"Beat & Release": One Month Into Their Third-Each Marriage, She Stabs Hubby to Death, in Izmir

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 January 2024)

                                 3rd time's a charm?

In Bornova, Izmir, pet shop manager Fırat Bozkurt (42) and Şirin Bozkurt

(47), a health technician, married a month ago, each for the third time in 

their lives.  However (!), yesterday at one-thirty in the morning they got 

into an argument at their home and Şirin hanım stabbed Fırat bey in his 

chest.

Hearing the commotion, neighbors called the police, who arrived at the

scene with medics. They found Fırat bey dead in a pool of blood.  Police

learned that Şirin hanım's 18-year-old son Ç. G., from a previous marriage,

was in the house during the incident.  Şirin hanım sent him to alert the 

neighbors after he had rushed into the living room to see Fırat bey lying

dead on the floor.  Both Şirin hanım and Ç.C. were taken into custody by

police. 

After processing at a police station, Şirin hanım was jailed and Ç.G. was

released.  In her statement, Şirin hanım explained that the couple had 

argued while at a nightclub over jealousy, after which they went first to

her home and then to Fırat bey's.  As her husband began to gather up

her belongings, he grabbed her by the throat and hit her, prompting Şirin

hanım to take a knife and stab him in self-defense. 

Nope.