"Beat & Release": Narc Cop Driving a Maserati, Cripples Lawyer Who Passed Him on Highway

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 June 2023)

Matching the drug barons' lifestyle - for cover purposes, of course.

Policeman Hüseyin Tayfun Üçgül, driving a Maserati automobile 

registered in his wife's name, broke the leg of lawyer Fatih Uzun

because Uzun passed him on the highway.  Üçgül is assigned to the

narcotics team (!) in Dalaman district of Muğla province. 

According to an indictment prepared by the Manisa public prosecutor,

Istanbul lawyer Fatih Uzun was driving with his wife and two children

from Izmir to Istanbul on 22 April.  Around Soma, he saw two drivers 

arguing with each other in front of him.  Uzun wanted to avoid this

confrontation and passed Üçgül's Maserati.  Enraged, Üçgül pursued

Uzun and cut him off, forcing him to stop on the shoulder of the 

highway.  Then, Üçgül beat up Uzun, breaking his leg in two places. (!)

A sentence of 6 years 10 months has been requested by the prosecutor

for Üçgül and the first hearing will be held on 3 July.  

Uzun explained to Hürriyet that "It was the Ramazan holiday and we

were returning to Istanbul as a family with my wife and our two small

children.  Because I wanted to avoid the arguing drivers I passed the

Maserati, whose driver was incensed by this, caught up to me and 

forced me to the side of the road. Then he beat me up, breaking my

leg in two places below my knee using an attack technique. My kids

were screaming as he terrorized us."

"I wanted a blood sample taken from him and the camera images from

his car seized but the prosecutor wouldn't do either of these.  Üçgül 

even had a gun in his waistband and his wife and three children were

with him.  He intentionally crippled me - now I have to use a cane to

walk.  Lots of information about him is pouring in now.  He seems to

be quite a bad fellow.  The Maserati, worth 30 million TL (over $1

million), is registered in his wife's name and they live in a villa and

stay in luxury hotels.  Yet, he's supposed to be just a regular policeman.

There needs to be an investigation about him.   An administrative

inquiry is underway."  

Üçgül has worked in police narcotics and smuggling offices since

2017 and now has a very luxurious lifestyle.  He has been involved

in many judicial incidents and, as a result, he is under investigation

as a suspect. Uzun has requested that MASAK (Turkish Treasury 

Dept.'s financial crimes unit) look into Üçgül's finances and that he

be fired from the police force.