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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 February 2026)
Humans 1, AI 0 (this time)
Abdülhamit K., who had a confirmed 19-year prison sentence for theft,
created a fake identity by combining his own face with that of a
relative using artificial intelligence. He evaded checkpoints for years
using this fake identity, but was finally caught when a police officer,
who remembered him from 1.5 years prior, managed to identify
him. (!)
On February 13th, security teams stopped a couple they suspected in
Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul. During a routine identity check, the security
team found nothing wrong with the fake ID card bearing the name
of Abdülhamit K. (18). At that moment, a police officer recalled
having conducted an identity check on the same person in Galata
about 1.5 years earlier. The officer remembered that the name on the
ID card, bearing the name Abdülhamit K., was different then.
Meanwhile, a tattoo on the hand of the suspect's wife (!) caught the
officer's attention. Seeing that the tattoo bore a different name than
the one on the ID card, the police officer tried to understand the
situation, at which point the suspect began to flee. Following a chase
lasting approximately 1 kilometer, the suspect was apprehended.
Security teams have begun working to determine the suspect's true
identity.
Do-it-yourself in the AI era...
It was revealed that the suspect, whose identity was checked, had
combined his own face with that of a relative using an artificial
intelligence program to create a fake identity card. It was discovered
that the suspect, who resorted to this method to avoid being caught,
obtained a fake identity card from the population registry office
using the AI-generated photo and his relative's information. The
suspect, whose real name was determined to be Muhammed A.,
was found to have a confirmed prison sentence of 19 years and
10 days for theft.
Following this, police teams examined the identity card in the
databases of the courthouse and police interrogation systems.
Police determined that the AI-generated photo was already in
official records, making it difficult to identify the suspect during
identity checks. It was revealed that the suspect had avoided
police checks for years using this method. Legal proceedings
were also initiated against Muhammed A. for "using someone
else's identity information" and "making false statements." After
completing the procedures at the police station, Muhammed A.
was brought before the court and arrested.
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