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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 October 2026)
Ah yes, the old umbrella as pistol trick!
In the Bayrampaşa district of Istanbul, Necmettin T. entered a jewelry
store, threatened an employee using an umbrella disguised as a pistol
inside a bag (!), and stole 20 gold bracelets from the display case.
Apprehended within two hours along with the stolen items, the suspect
was found to have previously taken and sold gold from his mother-in-law's
home to pay off a gambling debt; he reportedly robbed the jewelry store
in an attempt to replace the gold he had taken after the initial theft was
discovered. It was subsequently revealed that the gold bracelets he had
stolen from the jewelry store were fake. (!)
The incident took place yesterday around 15:25 at a jewelry store in the
Yıldırım Neighborhood of Bayrampaşa. While Emir Gülcemal, an
employee, was alone in the shop, an individual entered and claimed there
was a gun inside the bag he was holding, threatening to shoot if his
demands were not met. The suspect extended the bag toward Gülcemal
and ordered him to fill it with gold. Gülcemal filled the bag with imitation
jewelry from the display case. Believing the items to be real gold, the
suspect took the bag and fled the scene on foot.
Police went on alert after news of the incident broke. During the search
launched in the direction of the suspect's escape, security camera footage
revealed that the thief had entered a pastry shop. In a raid on the shop
approximately two hours after the incident, police teams apprehended the
suspect, Necmettin T. (39), along with the stolen gold.
Necmettin bey better of in jail than in his mother-in-law's house,
henceforth.
The suspect was brought to the Public Order Branch Directorate for
questioning. The investigation revealed that the suspect had been engaging
in online gambling and had incurred debts. It was discovered that Necmettin
T.—who had recently closed his own home and moved in with his mother-in-
law in Istanbul (!)—had learned the location of the gold kept in the house
under the pretext of storing the gold gifted to his child, and had subsequently
stolen it.
It was determined that Necmettin T., who had cashed in his mother-in-law's
gold to pay off gambling debts, planned to rob a jewelry store to replace the
stolen items after the theft came to light. It also emerged that the suspect did
not possess a weapon and had intimidated the store employee using an
umbrella placed inside a bag he was carrying.
Besides gambling too much, Necmettin bey reads comics too much.
Meanwhile, the business owner, Kadir Aydın, and Emir Gülcemal—who
was manning the counter at the time of the incident—arrived at the Public
Security Branch Directorate to identify the suspect. Kadir Aydın, who filed
a complaint against the suspect, said, "I wasn't at the shop; one of our
employees encountered this situation. He kept his cool and handed the
robber fake gold pieces instead of the real ones from the display case.
The suspect, believing them to be genuine, fled the scene. Had the gold
he handed over been real, our losses would have amounted to nearly 5
million liras. I would like to thank the Public Security Branch Directorate."
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