16 Temmuz 2021 Cuma

"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."









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