Seagull That Snatched Ear Part Bitten Off in Fight in 2016 Remains At Large, on Büyükada, Istanbul

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 27 May 2022)

       Key witness was always considered a flight risk. 

In 2016 on Büyükada, one of the Prince's Islands in Istanbul, Eyüp

Çelik saw that Danyal Tolgahan Alparslan Seyrek was abusing his

girlfriend, so he intervened to rescue the damsel in distress. 

A fight between Çelik and Seyrek ensued, during which Seyrek bit 

off a part of Çelik's ear and spit it on the ground.  At that moment,
a seagull came along and snatched the ear part. (!) 

Çelik filed a complaint against Seyrek and yesterday, 6 years later,

the case continued but neither Seyrek nor his lawyer showed up.

The court ordered Seyrek to be forcibly brought to court for the 

next hearing of the case, scheduled for 13 October.  After the incident

in 2016, Seyrek fled to Germany.