"Beat & Release": Dope-on-a-Rope Kills Wife in Pamukkale

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 March 2021)

"Ain't no balcony high enough that can keep me from 

gettin' to you!"

Meral Sivrikaya (50) was experiencing serious marital problems with

her husband Erkan Sivrikaya (52) and the couple entered divorce 

proceedings.  Two weeks ago, Meral hanım went to live with her 

daughter Ozlem Yılmaz in her home on Kaylık Avenue in the 

Hacıkaplanlar neighborhood of Denizli's Pamukkale district.  The 

night before last, Erkan bey, who is a construction worker, went to

his daughter's apartment building and was denied entry into his 

daughter's 5th-floor flat so he came up with a frightful plan.

Erkan bey had brought a rope with him and hung it from the building's

roof.  He first descended from the roof to a 6th-floor balcony, where 

he remained in a vacant flat for a while and wrote on the windows:

"Return to your nest. Honor. No pardon."  Then, Erkan bey tied the rope

to the balcony railing and lowered himself to his daughter's 5th-floor

balcony and opened the door with a screwdriver.  

                      Duty, country, honor (!)

Meral hanım, who was sleeping in the living room, awoke in shock at 

seeing her estranged husband.  Erkan bey tried to convince Meral hanım

to come back to him, but in vain. So he pulled out a knife and chased

the mother of his two children to the balcony, where she had gone to 

shout for help, and stabbed her multiple times.  Hearing her screams,

Özlem hanım and her husband rushed to help.

Neighbors called the police and while they waited they detained Erkan

bey.  One of the neighbors, Ali Çelimli, said that "we heard the woman's

screams and ran to catch the man, who was shouting 'She betrayed me! 

This is a matter of honor!'.  You can't kill a woman and call it a matter 

of honor."

Erkan bey was put in jail and Meral hanım was buried yesterday.  A 

wooden board served as her gravestone and her maiden name 'Kayhan'

was written on it. 

Evil Spirits Exorcism Inflation in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 March 2021)

battling evil spirits click here for a recent TNT report

about humans' ongoing battle against evil spirits.

                             Coach and her star 'payer'.

Işıl Avşar, who works in the human resources field in Beykoz, Istanbul,

filed suit against 'life coach' Sevgin Mükerrem Ergüneş, realtor Hatice

Defne Balcı and 'social media phenomenon' Irmak Avşar (evidently no

relation) for bilking her out of 625,650 TL (about $75,000).  The charge

against the suspects is "fraud based on exploitation of religious beliefs".   

They face 15-year prison terms if convicted.  The case's first hearing 

took place in court the day before yesterday.

In her own defense, Ergüneş explained that "I'm a grade-school 

graduate, a 'life coach'.  My monthly income is 40,000 TL (about $5,000).

Işıl wanted me to have her fortune read.  I myself read fortunes for small

fees.  Işıl was having problems with her boyfriend so I gave her some 

therapy.  She thanked me and even sent me flowers.  It is true that, all told,

I got 625,000 TL from her.  Işıl sent the money to Hatice's account.  I

didn't bilk anyone."

As for Hatice Defne Balcı, she claimed to have no involvement in the

matter whatsoever: "Sevgin hanım wanted me to arrange for a bank card

for her.  She was having problems with her ex-husband.  I arranged for

the card and gave it to her, including the cipher.  I derived no benefit at

all."

Işıl Avşar stated that she had seen Ergüneş on 'social media phenomenon'

Irmak Avşar's social media account.  "She looked at my star chart for 250

TL and saw that my boyfriend would call me.  He did call me so I came 

to believe in her.  Subsequently, Ergüneş began to call me, saying that

there was a 'hoca' (soothsayer) in Adıyaman who she could have read my

fortune.  She also said that I had an evil spell on me and that she gave

money to the 'hoca' to break the evil spell.  

             Takin' care of business and workin' overtime!

"Boy Tarzan" Spent Nine Years in the Wild of the Toros Mountains

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 March 2021)

                               "Back home" for a visit.

Hasan Hüseyin Kahriman, the married father of one child, lives in 

Taşkent district of Konya province.  When he was six-years-old his

schizophrenic father left him in the Toros Mountains, where he lived

for nine years (!) by himself.  Kahriman followed the mountain animals'

example in searching for plants to eat and remain alive.  Having lived

for years with the animals, Kahriman now returns to the high mountains

even in winter to spend a few days.

Kahriman explained that "one day when I was six my father took me

10 kilometers from our village and said to me 'son, you'll sleep here

tonight.'  When I asked why, he said 'so you'll be a brave kid in the 

future.'  I wondered whether the wild animals would eat me but my

dad told me 'son, no one harms a person, other than another person.'"

 

        Appearing on "Celebrity Tarzans of the Toros"

"I wasn't at all afraid.  I gathered up the white flowers I saw and felt

good.  That first night went just fine. A mouse came to me and then left.

When it started to rain I got under a nylon sheet I had with me and 

slept.  My dad came in the morning and was glad to see me.  From 

then on he left me in the mountains all the time."

"I followed the wolves to learn their hunting tactics.  Once I learned

how to hunt I didn't go back to the village.  I lived in the mountains

by myself for nine years and I liked it. Whenever I'm in the wild I'm

carefree and happy.  In regular life, people lie and cheat.  There's none

of that in the wild."

Kahriman said he wasn't at all angry with his dad for leaving him in

the mountains, adding that "my dad was from another world. People

were always cheating him so he didn't want me to experience the 

same troubles. I think that's why he left me in the mountains.  We 

later learned that my dad was 86% schizophrenic."

"Beat & Release": Angel of Death is the Devil Himself

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 March 2021)

In Bayındır, Izmir, Hüsnü Tümen (31), who was in divorce proceedings

with his wife Serap Tümen, shot his wife and her mother Serpil 

Palalı (49) to death with a hunting rifle.  Emerging from the house,

Tümen also shot and killed neighbor Hamza Kuzucuk (45).  

Tümen fled after the incident but was captured and taken into custody

by police.  An hour earlier, Tümen had posted a gruesome message on

social media of the 'angel of death'  holding a sign that read "I haven't 

got much to do. But don't think I've forgotten you."  Also, the day before

Tümen had posted a photo of his children with the message "You are my

only reality. Never forget this."  

Tümen and his wife's divorce hearing was scheduled for 23 March.  He

was taken to jail yesterday and the victims were buried in Bayındır. In

his statement to police, Tümen said "While I was in jail (!), I heard that

my wife was living with D.A. so I filed for divorce.  But D.A. began to

threaten me so I went to the house took her phone and read her messages.

I shot both my wife and mother-in-law.  Then I was going to shoot

myself but Hamza Kuzucuk intervened and was accidentally shot."

"Beat & Release": From Russia With Un"Happy"ness

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 March 2021)

           No comment. The pictures say a thousand words.

Otteva Elvira (47), who lives in Russia, became friends with Alp Mutlu

(40) (whose surname means "happy"!) a year ago when he 'liked' her 

photo on social media.  Mutlu, who works in the automotive sector, 

invited Elvira to come to Istanbul and they went back and forth between

Turkey and Russia a number of times.

On 13 March, Elvira again came to Istanbul to see her boyfriend Mutlu 

and the two of them got a room in a hotel in Ataşehir.  At the end of the 

first day, Mutlu became jealous of Elvira's ex-husband and her 25-year-

old son and proceeded to beat and torture her for the next two days.

Her face became unrecognizable but she took the opportunity to flee

to the reception desk when Mutlu went out to the store.

Mutlu was arrested by police and jailed on the charge of  "cruelty".

As for Elvira, she was taken to a hospital for treatment. She told police

that "our first day at the hotel was nice. But then he said 'why don't we

have a child?' and he kept on asking me 'why is your ex-husband older

than you?' and 'why did you have a child with him?'  He was jealous of

me.  On 14 March he drank too much and began to beat me while he

said repeatedly 'why did you have that child?' and 'I'm going to kill

you!'  and 'I'm going to cut you up and make you ugly!'"

                                   One sick puppy.

"He licked my blood from his fists and said 'tastes good!'.  I was 

powerless to do anything. The next day he beat me for six hours and

threw everything he could get his hands on at me, kicking me in my

head and pulling my hair.  On 15 March, as he went to the store he

said to me 'clean up the blood, I'll be right back.'  I went to the 

reception desk and asked for help.  They put me in a room and called

the police.  But Alp found me again and  continued to beat me until

the police came and saved me."

Elvira's lawyer Abdullah Onur Eyüboğlu stated that "she has suffered

torture and cruelty and is in the hospital because of the risk of 

bleeding in her brain. She has no one in Turkey.  She is in the hospital

by herself and very afraid, asking me whether Mutlu might come to

the hospital.  We want her to be released as soon as possible so she

can return to her country."

As for Mutlu, in a statement he made at the Family Violence 

Investigation Bureau, he said that "she was threatening to tell my

wife (!) about our relationship.  That day she wanted to call my wife.

When I didn't give her the phone she hit my arm so I hit her back. I

didn't keep her at the hotel by force.  I'm very regretful." (!!)

Vice-Principal Abandons Principles and Cheats on Principal Test

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 March 2021)

                                         What's up doc?

On Sunday, the test for principals and vice-principals of schools tied to

National Ministry of Education (MEB) was conducted in 50 provinces

and 52 test centers.  But a copying scandal occurred at the test given at

the AyselYücetürk school in Ankara.  A.B., the vice-principal of an 

elementary school in Sincan, was caught cheating during the test to

become a principal. (!)

A.B. was caught by the test proctor, who summoned the police to take

him into custody.  After giving a statement, A.B. was released but an

investigation has begun. 

In order to cheat on the test, A.B. smuggled in a cellphone secreted in 

his underwear (!).  A.B. had formed a WhatsApp group with his wife,

brother and his brother's wife called "Ahde Vefa" (all for one and one

for all).  A.B. took a photo of the test questions and sent it to the group

However (!), when the answers came back from the group A.B.'s 

cellphone rang and the proctor heard it.  

In his statement to police, A.B. explained that "the day before the test

I told my wife, brother and my brother's wife about my copying plan.

They said 'we're in!', so I set up the "Ahde Vefa" WhatsApp group and

added them.  I snuck my cellphone into the test center in my underpants.

Then I took a picture of the questions and sent it to them.  But I forgot

to put my phone on 'silent' and it rang when their response came back.

I got caught by the proctor who took my phone and then the police came."

Tough for A.B. to "face" his students on Monday Zoom.

Brothel Madam's $3B Fortune Goes to Granddaughters Vice "Instant" Step-Mother

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 March 2021)

the saga has ended (?) click here for access to two

previous TNT reports about this soap opera.

                  "Warren Buffet ain't got nothin' on me."

Matild Manukyan, a brothel madam with outsized wealth, set records

for her tax payments and owned 486 properties and 220 taxi licenses.

When Manukyan died in 2001, her only son Kerope Çilinger, was the

sole heir.

Çilinger suffered from psychological problems and when his daughter 

Dora Çilingir found him nearly dead in a hotel room, she had him 

admitted to a hospital on 16 January 2018.  Dora hanım filed a suit to

become caretaker of her father's fortune.  However (!), on 26 June 2019,

the 80-year-old Çilingir escaped from the hospital and married Neslihan

Karaman, 40 years his junior, that same day. 

 

    The sudden May-December marriage raised eyebrows.

The marriage prompted Dora hanım and her sisters Linda and İlda 

Çilingir to challenge the validity of the betrothal in court but Çilingir

died on 5 August 2020.  Yesterday, an Istanbul court annulled the 

marriage and found for Dora hanım.  As a result, Kerope Çilingir's

enormous fortune passed to his three daughters.

Herewith the $3B fortune: 

--five 5-star hotels in Antalya, Alanya and Balıkesir;

--a 5-star hotel in Cyprus;

--two factories in Istanbul;

--two mansions on Kınalıada and Büyükada in Istanbul;

--500 flats and 70 'han' (commercial buildings) in Istanbul;

--hundreds of flats and plots of land in Yalova;

--tens of buildings and plots of land in Muğla, Kocaeli, Erzurum and

Adana;

--150 million Euros in a bank in France;

--220 taxi licenses;

--bank accounts, shares and foreign exchange.

                 Dora hanım and dad in happier times.