"Flee & Release": Fugitive Struck by Police "Lightning" on Cable Car, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 April 2025)

           Nice ski jacket, perfect for unheated jail cell.

Police in Bursa got word that Doğukan Yıldırım (22), a fugitive 

fleeing a 4-year jail sentence for 48 counts of theft and drug use, 

had come to the Uludağ ski resort from Balıkesir.  As Yıldırım

(whose surname means "lightning") was returning to Bursa city 

from Uludağ on the "teleferik" (cable car), police nabbed him and

took him to jail. 

Path of the lightning bolt.

"Slip & Release": Gone Fishing, He Slips on Dog Poop and Falls 5 Meters Down, in Antalya

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(Sabah Newspaper, 3 April 2025)

In Anatalya, Alparslan Barış Arıcan (38) was descending 

the "falez" (cliff/sea wall) to go fishing when he slipped on

some dog poop (!) and fell five meters down.  Unable to 

make his voice heard from the depths, Arıcan called his

relative Cüney Öz, who came and then summoned rescuers.

Arriving medics determined that Arıcan's leg was broken

so they put a splint on it and raised him up with ropes on a

stretcher to safety. 

Police have a warrant out for the pooping pooch

and master.

"Chase & Release": Cat Stranded on Utility Pole By Pursuing Dog Rescued by Citizens, in Van

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 2 April 2025) 

And it looks like it'll be raining cats and dogs soon.

In Van's Başkale district, a cat that fled from a dog got stranded

on a utility pole it climbed for safety because the dog wouldn't

give up the chase.  After remaining up on the pole for some 

time, passers-by noticed the cat's dilemma and chased away the

dog. 

Cat has since taken refuge in Iran.

"Rent & Release": Landlord Harasses Lady Tenant With "Her" Fake Online Accounts to Raise Rent, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 April 2025)

                     G.A. knows a fake when she see it.

In Ankara's Eryaman district, a young woman named G.A.

rented a home owned by V.C., who wanted to raise her rent

more than the allowed 25%.  

When G.A. balked, as of 1 March 2023 she noticed that she

began getting unwanted, sexually-explicit phone calls and

that 4 accounts in "flirting" online programs had been opened

in her name, with details of her neighborhood and friends

included. 

G.A. appealed to public prosecutor Mahmut Kaan Yüksel for 

help and he found that the culprit was (surprise!) V.C.  At the

trial on 14 January, V.C. was found guilty, but in light of his

"clean" record and "good behavior" during the trial process, 

the sentence was deferred. (!)

"Beat & Release": Rural Peyton Place - She Killed Jailed Husband's Brother, Her Lover, in Samsun

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(DHA news service website, 31 March 2025)

      Inmate brother-husband missed all the fireworks.

In Samsun's Bafra district, Mustafa Bakar (74) asserted that the

murder of his son Murat Bakar (33) could not have been solely 

committed by his daughter-in-law Şehri Bakar (23), although she 

has said she acted alone.  The elder Bakar, complaining that once 

Şehri hanım confessed the case was closed,  noted that Murat bey's

head had been split open and his shoulder broken so a man's

strength must have been involved. 

The murder occurred on 4 October 2023 in Bafra district.  

Murat bey's body, with two bullets in it,  was seen by passers-by 

who alerted the Gendarmerie.  Şehri hanım was arrested and

said that "Murat and I had a relationship since 2018.  When his

brother, my husband (!), went to prison, we started up again. But

then he told me he was going to marry another girl so I shot 

him in his car. He stumbled out and tried to flee but I caught

up to him had smashed his head with the gun."

"Pee & Release": Drug Suspects Paid Hospital Workers for Negative Urine Test Results, in Batman

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 March 2025)

                     " It better be yours!"

In Batman, drug user suspects went to the  Batman Training 

and Research Hospital to give urine samples, but they paid

hospital workers A.T. and Ş.K. to substitute their own urine so 

the tests would turn out negative for drug traces.  (!)

However (!), when a dispute arose about the bribe money,

the hospital workers produced uncertain results that forced

the suspects to give urine samples again until they paid the

desired bribe amount.

Police launched an operation whereby they gave the suspects

marked bills to give to A.T.   When the suspect's urine test

came out negative, police searched A.T. and found the marked

bills on his person.  Hospital worker Ş.K. was also taken into

custody but released on judicial supervision, while A.T. was

jailed.  

An investigation revealed that this practice has been going on

for years.  Consequently, police are reviewing the files of 

drug suspects whose urine tests previously came out negative.

The province's borders have been updated:

"Beat & Release": Fugitive Tried to Board Plane Dressed as a Woman, in Kars

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 March 2025)

                         The sneakers gave it away. 

Yesterday at seven-thirty in the morning at Harakani Airport in

Kars, S.K. (23)  and "her" supposed husband H.İ. (28) intended

to board a flight to Istanbul.  At check-in, S.K. presented the ID 

card of female G.İ. (24).  

However (!), police became suspicious of the "couple"'s 

behavior and an exam revealed that S.K. is a man (!).  In

addition, police determined that S.K. is a fugitive, wanted

for six different crimes adding up to a jail sentence of 3 years,

6 months and 22 days.  He/she was then jailed. 

It turned out that H.İ., who played the role of S.K.'s "husband",

is S.K.'s brother-in-law.  He was taken into custody and charged 

with aiding and abetting a fugitive.

                                       Abra kadabra!