"Beat & Release": Justice Prevails! Driver Exonerated After Fine for 1 KPH + Speeding, in Kayseri

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 6 November 2024)

Kargın also wants warning signs in Turkish henceforth!

Veli Kargın, an Ankara lawyer, learned from a notice he 

received from the Kayseri Regional Traffic Supervision Office,

that on 12 June 2024 between the hours of 17:23 and 17:52

he had exceeded the speed limit on the Kayseri-Malatya 

highway by 1 kph (!) and was fined 1,506 TL (about $44).

Kargın, though, appealed the fine noting that "with the 10 kph

tolerance, the speed limit on this road is 121 kph and I was 

fined for going 122 kph.  At any given moment, in 

consideration of  gradient and other road conditions, exceeding 

the speed limit by 1 kph is normal.  I request that the fine be 

voided."

A court decision on the matter came down in Kargın's favor

and his fine was voided.  The court declared that "It was not

easy for the driver to adjust to the traffic flow in light of the

road conditions, in regard to him having exceeded the speed 

limit by 1 kph. Additionally, his speedometer reflecting such

a slight difference and him noticing it was problematic.  

İn light of the radar system's sensitivities, weather and other

conditions it is not reasonable to consider 1kph to be over

the speed limit."

"Beat & Release": Football Booster Club Chief Offended, Puts Blonde Wig on Offender, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 November 2024)

                       A blonde not having more fun.

A photograph of Cem Gölbaşı, the leader of the "Young  

Fenerbahçe Boosters" club, was shared on a fake social

media account bearing the name and profile of former 

Turkish Football Federation president Mehmet Büyükekşi

on 17 October.  The caption for Gölbaşı's photograph

read "Look at this guy who went to the beach. Did you just

come down from a mountain?", along with some cursing. 

Those who were offended by this posting, including Gölbaşı, 

were able to identify the real poster as Burhan İ.  They 

tracked him down at his workplace, kidnapped him,  took a 

picture of him wearing a blonde wig, and made him post the 

picture on his own social media account along with this video 

statement: "I apologize for the wrongheaded thing I did to my 

elder, Cem Gölbaşı."

Subsequently, Burhan İ. filed a police complaint and 

Gölbaşı, along with six friends, were taken into custody

on Saturday, charged with kidnapping, and jailed. 

Not amused.

Halloween Nightmare: Elderly Man Beaten to Death With Pumpkin, in Karabük

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 5 November 2024)

                                    Trick, no treat.

In Safranbolu district of Karabük province, when İbrahim Tuna's

three daughters in Istanbul hadn't heard from him in three days they 

had the village chief go to his home and he found Tuna (93) dead 

from blows to the head with a pumpkin (!).  A mentally-impaired 

individual was taken into custody for the killing and jailed. 

Tuna lived alone in Konarı village but his daughters, living in Istanbul,

contacted village chief Mustafa Özşen when they hadn't been able to

reach their dad since 28 October.   Özşen went to Tuna's house but no

one responded. He checked the perimeter and saw that a ladder was

propped up against the rear balcony, raising his suspicions.  Özşen

found another ladder and entered the house through the balcony. 

Killer pumpkins can climb ladders!!

He found Tuna on the bed completely covered.  When Özşen lifted the

cover he was confronted with a horrific sight and summoned Gendarmerie

troops, who determined that Tuna had died after being hit multiple times 

with a pumpkin (!).  They also determined that Tuna had gotten his 

retirement salary on 28 October but there was no money in the house 

and the house key was missing, too. 

The Gendarmerie unit identified another villager, mentally handicapped

Ayhan Aksoy (53), as the "pumpkin killer" and took him into custody in 

Emek village around midnight. They found Tuna's 11,800 TL salary and

his house key in Aksoy's house.    Aksoy was processed and taken to the

Karabük T-type Closed Prison

 

"Beat & Release": Blocked Ambulance That Drew Sympathy on Social Media Actually a Truck Posing as an "Ambulance", in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 November 2024)

       A.A.: "One way? Fine, I'm only going one way."

In Istanbul's Küçükçekmece district on 1 November,an 

"ambulance" was unable to proceed down a back street

because the car coming from the opposite direction would

not yield the right of way.  The "ambulance" backed up and gave

way to the other car.  A pedestrian videoed the incident and

posted it on social media, prompting negative reactions and

a police investigation.  

//NOTE: many times, drivers impede ambulances for no reason 

other than spite. Other times, the ambulance may be used for 

other purposes like this one  below ferrying contraband 

cigarettes, or as a taxi to get passengers through traffic faster.//

However (!),  it turned out that the "ambulance" was actually

a light truck dressed up as an "ambulance"  and illegally 

appearing to be a real ambulance.  Driver A.A. was taken into

custody and fined 23,709 TL ($690), while the "ambulance"

was banned from the roads for 15 days. 

"Beat & Release": Teenagers Hinder Fleeing Step-Father's Escape So Step-Daughter Can Stab Him to Death, in Izmir

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 November 2024)

                               No, they're not dancing.

The night before last in Konak district of Izmir, F.M. (23) and

her step-father Mehmet Kara (60) got into an argument, with 

F.M. accusing Kara of forcing her mother into prostitution.  

F.M. grabbed a knife so Kara fled from the house into the 

street.  F.M. chased after him screaming "sapık!" (deviant)

to enlist help from bystanders. 

As Kara was being roughed-up by the bystanders, F.M. 

caught up to him and stabbed him in the stomach, while

O.Ş. (16) stabbed Kara in his calf.  After being taken to a

hospital, Kara expired.

Police took F.M., O.Ş., S.D. (16), H.A. (17), M.A. (17) and

M.K. (17) into custody.  F.M. confessed to the stabbing and

O.Ş. "explained" that he had learned that Kara had harassed

a woman so he stabbed him in his calf. 

"Beat & Release": When Hİtman Backs Out, He Kills His Brother For Free, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 November 2024)

His do-it-yourself  idea saved money in the short term.

Now comes the long term.

In Istanbul's Bahçelievler district on Sunday, 27 October, 

Harun Can (39) went to the police station to report that

he had found his older brother Kenan Can (53) dead.

Police arrived at the scene and saw that Kenan bey's head

had been bludgeoned with a  blunt instrument and his

skull was in pieces. (!)

Police determined that the two brothers argued over 

inheritance and fought with each other often.  They saw,

as well, from street video that Harun bey had wandered

around the nearby streets before committing the murder.

It turned out that Harun bey had hired hitman B.M. to kill

his brother for 50,000 TL (about $1,500) up-front and

another 100,000 TL after the job was done.  However,

when B.M. backed out of the deal Harun bey took it upon

himself to finish off his brother.

Harun bey confessed and "explained" that Kenan bey did

not share the money coming from the rental of  a plot of land 

in Kayseri with him, causing frequent clashes between the

two brothers.  Harun bey was jailed. 

B.M.'s so busy he can't handle all the offers...

"Operate & Release": Two Aesthetic Calamities - Unwanted "Brazilian Butt" in Istanbul; Deadly Nose Job in Diyarbakır

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 November 2024)

            Not everyone wants to be Kim Kardashian. 

Ebru Ö., a Turkish woman living in Germany, suffered serious

injuries in an accident when she was 16 years old and a hollow

cavity formed in her right hip.  She came to an esthetic clinic

in Istanbul to have skin grafted from her back to fill the cavity.

Ebru hanım paid 7,000 Euros for the operation she underwent

in Istanbul on 5 June 2023. 

However (!), Ebru hanım claims that the doctor did not fill the

cavity as she desired and instead created a "Brazilian butt",

enlarging her posterior much more than she wanted.  As for

the clinic,  it informed Ebru hanım that six months were

necessary for the success or failure of the operation to be 

understood, and raised the prospect of another operation, if

needed. 

Ebru hanım, though, was quite distressed by her new 

"Brazilian butt" and underwent an operation in Germany to 

fix it, while at the same time filing a suit against the Istanbul 

clinic with the Istanbul Consumers Court, lamenting that the 

Istanbul operation had left her in great pain, unable to both 

sit comfortably and fit into her clothes, as well as causing 

her discomfort and limited productivity at her workplace in

Germany. 

She asked the Consumers Court to award her 5,500 Euros

from the clinic and doctor, along with 300 Euros for

emotional distress (equal to 215,399 TL)

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 November 2024)

Damla Sakallı (20), who lived in Diyarbakır, was having 

trouble breathing because of  some cracks on her nose so 

she wanted an operation to correct the situation.  She was

admitted to a private hospital in Kaypınar district but when

serum was administered to her before the operation she 

became ill and died in the hospital's emergency room. 

Damla hanım's father Şeyhmus Sakallı (48) asserted that

there had been negligence at the hospital. "Three nurses 

came, hooked up my daughter to the serum and left. 

After just a few drops of the serum I saw that she had 

turned black and was foaming at the mouth.  I screamed

to the nurses but they were unconcerned, saying to me

"There's no problem, what are you screaming about?"

"However (!), when the doctors looked at Damla they

rushed her to the emergency room where she died.  My

daughter was 20 years-old, had finished university and

was awaiting appointment as a medical secretary.  She

was going to be a medical professional but died at the

hands of other medical professionals.  I will pursue this

till I die!"

As for the hospital, "no comment".