"Beat & Release": From The Police Blotter - 3 Bizarre Cases, in Keşan, Ankara and Muğla

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 19 April 2026)

                        Should have stayed in jail...

In Edirne's Keşan district, Emre Pirinçustası (36), who was jailed in 2018

for the stabbing death of  junkman Osman K. (then 43), and who was 

released from prison last week (!), was shot dead by Osman bey's older 

brother M.K. 

After the murdur, M.K. left his car along the Keşan-Gelibolu highway

and fled on foot. However (!), M.K. was nabbed by police near the 
Keşan Commerce Exchange Slaughterhouse Administration, together 

with the revolver he used to kill Pirinçustası. 

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 April 2026)

       "Brad Pitt" look will be wasted in prison...or maybe not.

It was learned that Barış Mirza, who was determined to have instigated 

the murder of Burak Şen (26), who died in his car after being hit by 

28 bullets (!)in the armed attack on October 29, 2010 in Ankara's

Yenimahalle district, and who has been living as a fugitive in Georgia 

for 7 years, had returned to Turkey.

Police apprehended the suspect through their investigation and took 

him into custody.  It was determined that Barış Mirza had undergone 

hair transplantation, cosmetic surgery on his nose, lips, and chin to alter 

his appearance and resemble his brother, and that he had entered the 

country using his brother's identity.

Mirza was arrested by the judicial authorities to whom he was referred 

and sent to prison.

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 April 2026)

  Blossoming criminal career cut short by misjudgement.

Yalçın Demir Kırbaş (17), who had a warrant for arrest for various 

crimes, lost his life after falling from the roof of the building he climbed

onto while trying to escape from the police teams in the Yatağan district 

of Muğla province. 

The incident occurred around 7:00 PM in the Yatağan district. Police 

teams from the Yatağan District Police Department launched an 

operation to apprehend Kırbaş, who had numerous criminal records 

and outstanding warrants. Upon noticing the police, Kırbaş climbed 

onto the roof of a building. Attempting to cross to the roof of an 

adjacent building, he fell approximately 5 meters (!) into the building's 

stairwell.

Medical teams were dispatched to the scene following a report. Upon 

examination, it was determined that Kırbaş had died. The Yatağan Public 

Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the incident.

It was learned that Kırbaş had previously carried out a Molotov cocktail 

attack on the home of the family of Menteşe Mayor Gonca Köksal.