Escort to the Stars

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 July 2021)

                                    One-stop-shopping.

Arzum Koyuncu, famous astrologer, writer and life coach, has filed a 

criminal complaint with the Istanbul public prosecutor regarding Erken

Şavkın, whom Arzum hanım met with to discuss social media issues. 

According to Azrum hanım, after giving Şavkın 2,000 TL (about $250),

he did no work for her.  However (!), Arzum hanım claims that Şavkın 

somehow obtained her email password and stole her telephone list. One

of the phone numbers was that of Arzum hanım's friend Burcu P., who

lives in France.  

Şavkın then posted Burcu P.'s phone number on social media as if Arzum

hanım had, with this message: "This is the number of my assistant Burcu.

She's an escort. Give her a call."  Şavkın then opened a fake social media 

account, as if Arzum hanım was an escort herself.  

The court ordered that Şavkın stay away from Arzum hanım for 1 month.(!)

                   COVID doesn't believe in astrology.

Employee Planned to Spike Boss's Tea With COVID Spit in Adana

türkçe  links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 30 July 2021)

      Good thing the boss is a documented coffee-drinker.

In Adana, Ramazan Çimen paid 500 TL for spit from a COVID patient

in order to put the spit in his boss's tea. Last September, İbrahim Ünverdi,

who runs a car dealership, gave Çimen 215,000 TL from a car sale to 

bring back to the dealership office.  

However (!), Çimen disappeared with the money.  A few days later, 

Çimen explained to Ünverdi over the phone that he used the money to

pay off a loan shark and hung up.  Ünverdi then learned from his other

employees that Çimen had bought the COVID spit and planned to put

it in Ünverdi's tea.  

Çimen began sending threatening messages to Ünverdi and his family,

including this one: "I couldn't kill you with COVID but I'll shoot you

in the head instead."  On 10 February 2021, Çiman was taken into 

custody and given house arrest. Ünverdi's lawyer filed a criminal 

complaint saying the Çimen planned to kill Ünverdi with a "biological

weapon."   As a result, Çimen was arrested on 14 July and jailed.

                "He misunderstood my best intentions!" 

TNT History Archives: French Airplane En Route to Australia, Graffiti'd by Turks in French-occupied Cilicia (1919)

French Col. Abadie, a participant in the French occupation of Cilicia in 

south-central Anatolia in 1919, wrote an account of the operation in 1921

and mentioned some of the indicators of local Turkish displeasure with 

the French occupation.  

One of the incidents Col. Abadie took note of was this one:

"3 November 1919: Airmen Poulet and Benoist landed in Konya on their 

way to Australia.  Their airplane was guarded by Turkish soldiers.  They 

landed near Tarsus next and saw that during the night someone had 

written this message in Turkish on their airplane: “be bold, but don’t be 

despicable like the Syrians.”"  - evidently meaning the French troops that 

had come from Syria to Cilicia. 

Background: French pilot Etienne Poulet and his machinist Jean Benoist 

were ineligible participants in a race restricted to Australian air teams to

fly from England to Melbourne within 30 days.  The race was won by

brothers Ross and Kieth Smith.  

Herewith a mention from the State Library of Australia:

French pilot Etienne Poulet and his mechanic Jean Benoist also attempted 

to fly to Australia at the same time, despite being ineligible for the competition. 

They left Paris on 14 October 1919 in a Caudron G4. The Vimy overtook 

Poulet in Burma on 29 November 1919 and he decided to abandon his 

attempt in Thailand around 12 December 1919.

Map shows winning Ross brothers' route (black line) and 

the Poulet-Benoist route (dotted line) crossing Anatolia in 

Turkey.

"Beat & Release": In-laws' 'Battle of Beyoğlu'

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 28 July 2021)

                       All in the (disfunctional) family

In Beyoğlu, Istanbul, two groups of in-laws had a gunfight that left 3

of them dead and 3 of them wounded.  The situation began with an 

argument between newlyweds Hacer Giray and Enes Berk Giray.    

Hacer hanım took refuge in her uncle's home on Kanarya Street.  When

Enes Berk learned this he went there with his father Hulusi Giray and

his cousin Burak Giray to take Hacer hanım back. 

However (!), Hacer hanım refused and called her father Mürsel Ağrı,

who arrived and was shot in the leg by Hulusi Giray.  In response,

Ağrı shot Hulusi, Enes Berk and Burak, killing all three of them. Two

others were wounded amid the gunfire. 

Police arrived at the scene and took Ağrı into custody and to a hospital

for treatment of his leg wound. 

                    Father of the bride and killer of three.

"Pots & Pans" Politics Draws a Crowd...and COVID, in Turgutlu

türkçe links to original Turkish article

Sözcü Newspaper, 26 July 2021

  Free! And they even include an "intubation" guarantee!

Over the weekend in Turgutlu district of Manisa province, the general 

meeting of the Turgutlu Shopkeepers and Craftsmen Cooperative was

held in the amphitheater at the Turgutlu Irlamaz Facilities.  In attendance

were Turgutlu Mayor Çetin Akın, former MHP parliamentarian Ahmet

Orhan, the heads of the shopkeepers' guilds and their members.  

A crowd assembled to participate in the Cooperative's election, but 

hardly anyone wore a mask and there was no social distancing at all.

As for the election, there was only one slate of candidates and 

Hasan Hüseyin Çoşkun was re-elected as head of the Cooperative.

Prior to the vote, though, 8-piece sets of pots and pans were distributed 

to the crowd, which swarmed around the TIR (tractor trailer) 

containing the sets.  Some members of the Cooperative bemoaned the

lack of COVID awareness, noting that "it's nice that the sets are being

given away but doing this during a pandemic is inviting disaster with

everyone crowded one on top of the other!"  

The police assigned to the election grounds made announcements 

about masks and social distances but no one paid any attention. 

Forget "Cattle Class", The New Trend is "Baggage Class" for Illegal Immigrants

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 25 July 2021)

                           No window seats available.

In Gaziantep, a Gendarmerie check of a passenger bus revealed 11 

Afghan refugees hidden in the baggage compartment (!).  The bus

was en route from Batman to Aksaray.

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(CNN Türk.com website, 25 July 2021)

                    Next, they'll try a telephone booth.

Police stopped a suspicious car bearing plate number 06 GB 6897 at

Merdivenli, along the Konya-Karapınar highway.  Riding in the car

were 8 illegal refugees, along with two Syrians in the trunk.  The

refugees, who each paid $100 for the trip, were hoping to make it to 

İzmir and from there to Greece.  The driver fled into a nearby corn

field and is being sought by police. 

"Burn & Release": He Torches House, Ex-wife and His 3 Kids Survive, So He Goes Free

 türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 24 July 2021)

                                      Father knows worst.

In Muğla's Marmaris district, H.U. (31) burned down the house where 

his 3 children and ex-wife F.Ö. live (!), leaving the family homeless.  

Nevertheless, after being apprehended by police, H.U. was released on

judicial supervision by the court. 

Upon hearing of H.U.'s release, a bewildered F.Ö. lamented "It's not 

enough that he burned our house down?!  Do we have to be burned 

to death for him to be put in jail?!"

"Sword" Fells Prey but Escape to Greece Falls Short

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 July 2021)

      The terrible swift sword, just not quite swift enough.

On 10 July, Mahir Kılınç (23 and whose surname means "sword") and 

friends K.K., R.Ö., S.Ç., and O.Ç. were riding around in Bağcılar, 

Istanbul, when they encountered Okan Alkan (27), in the Göztepe 

neighborhood.  Alkan owed money, so when he saw Kılınç's car he 

fled but Kılınç caught up to him and fired 5 shots into Alkan, killing him.  

                              Swordprey

Kılınç and his friends took off but the next day one of them, K.K., went

to the police to relate the events related to Alkan's murder.  The police

then took R.Ö., S.Ç. and O.Ç. into custody but could not find Kılınç.

His friends said Kılınç was the murderer and wouldn't let anyone of them

out of the car.  Video evidence supported their claims so they were 

released. 

Police then got a tip that Kılınç was trying to flee to Greece by illegal

means and informed the Gendarmerie on the border.  On the night of

15 July, Kılınç was captured while trying to cross into Greece from

Edirne's Uzunköprü district.  He was brought back to Istanbul, where

it was determined that he has a record of 17 previous crimes. Kılınç 

confessed to killing Alkan in a debt dispute and was jailed.

"Beat & Release": Wife-killer, Free Awaiting Trial, Fled to Montenegro

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 July 2021)

    You can see that far away, Montenegro look in his eyes...

Sarıgül Hamarat was just 17-years-old when she married Yunus Hamarat.

On 3 August 2018, Sarıgül hanım learned that her building contractor 

husband had cheated on her but when she confronted him he beat her

and threw her out of the house.  Sarıgül hanım reported the situation to 

the police and entered a women's shelter on 4 August.  

Her older brother Alican Sönmez and Yunus bey's older brother İmam

Hamarat brokered a reconciliation and on 5 August Sarigül hanım

returned home.  When their elders left, though, the husband and wife

argued again and on 6 August Yunus bey took Sarıgül hanım to a wooded

area in Silivri, Istanbul.  En route, Yunus bey wrote this phone message 

to Sarigül hanım's younger brother Erdal Sönmez: "I'm taking your older 

sister to kill her."  Erdal Sönmez told no one about this message. 

Yunus bey stopped his Jeep in a wooded area along the Kuşbahçe-

Büyükçavuşlu road and shot his wife one time in the chest.  He then

washed his hands and put the gun in his dead wife's hands to make it

look like a suicide, which he reported to the Gendarmerie.

On 9 August, Yunus bey was jailed and the Silivri public prosecutor 

opened a criminal case against him for murder aforethought.  Yunus

bey stuck to the tale of Sarıgül hanım having committed suicide and

on 9 January 2019 he was released from jail to await his trial.  

Yunus bey's telephone conversations and WhatsApp messages were

deciphered so the trial date was set for 10 November 2020, with

Yunus bey facing a life sentence and Erdal Sönmez up for a 12.5-

year sentence.  

However (!), months later Yunus bey called his relatives from 

Montenegro to say that he had fled Turkey.  No official records 

could be found about Yunus bey having left the country so the 

assumption is that he was aided by human traffickers and made 

his way to Montenegro with a fake passport. 

 

        Montenegro is called "Karadağ" by the Turks.

"Beat & Release": Confused Hit-Man Killed Couple at Wrong Address in Konya

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 July 2021)

                   She's a cat-lover. People? Not so much.

Necla Büyükşen (54) and her husband Metin Büyükşen (55) were killed

in their home in Karatay, Konya, on 3 September 2018 by a hit-man who 

stormed the wrong address. (!) 

The killer's intended target was Hüseyin K., the ex-boyfriend of Esra 

Taş, who, along with Abdullah Başdemir, Zekeriya Okşen and Mustafa

Okşen, have been arrested for ordering the hit. 

Initially, Taş called Zekeriye Okşen to find out Hüseyin K.'s address,

since they live in the same town.  Taş told Okşen that "I'm pregnant by

Hüseyin but his family won't let him see me.  He's not answering his

phone but I have to get in touch with him. Can you give me his address?"

In response, Okşen described how to get to Hüseyin K.'s house. 

One of the suspects in the murder of the Büyükşen's, an Afghan named

Hamidullah A., was arrested in Ankara the day before yesterday.  

Hamidullah A. worked as a shepherd on the farm in Çumra, Konya,

of Abdullah Başdemir and left the area a few days after the killing.

Efforts are underway to find another suspect in the Büyükşen's murder.

Fake Judge Marries Prosecutor, Who Puts Her in Jail

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Haber7 website, 18 July 2021)

Rather than law, she got her degree in "hutzpah".

In Antalya, Zeliha Özdemir had an ID card made for herself in the name

of a judge with the same name.  She was so convincing in her new role

that Zeliha hanım was able to marry public prosecutor Alper Tunçer (!). 

However, when Tunçer asked the Hâkim Savcılar Kurulu (HSK) (Judges

and Prosecutors Council) why his wife's name was not on the list of 

appointments, the truth came out because the real Zeliha Özdermir had

married and changed her surname. 

The wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım, a graduate of a professional legal

high school, told her family and friends that he was studying at a 

university law school.  In 2017, while surfing the internet she noticed

that a judge with the same name as her had been assigned to a city by

HSK so she came up with a devilish plan - she had an HSK ID card

printed with the HSK number of the real Zeliha hanım and put her

own picture on it.  She then joined a sports club with her new identity

and even took advantage of an HSK discount for car insurance. 

The wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım went to the Antalya courthouse and

told her future husband and supposed legal colleagues that she was 

the Zeliha Özdemir who had been appointed to Çeşme and that she had

been temporarily assigned to Antalya as an HSK inspector.  Her child's

illness, though, had supposedly delayed her coming on duty.  

In any event, prosecutor Alper Tunçer was taken in by the wannabe-judge

Zeliha hanım and the couple married.  The real judge Zeliha hanım was

a Penal Court judge.  Wannabe-judge Zeliha hanım, who took the surname

Tunçer after marrying, was able to discuss legal matters with her husband 

and even advise him on some issues.  

On 5 April, while coming from the Antalya airport, Zeliha hanım could not

find her fake HSK ID card in her purse so she filed a notice with the 

airport police about her missing ID card.  An hour later, though, she 

remembered that the ID card was a fake so she withdrew the notice.  

Finally, having not started to work and, therefore, not getting a salary, 

her husband Tunçer queried HSK about the "mix-up", only to learn that

the real Zeliha Özdemir was now registered under her married name. 

So (!), Tunçer had his wife taken into custody in Antalya and on 16 July

she was arraigned and jailed.  Tunçer has filed for divorce.

  Lots of water handy for wiping away the egg on his face.

This Is Your Grave On Drugs

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 July 2021)

                            Rest in Nirvana

People visiting the cemetery on 12 July in Yukarıyenice village of 

Dazkırı district in Afyonkarahisar province were startled to see 

marijuana plants growing atop the graves of a husband and wife so

they informed the Gendarmerie. 

The Gendarmerie team that arrived at the cemetery found 26 

marijuana plants growing on top of the two separate graves. 

Investigating, they determined that Ç.G. (29) had planted the 

marijuana on his grandparents' graves. (!)

A subsequent raid on the home of Ç.G. and his father G.G. (56)

resulted in the Gendarmerie seizing 587 grams of methamphetamine,

54 grams of hashish, 11 grams of hashish resin, 62 marijuana plants

and a sensitive weighing scale.  The father and son were taken into

custody for "producing and selling drugs". 

              It was time for a new ad campaign anyway.

"Beat & Release": Her Query From the Balcony - "Is He Dead Yet?!"

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 17 July 2021)

dramatic balcony exits click here for a TNT report

on this trending phenomenon.

                    Altitude was not a factor in this case.

In Samsun's Tekkeköy district, at about 8 o'clock the evening before

last, Yasemin Çitil (26) and her policeman husband Emrullah Çitil (31)

got into an argument in their home in the 19 Mayıs neighborhood. As

the argument grew in intensity, Yasemin hanım grabbed her husband's

gun and shot him, causing Emrullah bey to fall from the balcony onto

the street one floor below. 

As her husband lay face down on the pavement, Yasemin hanım fired

two more shots at him from the balcony and cried out "He deserved it!

Is he dead yet?!"  Suffering from three bullet wounds, Emrullah bey 

died at the hospital.  Yasemin hanım, who works for the highway 

department, was taken into custody and jailed.  She asserted that her 

husband continually beat her.

 

"Beat & Release": Dissuading Women Motorcyclists in Izmir and Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sabah Newspaper, 16 July 2021)

In Izmir's Seferihisar district yesterday, Hatun Aksoy (27) was shot while

riding on her motorcycle on Tuzla Boulevard.  The shot that killed Hatun

hanım was fired by her boyfriend Y.K. (!), who pulled up alongside her

motorcycle in a car on the road.  Y.K. called police to tell them he was 

waiting for them at a gas station in Karabağlar district, where he was 

taken into custody. 

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 16 July 2021)

Motorcycle trainer Yaren Şatıroğlu (23) was victimized by a 3-man

organized theft gang that stole her motorcycle despite a cipher and 

disk lock, from in front of her house in Istanbul (!). 

With the help of her grandmother Nimet Türkyılmaz, Yaren hanım

bought the Yamaha R 25 motorcycle six months ago.  After receiving

an "expert trainer" certificate from the National Ministry of Education,

Yaren hanım, who is studying political science at Nişantaşı University,

began to give lessons and was using her earnings to pay off the credit

debt on her motorcycle. 

Arriving home, Yaren hanım parked her motorcycle in her apartment

block's parking lot, locked it and covered it with a tarp. She closed

the entrance gate and went into her home.  

But on the morning of 13 July, three robbers riding on two motorcycles 

arrived and were quickly able to open the automatic gate by lifting it 

off its rail and pushing it.  While one of the three stood look-out, the 

other two removed the cover on Yaren hanım's motorcycle, easily broke 

the disk lock and then disabled the "immobilizer" ignition system, before

riding off with Yaren hanım's motorcycle. 

Yaren hanım opined that thieves had followed her for some time and

planned the theft carefully.  She lamented that "they didn't just rob my

motorcycle, they stole my dream, my livelihood and my future."

Yalçın Hallaçoğlu, the head of the Turkey Motorcycle Platform, took

note of the increasing motorcycle thefts in Istanbul, saying that "the

thieves roam around as if they have keys for everywhere.  They follow

riders and choose a make and model.  No cover or lock can stop them. 

We are faced with organized robbery."

Cunning "Holy Man" Exploits Legal Linguistics to Wriggle Free in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 July 2021)

      His book dispels both evil spirits and evil court rulings. 

Fake "hoca" (holy man) Burhan Dalğalı gained infamy for writing some

Arabic words on the stomach and underwear of a woman "patient" a few

months ago.  Yet, he has been rescued from a jail sentence in the trial 

against him for "exploiting religious beliefs" by some legal trickery. 

A different and prior case was opened against Dalğalı when photographs 

came out showing him supposedly attending a meeting of the terrorist 

organization "PKK".  As a result, Dalğalı was sentenced to 10 months in 

jail for making terrorist organization propaganda.  

Dalğalı, though, appealed the sentence.  So while this "PKK" case has 

continued, the new charge of "exploiting religious beliefs" was filed 

against Dalğalı separately for having defrauded taxi driver Ebubekir B. 

of 3,200 TL (about $400) in connection with Dalğalı's "efforts" to 

refresh Ebubekir B.'s marriage with his wife Sema B. by writing Arabic

words on her stomach and underwear. (!) 

The "exploiting religious beliefs" case against Dalğalı was decided by

the Bakırköy, Istanbul, court yesterday and he was sentenced to spend

1 year, 9 months and 15 days in jail, along with paying a fine of 1,320 TL.

However (!), since the PKK case remains under appeal Dalğalı is still

an "unconvicted" citizen and so the "exploiting religious beliefs" 

conviction and sentence has been, in Turkish legal terms, "hükmün 

açıklanmasını geri bıraktı" (announcement of the verdict has been 

deferred). 

Offering spiritual and legal advice.

"Beat & Release": 75 Stabs Doesn't Reach the "Monstrous" Standard

türkçe links to orignal Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 14 July 2021)

where's the monstrous threshold? click here for a 

TNT report where 44 stabs didn't break the barrier.

                 He'll never get his chance to be a monster.

Kaan Erol was serving at the Metin Sabancı Bone Diseases Training 

and Research Hospital at Baltalimanı, Istanbul when he was stabbed

75 times (!) by fellow doctor Yavuz Sümter.  However, the public

prosecutor determined that although Sümter did indeed murder Erol,

he did not do so "with monstrous intent or to inflict torment". (!!)

At the court hearing of the case, Sümter and Erol's family attended

as the prosecutor explained that the 75 stabs did not constitute 

"intentional murder with monstrous intent or to inflict torment." 

Nevertheless, the prosecutor asked for a life sentence for Sümter.

(somehow, Sümter's sentence would be worse if he were to be 

convicted of the "monstrous" charge or perhaps he would lose any

chance of parole.)

 

"Dance & Release": Happy Feet Atop Church Prompt Unhappy Response in Kadıköy

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 July 2021)

                                       Dancing Fools

The night before last, O.Y. drove his car to Khalkedon Square in Kadıköy,

Istanbul, and blasted dance songs into the air.  Those in the square picked 

up the tempo and began dancing, too.  This prompted two of them, Y.E.U. 

and Ö.F.A., to climb up to the roof of Surp Takavor Armenian Church and 

dance next to the cross there. (!) 

Police took the three suspects into custody, all of whom were under the 

influence of alcohol.  They claimed that they had meant no disrespect 

but, nevertheless, they were brought before a judge for "disparaging the

religious values of a portion of the populace."  The court released Y.E.U.

and Ö.F.A. on judicial supervision and set O.Y. free outright. 

The Armenian Patriarch in Turkey, Sahak Maşalyan, condemned the

disrespect in a written statement but Karabet Baliyev, a member of the

Surp Takavor Armenian Church's board of directors stated that  "I see no 

ulterior motives here. These people did not do any damage to the church."

He declined to file a complaint against the suspects. 

Turkish officials ranging from Religious Affairs Chief Prof. Dr. Ali 

Erbaş, to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, to Justice Minister 

Abdulhamit Gül and senior officials of the ruling AKP party issued

virulent condemnations of the incident. 

                                       In happier (?) times.

"Village People"-esque Fake Construction Worker Taken Down in Ankara

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 July 2021)

       Sang a couple of verses of "YMCA" en route to jail.

In Ankara's Etimesgut district, police got word of thefts that occurred

at a construction site and workers' shanty in the Yeşilova neighborhood

early Thursday morning.  Reviewing security video, police determined

that suspect Şahin Akan had donned a construction worker helmet and

orange vest to enter the site without raising suspicions. 

Police also spotted the license plate of the car Akan was using that 

morning.  Consulting the Plate Recognition System (PTS), police 

were able to track down Akan on Saturday evening in Akyurt district,

arrested him and confiscated the helmet and vest as evidence. 

Akan confessed to the thefts and a police check of his record reflected

arrests for many other thefts, as well as attempted murder (!) and a

(evidently still outstanding) 16-year, 4-month jail sentence. 

Akan, far left, with other members of his "Köy Halkı" (Village

People) gang. 

"Beat & Release": The Family That Murders Together, Goes to Jail Together

 türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 July 2021)

the prequel click here to see how this all started.

                                    Homicidal genetics.

Emre Tyler Mays was stabbed to death before his mother's eyes by Akın

Kutlu, who mistook Mays for a foe, in January 2020 at a hospital in 

Şişli, Istanbul.  Now, Akın's older brother Muhammed Kutlu has 

committed a murder and has been arrested, together with another brother 

and his father.  The mother has been charged with inciting the murder. (!)

Mays, the son of  a wine firm family, was killed by mistake by Akın 

because of  an unrelated incident that occurred at the Kutlu family's

hamburger stand in Fulya, Şişli, during which Akın's father Gazi

and older brother Davut were injured.  Gazi Kutlu was running the 

stand with his brother-in-law Hacı Tekcan, but they had a falling out. 

While Akın Kutlu has been in jail for the Mays murder, his mother

Döndü Kutlu mused about her brother Hacı Tekcan: "my son's in jail.

I'll make Hacı suffer like I'm suffering the absence of my child by

cutting off his son Ozan's head and throwing it at his feet!"

Ozan was working as a delivery boy for the hamburger stand.  On 

22 December 2020, Davut Kutlu had an argument with Ozan and 

called his mother to tell her that Ozan and his friend Batuhan

Karanlıkoğlu had gone to the police station to file a complaint about

Davut.  

At the police station, Davut and Ozan began to fight again.  At this

point, father Gazi Kutlu, mother Döndü Kutlu and brother Muhammed

Kutlu arrived at the police station and Gazi began to beat Ozan with a

metal bar (!).  Muhammed grabbed a gun from his motorcycle pouch

and shot Ozan three times in the head, three times in the legs and twice

in the neck.  Ozan died at the scene and Batuhan Karanlıkoğlu was hit

by a bullet in his left thumb.  

Police fired into the air to quell the fight and took the attackers into 

custody.  Gazi, Muhammed and Davut were put in jail and mother

Döndü was fitted with an electronic clamp for house arrest.  The

public prosecutor has filed a case against Muhammed for "intentional

murder" of Akın, asking for a life sentence and tacking on another 15

years for the wounding of Karanlıkoğlu.  In the indictment, Gazi is

also charged with murder and wounding, while mother Döndü and 

Davut are charged with having incited the murder, for which they would

receive life jail sentences. 

                                Şişli district of Istanbul