"Squeeze & Release": Micro-"Pubic Beach" Sparks Coastline Access Debate, in Bodrum

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(bodrumhaber.com website, 5 August 2026)

"Let's just keep this our little secret, lest the hordes invade."

Bodrum Municipality has created a 48-square-meter area on the 

Türkbükü coast, replacing an illegally constructed pier, and has put up 

a "public beach" sign. But is this truly a public beach, or is it a 

"municipal beach" that the municipality deems suitable for the public? 

Since the entire coastline is already open to public use, who decides 

which sections are for the public and which are for businesses?

The designation of this 4-meter wide and 12-meter long area, squeezed 

between restaurants in Türkbükü, a neighborhood of Bodrum district in 

Muğla, as a "public beach" has sparked controversy in the district.

It is stated that even 8-10 people cannot comfortably sunbathe in this 

small area of ​​only 48 square meters, and images have been shared on 

social media with comments such as "Turkey's smallest public beach."

However, the controversy is not limited to the size of the beach. The 

real debate is about directing citizens to these small areas where the 

municipality has put up signs, while the majority of the coastline is 

used for commercial purposes by businesses.

According to the Constitution and the Coastal Law, coastlines are 

under the sovereignty and control of the state and should be open to 

equal and free use by everyone.

In this case, areas called "public beaches" are not a privilege granted 

to the public by municipalities; rather, they represent a limitation of 

the public's already existing right to use the coastline to a small section.

The situation in Türkbükü raises the following questions:

If the coastlines already belong to the public, why are separate "public 

beach" signs being erected? Who decides which sections of the 

coastline will be left to the public and which will be used by businesses? 

Why are the public being directed to a few small areas along kilometers 

of coastline?

If municipalities are making such a distinction on behalf of the public, 

then let a referendum be held in every neighborhood; let citizens 

themselves say whether they find the few square meters allocated to 

them sufficient or not. (!)

"Rotten & Release": Woman Battered While Buying Unripe Pears for Her Toothless Mom, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 August 2026)

Volatile pear market...must be an Iran war effect.

A dispute broke out between a female customer and a market vendor 

in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul over choosing pears (!). According to 

the allegations, market vendor Selahattin Ş. (55) warned Nurcihan 

Yıkılkan (50), saying, "Sister, I sell these, we earn our living from them. 

Don't damage the products." When the argument escalated into a fight, 

Selahattin Ş. threw a wooden plank at Nurcihan Y.'s head. Yıkılkan, 

injured and bleeding profusely, received 10 stitches to her head at the 

hospital. Selahattin Ş. was taken into custody and subsequently arrested 

by the court. 

Speaking about the incident, Nurcihan Yıkılkan said, "He suddenly hit 

me on the head. I was covered in blood. Should women be treated like 

this? Don't they have mothers, fathers, wives, and children?"

The incident occurred on Monday, July 27th, around 7:00 PM at the 

neighborhood market in Kulaksız. During the argument, Selahattin Ş. 

insulted and swore at Nurcihan Yıkılkan. Selahattin Ş. then threw a 

wooden plank at Nurcihan Yıkılkan's head. Nurcihan Yıkılkan, injured 

by the plank, was attended to by medical and police teams who were 

dispatched to the scene after bystanders reported the incident.

Selahattin Ş. defending his pears' ripeness.

Selahattin Ş., who was detained by police, is being prosecuted for 

"intentional injury." While the investigation continues, Selahattin Ş., 

after being processed at the police station, was referred to the courthouse 

and subsequently arrested by the court.

Nurcihan Yıkılkan, speaking about the incident, said, "I was cleaning. 

Around 6:30-7:00 PM, my mother asked for pears. My mother is blind; 

she is disabled, and she has no teeth. I said, 'Okay, Mom, I'll buy them.' 

I was also doing housework. At that time, I went to the market. There 

was a stall. There were some rotten fruits there. I was looking for some 

for my mother. A man there said, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'Sir, my 

mother is blind, and she has no teeth. I'm going to buy some unripe pears.' 

He said, 'You can't.' I said, 'Please, sir.' He cursed, saying, 'Your mother...' 

and said, 'You can't.' Suddenly, he hit me on the head. I couldn't understand 

what happened; I was covered in blood. Should women's lives be like this? 

Don't they have mothers, fathers, wives, and children? Can't we go to the 

market? Can't we buy what we want?"

"Rapids & Release": Raging Euphrates Claims Selfie-taker; But "Spares" Convict Who Faked Death, in Şanlıurfa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 August 2026)

        Selfie competing with Angel of Death these days. 

The incident occurred yesterday evening in the Dorucak neighborhood of 

Birecik district, Şanlıurfa province. According to reports, Havva Çelik, 

who was trying to take a selfie on the rocks by the Euphrates River, 

suddenly lost her balance and fell. Swept away by the current, Çelik 

disappeared.

Her family, noticing her disappearance, called the 112 Emergency Call

Center and requested assistance from health, Gendarmerie, and search 

and rescue teams. Teams dispatched to the scene recovered Havva Çelik's 

lifeless body. Following investigations at the scene, Çelik's body was

taken to the morgue for autopsy. 

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 August 2026)

Called family from abroad to report that news of his

death was premature (!). 

A search operation was launched for Abdulkadir Taştan, the driver of the 

car that plunged into the Selgelen stream, a tributary of the Euphrates,

who was thought to have been swept away by the current and 

disappeared. 

However (!), Taştan, who was found to have numerous criminal records, 

was revealed to have planned to fake his own death when he called his 

family from abroad. 

On Friday night, in the Akçakale district of Şanlıurfa, a car with the 

registration number 34 GET 243, driven by Abdulkadir Taştan (36), 

plunged into the Selgelen stream. Neighborhood residents who witnessed 

the accident reported it to the Gendarmerie. The car was recovered from 

the stream, but Abdulkadir Taştan was not found. 

After some time, it was discovered that Taştan, who was found to have 

numerous criminal records and was being searched for on the grounds 

that he had been swept away by the current, had called his family. It 

was learned that Taştan had called his family and said he had fled abroad. 

Furthermore, it was determined that the car with the registration number 

34 GET 243, which was recovered from the stream, was stolen. (!)

"Sting & Release": Wasps Take Revenge in Isparta; Mobile Hives Amp Up Bees' Productivity, in Kars

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(Hürriyet Newspaper,  2 August 2026)

               Wasp to Zafer bey: "Vengeance is mine!"

Zafer Kaya (51), a furniture upholsterer who poured hot water into the 

nest of wasps that were bothering his customers in his workplace in 

Isparta and was stung by the wasps that came out, lost his week-long 

battle for life in the hospital on his birthday today (!). 

Vengeful wasps emerged from the nest and stung Kaya. Having an 

allergy to wasp stings (!), Kaya was taken to the hospital by his family.

He received treatment at Isparta City Hospital for a week but passed 

away this morning. It was learned that today was his birthday, and that 

he had lost one of his two children to carbon monoxide poisoning 

approximately 10 years ago.

Kaya's funeral service was held at Erenler Mosque in the Davraz 

neighborhood, after which he was buried in Karaağaç Cemetery.

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 August 2026)

                             "Have hives, will travel".

Yücel Üzeyir (50), who is engaged in beekeeping, his family profession, 

in Kars, transformed a truck trailer into a solar-powered mobile honey 

production facility with a project whose design, installation and 

engineering belong to him. Placing 340 beehives in 8 layers on the trailer, 

Üzeyir produces 6-7 tons of organic and geographically indicated honey 

in the Kars highlands without tiring the bees with his mobile facility 

equipped with a smart climate control system.

Üzeyir also installed a 10-kilowatt solar panel system for his energy needs. 

Thanks to the smart climate control infrastructure in the system, which 

generates its own electricity, suitable living conditions for the beehives 

are continuously maintained. Üzeyir, who can easily reach the high-altitude 

and flora-rich plateaus of Kars, aims to produce 6-7 tons of honey.

Yücel bey moonlights as an action-movie star.

Üzeyir stated, “We have created an innovation to produce organic honey 

and protect the ecological balance in nature. We transformed this massive 

structure into a mobile bee production facility with a capacity of 340 hives, 

the design, installation, engineering, and patent of which are entirely my 

own. We gathered 340 hives in an eight-story system on a single truck trailer. 

We established a system that generates its own energy with 10-kilowatt 

solar panels. Without tiring the bees, we produce completely organic certified 

and geographically indicated honey in the high-altitude geography and 

plateaus of Kars, without harming nature.”

"Glance & Release": Recidivist Criminals Exchange Bad Looks, Then Shoot Dead Peacemaker Baker, in Istanbul

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(Akşam Newspaper, 1 August 2026)

Another entry in the "no good deed goes unpunished" file.

In Istanbul's Bayrampaşa district, bakery owner Mehmet Pehlivan, 

who tried to break up a fight that started with the phrase "what are you 

looking at?" in front of Pehlivan's bakery, was shot in the chest and died. 

Three suspects with extensive criminal records were apprehended and 

referred to the courthouse in connection with the incident.

According to information obtained, yesterday around 4:50 PM, in the 

İsmetpaşa neighborhood of Bayrampaşa district, on Tuna Street, Çiğdem 

Canbaz and her daughter were passing in front of a bakery when an 

argument broke out between them and a customer, Raşit Özbek, over 

the phrase "what are you looking at?".  (!) The argument ended quickly, 

but 25 minutes later, Çiğdem Canbaz and her husband, Enis Emre 

Canbaz, arrived at the scene and began assaulting the man sitting in 

front of the bakery. As the fight escalated, Raşit Özbek's father, Cemil 

Özbek, also joined in.

During the incident, Enis Emre Canbaz pulled out a gun from his 

waistband, and the gun went off during the ensuing struggle. As a 

result, the bakery owner, Mehmet Pehlivan, was wounded in the chest. 

Enis Emre Canbaz fled the scene. Police and medical teams were 

dispatched to the scene following a report. The teams launched an 

operation to apprehend the suspects. After reviewing security camera 

footage, the suspects, Enis Emre Canbaz, Raşit Özbek, and his father 

Cemil Özbek, were taken into custody.

During their investigation at the scene, the teams recovered 4 empty 

shell casings, 1 live round, and 1 unlicensed handgun. Further 

investigation revealed that suspect Raşit Ö. had 9 previous criminal 

records, suspect Enis Emre C. had 13, and his wife, Çiğdem C., had 3. 

The suspects, Raşit Özbek, Cemil Özbek, and Enis Emre Canbaz, 

were taken to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan after their 

procedures at the police station. 

Speaking about the incident, a citizen named Nevzat Koç said, 

"Someone was looking at someone else here. The woman went and 

told her husband. Her husband came here. Mehmet Abi (Pehlivan) 

intervened during their fight. When he intervened, the bullet from the 

gun hit him. That's the whole story. I used to buy bagels from Mehmet 

Abi, I was very happy with him. He never harmed anyone. He was 

injured here and passed away in the hospital."

"Abuse & Release": Peeved Mayor Has Trench Dug After Argument With Bureaucrats, in Hendek

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 31 July 2026)

           Work was scheduled long ago...sure it was.

Following an argument between Sakarya Hendek Mayor İrfan Püsküllü 

and personnel from the Land Registry and Cadastre Directorate, it has 

been alleged (!) that municipal teams carried out excavation work in the 

area where the institution's building and parking lot entrance are located.

On Tuesday, July 28th, an incident occurred at the Hendek District Land 

Registry Office. According to allegations, Hendek Mayor İrfan Püsküllü 

went to the Land Registry Office for some transactions. During these 

transactions, a verbal argument reportedly took place between Mayor 

Püsküllü and Land Registry and Cadastre personnel.

Coincidentally (!), following the argument, teams from the Hendek 

Municipality Public Works Directorate arrived at the Land Registry Office 

with construction machinery. The teams carried out excavation work in 

the area between the Land Registry Office building and the parking lot 

entrance.

At the end of the workday, citizens who were in the building to conduct 

transactions with the Land Registry Office employees were astonished 

to see that the exit road had been dug up. Due to the excavation in the 

parking lot and at the building entrance, vehicles had difficulty exiting, 

causing a brief disruption in the area.

Campaign slogan was "Perturb Püsküllü at Your Own Risk!"

"Betroth & Release": Groom and Relatives Slay Wedding Photographer, Thinking He Was Rich, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 July 2026)

 Bride left with just this after groom was caught and jailed.

Photographer Ferhat Açık was brutally murdered by the groom (!), Okan 

Kılıç, and his relatives, after taking their wedding photos. Açık was lured 

to a forest under the pretext of a photoshoot, but when he resisted those 

who tried to steal his car after discovering no money in his bank account, 

slit in the throat. All that remains is this wedding photo taken by Açık 

(above).

In Istanbul, Okan Kılıç (25) contacted photographer Ferhat Açık (21) to 

take photos at his wedding. During this time, Kılıç became close friends 

with Açık and continued their friendship after the wedding. Allegedly, in 

May, Okan Kılıç, his brother Rıdvan Kılıç (20), and their relative Poyraz 

Kaya (19) made their first attempt to kidnap Ferhat Açık and extort money 

from him. 

Troubled youth.

However (!), when Açık arrived with a friend, Okan Kılıç was unable to 

carry out the kidnapping. On July 12, Kılıç called Açık again and tricked 

him by saying, "We need to do a photoshoot in Arnavutköy, can you come 

and pick us up in your car?" Photographer Ferhat Açık picked up Okan 

and Rıdvan Kılıç and Poyraz Kaya in his own car and went to a wooded 

area in Arnavutköy.

Ferhat Açık was abducted here. Seeing that there was no money in his bank 

account, though, the suspects tried to transfer ownership of Açık's vehicle to 

themselves. Açık said he didn't have his ID with him. The suspects forced 

Ferhat Açık to call his brother, Habip Açık, and say, "Brother, I need my ID 

for the filming; Okan is coming, give him your ID." Following the ensuing 

commotion and shouting, the suspects stabbed Ferhat Açık eight times and 

slit his throat, killing him. The suspects buried Açık's body in the forest 

and fled.

This is the script for the horror film-style sequel.

Okan Kılıç sent a message from Ferhat Açık's phone to his brother, Habip 

Açık, saying, "I'm in trouble, I need to go abroad because of a matter of 

honor. Sell the car urgently and send the money to my account." The 

three suspects took Ferhat Açık's car and went to his brother Habip Açık 

to get his ID. A day later, when Okan Kılıç tried to transfer the vehicle to 

his own name, the notary clerks became suspicious, causing him to panic. 

He then left the notary and handed the car over to Habip Açık.

Supposedly rich photographer was just 21.

Habip Açık reported his brother missing. The suspects sold Ferhat Açık's 

cell phone to a phone shop in Esenyurt and fled to Van. Police, with the 

help of cadaver dog Zeyna, found Ferhat Açık's body in a wooded area in 

Arnavutköy on July 26th. Rıdvan Kılıç and Poyraz Kaya were apprehended 

in Van. Okan Kılıç was caught trying to escape to Iran during an operation 

in the border region. A total of five suspects, including two arrested in 

Istanbul, have been referred to the courthouse.