"Beat & Release": Sibling Inheritance Massacres, in Pendik and Samsun

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 July 2023)

                                       In happier days.

25 years ago siblings Özden, Özen and Osman Özkul founded a metals

factory in Kocaeli's Gebze district.  Two years ago a dispute erupted 

among the siblings and Özden and Özen left the partnership.  Meanwhile,

an inheritance squabble continued between them. 

Last Saturday, Osman encountered Özden and Özen, along with their

guests Zafer Öztürk and his wife Meltem Öztürk, in the parking lot of

the apartment residence where all of them live in Pendik.  Osman opened 

fire on Özden and Özen and in the resulting gunfight Osman (51), his wife

Dilek Özkul (45), their son Efe Burak Özkul (25) and guest Zafer 

Öztürk (48) all died. (!)  Özen and Meltem Öztürk (35) were injured.

Police took Özden and Özen into custody, along with four other people.

Özden and Özen were jailed and the other four were released. 

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 July 2023)

                              A crack (head) shot.

In Samsun's Terme district, siblings Cavit A. (76), Ayşe Ergen (60)

and Nuran Topal (53) got into a dispute about the land inheritance left 

to them by their mother, who died earlier this year.  In order to help

settle the matter, an official from the land registry office met with the

siblings yesterday.  

An argument ensued and Cavit A. shot dead Ayşe hanım, Nuran hanım, 

his nephew Murat Ergen and the land registry official, Mert Işık (30) (!)

with a pump-action rifle.  Cavit A. fled but was captured by the 

Gendarmerie in Ordu's Akkuş district.  Cavit A. had been in jail on drug

charges and was released last year.