 

Dr. Karakaya was born in Kayseri's Develi district and graduated from

Erciyes University Medical Faculty in 1999.   Two daughters, aged 8 and

7, survive him. 

Yunak is at top-center, Akşehir in center, Konya at 

bottom-right corner. 

"Beat & Release": Track Star, With a Curious Past, Can't Outrun a Bullet, in Adana

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 July 2022)

                       Fast, but not fast enough.  

In Seyhan, Adana, the day before yesterday Lokman D. (33), who lives

on the 3rd floor of the 5-story apartment building spit on former national

track star Ahmet Pekyen (66) and his son Onur Pekyen from his balcony,

sparking an argument. (!) 

The following morning, Lokman D. began to wait on his balcony for 

Onur bey to head out for work.  Ahmet bey went to the front of the 

apartment building to ensure there would be no trouble, but Lokman D.

shot Ahmet bey dead with a hunting rifle from his balcony.  Lokman D.

was taken into custody at his home.  On the evening of the argument, he

had threatened the Pekyen family, screaming "I will kill you!"

Ahmet Pekyan was selected for the Turkish national track team in middle 

school. He became the premier runner in Turkey and placed 6th in the 

Balkan Championship competition.  After the 1980 coup in Turkey, he

left sports behind him and in 1987 he was accused of participating in the

bombing of the Anavatan Party and taken into custody.  Allegedly, as 

the result of torture in jail, Ahmet Pekyen's spine was injured and 

left 50% handicapped.  In any case, he was absolved of guilt (!) and 

served as the head of the Anatolian Peoples Association for a time. 

               Spit and bullets spray from this balcony. 

"Beat & Release": Mercy Killing - Anesthetize First and Then Shoot, Burn and Pour Acid, in Bodrum

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 July 2022)

                     Would that he was there instead. 

In Bodrum district of Muğla province, a body found in a sack turned 

out to be that of Ümit Erol (50), who worked in the real estate and car

rental sectors.  As the result of a debt problem, Erol was first 

anesthetized, then shot with a revolver and finally burned to death. 

Acid was poured on the body, as well, in an effort to completely 

destroy it.  Six people were taken into custody, one of them an 

anesthesia technician. (!)

On the night of 28 June, citizens noticed a foul smell coming from a pile

of dirt alongside Ortakent University Avenue.  Police arrived at the 

scene between the Ortakent Dilekyolu intersection and the Fine Arts 

Faculty building and found the sand-filled sack with a body in it

underneath the dirt pile.  

Mercy killers hope for mercy: "We didn't want him to feel

any pain."

Police found no ID on the badly mutilated body of the mature male and

sent it to the police lab, where it was determined during an autopsy that 

the death was the result of a murder (!).  In the ensuing investigation, 

police saw that Ümit Erol's older brother had filed a missing person 

notice, saying that his brother, a realtor in Çiftlik village, had disappeared 

on 20 June.

As a result, car rental manager H.T.A., his mother F.N.A. and anesthesia

technician B.A. (!),  were taken into custody along with G.İ., E.D. and

A.T.  All of them were jailed except A.T., who was released on judicial

supervision.  

There had been a debt problem between Ümit Erol and the suspects, who

first had the anesthesia expert put Erol to sleep.  Then he was shot with a

revolver and killed.  Subsequently, the suspects tried to burn the body and

then poured acid on it, before taking the body 30 kilometers away from 

Çiftlik village to Ortakent University Avenue, where it was buried in the

sack beneath the pile of dirt. 

Çiftlik village is at bottom right.  Ortakent is on the left.

"Beat & Release": Ambulances and Medics Under Attack, in Antalya and Elazığ

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 July 2022)

Caner D. in rock-throwing mode under the ABA sign.

Medics went to a home in the Elmalı neighborhood of Muratpaşa,

Antalya, at 0330 hours in response to a report of someone suffering

chest pains.  The medics took patient Caner D. by the arms and brought

him to the ambulance, asking that he lie on the stretcher there.  But

Caner D. cursed at and threatened the medics when they told him he 

was lying on the stretcher incorrectly.  

Caner D. demanded another ambulance and medical team so he was

taken out of the ambulance but continued cursing and then attacked 

medical technician Musa Özbay.  To ward off Caner D.'s attack, Özbay

pushed him, prompting Caner D. to grab a rock and knock Özbay to 

the ground and kick him.

Meanwhile, the other two medics locked themselves in the ambulance

in fear of Caner D., who threw the rock at the ambulance, breaking its

window and causing body dents.  The attack was captured on a store's

security camera.  Caner D. fled but was captured and jailed. 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

türkçe  links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 July 2022)

              Ambulances need a police escort anymore.

Yesterday in the Cumhuriyet neighborhood of Elazığ, construction 

worker Naim Demir (42) fell from the scaffolding.  When an ambulance

arrived later than expected, Demir's fellow workers attacked the medics,

who, ergo, were unable to treat the seriously injured Demir (!). 

Ultimately, some citizens stepped in to help the medics get Demir into

the ambulance but despite all efforts at Fırat University Hospital, Demir

could not be saved.  After an autopsy, the body of Demir, the father of

four children, will be buried Genç district of Bingöl province. 

   

"Pepublic of Turkey" ID Cards Available, Courtesy of Turkmenistan Gang, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 July 2022)

 

  A branch of the U.S. Pepublican Party's 'Fake News' bureau. 

Police in Istanbul got a tip about a gang preparing fake ID cards for

illegal migrants and found that on the fake ID cards the English word

'Republic' was misspelled as 'Pepublic'. (!) 

After an investigation, police identified the gang as being comprised

of individuals from Turkmenistan and their office in the Aksaray

neighborhood was raided on 24 June, along with some other addresses,

with 6 people taken into custody.  The raids resulted in the seizure of 

all sorts of fake government documents and diplomatic stamps related 

to residency in Turkey, as well as 16,450 counterfeit U.S. dollars and

17,000 TL (about $1,000).  

In addition, machines and devices like computers and printers

for making the fake cards were seized.  Two Turkmenistanis were

jailed but the other four were released on judicial supervision. (!) 

The gang gave advice to their 'customers', such as "you need a high

school diploma to be able to easily get a job" and, of course, the gang 

could provide such fake diplomas.  The fake stamps and seals of foreign

consulates were used, as well, and university diplomas from '19 Mayıs

University' and 'Uşak University' were offered to make 'university 

graduates'.  The gang also produced fake 'visitor documents' to enable

their 'customers' to visit friends and relatives in prison.  Prices for the 

documents ranged from 1,000 to 5,000 Euros. 

  

Suspects can now avail themselves of prison educational

resources...better late than never. 

U.S. Renditions Drug Barron-Bomber to Turkey

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 July 2022)

CEO of international conglomerate DBC (Drugs, Bombs

 & Chaos) gets US ride to Turkey. 

Turkey put out an alarm for the arrest of drug barron Mehmet Gezer for

"being a member of an armed international terror organization and for

harming the unity of the state and the nation's solidarity."  The "red 

alert" noted that Gezer has a record of 17 crimes.

It turned out that Gezer had been arrested in the USA so, through 

INTERPOL, the USA agreed to send Gezer to Turkey and he was 

brought to Istanbul, accompanied by US police.  At Istanbul Airport

Gezer was turned over to Ankara anti-terror police and brought to 

Ankara for interrogation. 

Gezer is a suspect in the 11 May 2013 bombing in Reyhanlı, near the

border with Syria, that left 52 people dead.  In his statement, bombing

planner Yusuf Nazik explained that "I received instructions for the 

attack" from Gezer, who was then in Syria.  The Reyhanlı bombing 

was the second-worst bombing attack in Turkey, after the bombing at 

the Ankara train station on 15 October 2015 that killed 103 people.