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(Akşam Newspaper, 1 August 2026)
Another entry in the "no good deed goes unpunished" file.
In Istanbul's Bayrampaşa district, bakery owner Mehmet Pehlivan,
who tried to break up a fight that started with the phrase "what are you
looking at?" in front of Pehlivan's bakery, was shot in the chest and died.
Three suspects with extensive criminal records were apprehended and
referred to the courthouse in connection with the incident.
According to information obtained, yesterday around 4:50 PM, in the
İsmetpaşa neighborhood of Bayrampaşa district, on Tuna Street, Çiğdem
Canbaz and her daughter were passing in front of a bakery when an
argument broke out between them and a customer, Raşit Özbek, over
the phrase "what are you looking at?". (!) The argument ended quickly,
but 25 minutes later, Çiğdem Canbaz and her husband, Enis Emre
Canbaz, arrived at the scene and began assaulting the man sitting in
front of the bakery. As the fight escalated, Raşit Özbek's father, Cemil
Özbek, also joined in.
During the incident, Enis Emre Canbaz pulled out a gun from his
waistband, and the gun went off during the ensuing struggle. As a
result, the bakery owner, Mehmet Pehlivan, was wounded in the chest.
Enis Emre Canbaz fled the scene. Police and medical teams were
dispatched to the scene following a report. The teams launched an
operation to apprehend the suspects. After reviewing security camera
footage, the suspects, Enis Emre Canbaz, Raşit Özbek, and his father
Cemil Özbek, were taken into custody.
During their investigation at the scene, the teams recovered 4 empty
shell casings, 1 live round, and 1 unlicensed handgun. Further
investigation revealed that suspect Raşit Ö. had 9 previous criminal
records, suspect Enis Emre C. had 13, and his wife, Çiğdem C., had 3.
The suspects, Raşit Özbek, Cemil Özbek, and Enis Emre Canbaz,
were taken to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan after their
procedures at the police station.
Speaking about the incident, a citizen named Nevzat Koç said,
"Someone was looking at someone else here. The woman went and
told her husband. Her husband came here. Mehmet Abi (Pehlivan)
intervened during their fight. When he intervened, the bullet from the
gun hit him. That's the whole story. I used to buy bagels from Mehmet
Abi, I was very happy with him. He never harmed anyone. He was
injured here and passed away in the hospital."
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