"Crash & (No) Release": Drug Addict Drove Tractor-Trailer on Deadly Rampage, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 April 2024)

Killer and murder weapon.  TIR's "Maşallah" feature, 

meant to ward off the evil eye, was evidently out of order.

On 20 October 2023 in Istanbul's Sancaktepe district, Sezgin Açık (23),

hooked on drugs, boarded a TIR (tractor-trailer) at his father's company

in Paşaköy.  He phoned his parents and asked them to come get him. 

However, when the father, İbrahim Halil Açık, arrived and tried to apply

the emergency brake his son resisted aggressively, speeding away and

hitting his parent's car in the process. 

İbrahim bey alerted the police and six of them, including Lütfü Baykar

(53) of the Maltepe police group, tried to stop the rampaging TIR driven

by Sezgin Açık.  The police were hit by the TIR, resulting in Baykar's

death and injuries sustained by other policemen.  As Sezgin Açık 

continued his TIR rampage, other policemen shot out the tires but to

no avail, as the TIR hit four more cars and a taxi.  Finally, after hitting

three more cars in Ataşehir, Sezgin Açık's terror drive ended and he

was jailed.  

The public prosecutor has asked for a sentence of from 17 to 39.5 years

for Sezgin Açık. 

"Crash & Release": Sea Taxi Hits Canoe, Propeller Nearly Severs Canoe Rider's Foot, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 April 2024) 

       An idyllic scene.  What could possibly go wrong?

In the waters of the Sea of Marmara off Kalamış in Istanbul the day 

before yesterday, a sea taxi hit a canoe and the two women in it fell

into the water.  The sea taxi's propeller nearly severed the left foot of

Neşe Yılmaz (50).  A sailboat nearby rescued the two women from the

sea, after which DAK-SAR (water rescue) teams arrived. 

Neşe hanım had swallowed sea water so she was put in intensive care

and a tube inserted in her throat to allow her to breathe.  Meanwhile, 

her dangling foot was stitched in place (!).  Neşe hanım remains in 

intensive care. 

The other woman who fell into the water from the canoe was Iranian

Rozita Einisarghin, who was taken to Göztepe Training and Research

Hospital, where her treatment in the brain surgery ward continues. 

Rozita hanım's condition is said to be good. 

The captain of the sea taxi, Ahmek Özkan, was taken into police 

custody. 

"Beat & Release": Pakistani Bought Turkish Citizenship for $400K - Now He's in a Turkish Jail

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 April 2024)

                                   "Citizen"'s arrest.

As Pakistani Faisal Abdullah was driving along in Istanbul's Bahçelievler

district he secretly took a video of a woman dancing in her home and 

posted the video on social media.   Many people reacted negatively to the

posting and one wrote "you'll go back to your own country!".  In response,

Abdullah haughtily said "Who are you to talk to me in such a way?!  I

made a $400,000 investment in Turkey and got Turkish citizenship! Go

to hell!"  

However (!), police began an investigation and quickly determined 

Abdullah's address in the Esenyurt section of the city, where he was

taken into custody for "invading personal privacy and acquiring personal

information inappropriately."  Abdullah was ordered jailed by the 

Bakırköy court.  

You're not in Karachi anymore Abdullah...

"Beat & Release": Bully's Father Attacks Teacher After She Warned the Bully, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 April 2024)

              Like father, like son...and vice versa.

N.Ö., a female teacher at Prof. Dr. Ali Kemal Yiğitoğlu Middle School

in Sarıyer district of Istanbul, admonished a student for bullying a

classmate.  The bully threatened N.Ö., saying "you're going to learn

how to behave toward me!" and summoned his father A.Ç. to the 

school.  A.Ç. arrived and attacked N.Ö. with punches and kicks,

resulting in N.Ö. being taken to a hospital for treatment. (!) 

Messages of support for N.Ö. posted on social media included ones

from the National Education Minister and the Ministry's Istanbul

provincial office.  Istanbul police issued the following statement

in connection with the attack: "Fugitive suspect A.Ç. was arrested

soon after the incident, charged in the attack, and jailed."

"Shave & Release": Bald Man Demanded Discount from Barber, Shot Up the Shop, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 April 2024)

    "Half the work, half the price!"

In Istanbul's Beyoğlu district on 5 April, Mustafa D. went to a barber 

shop to get a haircut and a shave.  Upon completion, Mustafa D. asked

barber Hikmet Zengin how much he owed him.  When Zengin replied

"150 TL" (about $4.60) Mustafa D. objected and asked for a discount.

Zengin complied and lowered the charge to 120 TL.  Still unsatisfied,

Mustafa D. gave Zengin 100 TL. (!)

A vociferous argument ensued and Mustafa D. left the shop in a huff.

However (!), a while later Mustafa D. returned with a gun and rained

down bullets on the barbershop.  No one was killed or injured though.

Mustafa D. was arrested and jailed. 

Seniors get discounts, why not baldies!?

"Neck & Release": Teenagers Necking on Park Bench Spark Local Resident's Ire, in Konya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 April 2024)

A.A. protested, saying "there was no 'no necking' sign!!

In Konya's Selçuklu district at about two-thirty in the afternoon on 4 

April, high school student A.A. (17) and his girlfriend A.G. (17) were

sitting on a park bench when Ahmet Aydın (61) approached them and

shouted "you've soiled this neighborhood's honor!".  Aydın then 

attacked A.A. with a hedge-clipper, wounding him in his chest. A.A.

stayed in a hospital's intensive care unit for two days before being

released. 

A.A.'s family filed a complaint with police and Aydın was taken into

custody.  In his statement Aydın "explained" that "they were behaving 

inappropriately so I warned them and the boy cursed at me.  I don't

know how he was wounded (!).  I don't even know the fellow.  I only

acted to warn them."  Nevertheless, Aydın was jailed. 

As for A.A., he said that "a stranger came from behind and said 'you've

soiled this neighborhood's honor!".  He cursed at us and attacked me

two or three times with a hedge-clipper.  My psychology is in tatters."

Adding insult to injury, after the incident A.A. and A.G. broke up. (!)

Subsequently, city officials posted "Neck at Your Own Risk" 

signs in parks.

"Stab & Flee": Kazakh Woman Kills Hospitable Host in Istanbul and Absconds to Moscow

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 April 2024) 

another absconding click here for the story of a woman who

spirited her son out of Turkey to America after he killed a 

young man in a vehicle collision.  They're not expected back

anytime soon...

                       No good deed goes unpunished.

Kazakhstan citizen Nurali Tamarov purchased goods to sell abroad from

İrfan Kapsızlar (56), who works in the leather and furs sector.  When she

found herself without a place to stay in Istanbul Kapsızlar took her in as

a guest in his home in the Küçükçekmece district of the city.  Although 

he is the father of three children, Kapsızlar was living alone.

Tamarov, who stayed in Kapsızlar's flat for about 10 days, came to his flat 

on the night of 16 April and attacked him with a knife, leaving him in a 

pool of blood.  She then packed her suitcase, went to the airport and flew

to Moscow, from where she phoned a friend in Istanbul and confessed to

killing Kapsızlar. 

Tamarov's friend informed Kapsızlar's relatives of the situation and the

police entered the flat with the aid of a locksmith, finding Kapsızlar's 

body.  A friend of his family, Erdinç Gündoğdu said that "he was killed

in a monstrous way, with stab wounds in his chest and arms.  His face

was unrecognizable.  We want the killer brought back to Turkey to face

justice."

Police say Tamarov looks sort of like this woman, wearing

Kapsızlar-brand furs.