Horsepower-averse Horse Spooked

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 12 June 2012)

In Rize, Mustafa Memoğlu, who runs a salmon trout farm there,
put a generator on the back of a horse and started it up, spooking
the horse which ran away. The horse was found in a different
valley about three hours later gasping for breath.

A group of Swiss tourists had asked for help from the mayor of
Sahil village, Memoğlu, because they were planning to spend a
week in the upper portions of Koçdüzü valley, staying at a house
with no electricity or even a road. In response, Memoğlu loaded
the generator onto the horse's back for the 3-hour journey from
Ausor valley to Kocdüzü valley. He started up the generator
while it was on the horse's back to see whether it was in working
order or not. The spooked horse was quickly out of sight.

 

Cats' Curse, Bear's Bloody Nose

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(Sabah Newspaper, 8 June 2012)

In the Şişli neighborhood of Istanbul, animal-lovers set up
shelters for street cats, located in the back garden of the
offices of the neighborhood mayor, Yaşar Doğu, who served
for 42 years.  When Doğu died in 2011 his place was taken
by the senior member of the neighborhood council, Aziz
Akay, and the shelters were removed.

The animal-lovers then waged a six-month propaganda campaign
against Akay, who hoped to be elected mayor in his own right.
His competitors made promises about the cats, leading Akay
to pull out of the 3 June election in anger. Afterwards, Akay
made a statement, saying that 'yes, the cats made quite a filthy
mess but it wasn't me who had the shelters removed. City teams
came and removed them because of complaints.'


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(Sabah Newspaper, 11 June 2012)

Mustafa Doğan (52) went for a picnic with his family near the
village of Boğazkaraderbent in Pülümür district of Tunceli province
and was attacked by a bear yesterday around noon while strolling
in the forest there. His relatives alerted authorities and Doğan was
taken to Tunceli State Hospital by helicopter after the attack. His
right leg was broken and he suffered bruises all over his body.
Describing the attack, Doğan said that 'I fought with the bear for
ten minutes. It was a very big bear but in the end I punched it in
its nose, which began to bleed. I didn't show fright. If I had it
would have torn me to bits.'

Ten Kids Later, Acting Career Blocked

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(Sabah Newspaper, 7 June 2012)

Seralp Ç. (42), the mother of ten children who lives in Yüreğir
district of Adana, signed up for a theater course.  But her husband,
a taxi driver named Yılmaz Ç. (45), got angry when he called his
wife asking where she was and in reply heard 'I'm at my theater
course.' Seralp Ç., who claims that her husband continually beats
her,  called police when this happened, saying she was going to
commit suicide. She then entered the State Waterworks canal on
Ege Bağatur Boulevard up to her knees and waited as nearby
citizens and then the police tried to dissuade her.

Seralp Ç. shouted to police that 'I'm sick of living. My husband
beats me every day. I'm fed up with his beatings. He threatens
to kill me. I don't want to live anymore.' Three policemen came
alongside her and tried to talk her out of suicide as she slipped
and nearly got caught in the current. Yüreğir District Security
Chief Kenan Çay also came to the scene to talk with Seralp Ç.
At this point, Cafer Yılmaz (44), who was returning on foot to his
home from work, snuck up on Seralp Ç. as she was talking with
the police and took her out of the water.

Seralp Ç. said that there had been three things she wanted to be
in life - police officer, journalist and actress. Although it was too
late for the first two, she felt she could still be an actress but her
husband blocked this. It has been learned that Seralp Ç. had
photographs taken with Yılmaz Erdoğan, Yeşim Eren and other
artists who came to the city for the Altın Koza (Golden Cocoon)
Film Festival.

Seralp Ç. was taken by ambulance to the hospital and treated
with sedatives. Previously, claiming that her husband was
beating her, Seralp Ç. had tried to commit suicide on the D-400
highway and held her children hostage in her home.
  

Battle of Amerikan Island

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(Sabah Newspaper, 7 June 2012)

Sellers who allegedly attacked municipal inspectors and
fired upon them, then tried to escape by boat in the Seyhan
River, Adana. They were captured in a police operation right
out of the movies. Ten people were taken into custody and
brought to police headquarters for interrogation.

The incident occurred yesterday at 4 PM at Amerikan Island
(actually a peninsula) on Adnan Menderes Boulevard. Municipal
inspection teams intended to close the shops of citizens selling
pirated goods. First the sellers and inspectors traded harsh words
but subsequently the scene turned into a battlefield, with both
side punching and beating each other with bats.

The security personnel at the scene proved inadequate so special
police teams were brought in as a group of the sellers began
throwing rocks at the police and inspectors. Allegedly, one of
the sellers even fired a shot at the inspectors. The police used
pepper spray to bring some of the sellers under control but
others set sail into the Seyhan River aboard the skiff 'Arzu',
in an effort to escape.

When this happened police went after them in a boat belonging
to the Underwater Bureau that had been waiting nearby. While
the police chased the sellers at sea other security personnel
waited on shore. Finally, the sellers were grounded on the river
bank, searched and taken into custody.

Killing Machine Spells Own Demise

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(Sabah Newspaper, 7 June 2012)

In Gaziantep, a murder suspect who killed three people wrote a
note when he killed his fourth, leaving a note on the body for the
next victim with the message 'it's your turn'. The note, however,
led to his arrest.

Last November three individuals who had a disagreement over
money with the Uçar family were attacked, with Yılmaz Ilik (36),
Yılmaz Kaya (31) and Eyüp Elalmış dying in a hail of bullets.
More than 50 empty cartridges were found on the blood-stained
street by the police murder squad which took Osman Uçar (22),
Emrah Bulut (18) and Mehmet Diksa'yı (26) into custody. One
of the suspects, Ahmet Uçar, escaped.

The body of Erdal Tüm (40) was found near Yağdöver village
last month with a note pinned to it which read 'you got what
you wanted. Now it's your turn...'. The name of the next victim
was written on the note, as well. Gendarmerie teams determined
that the murder had been committed because of bad feelings over
farm credits and that the suspect was Ahmet Uçar.

After a lengthy surveillance Uçar was caught. He was quite
surprised to see the police and had selected five more victims
for murder.

Talk About a Bad Trip!

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 June 2012)

In Torbalı, Hasan Şenoğul (37), who is employed at an
iron-woodworking workshop, lost his arm to an iron-
cutting machine nicknamed 'monster' the day before
yesterday while working at his home. His neighbor put
him in a car with license plate number 35 TPA 87 in order
to take him to Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital.
However, when the vehicle reached Metropolis Avenue it
hit one Fatma Kara who was trying to cross the street.

Having already lost quite a bit of blood, Şenoğul was
transferred to a 112 Emergency Services ambulance bearing
plate number 35 RE 112. But the ambulance carrying Şenoğul
was then hit on the side by a car, plate number 35 AY 5753,
driven by A.H. (62), at the Torbalı-Bayındır intersection.
The force of the impact hurled the ambulance onto the median
strip, injuring ambulance driver Musa Ünal, emergency aid
technician Mehtap Aktepe and emergency medical technician
Süleyman Peraçiaraç. The driver of the car, A.H., and passenger
Necmi Necati Hızlı were also injured.

After being involved in two accidents en route to the hospital,
Şenoğul was put into yet another ambulance and finally reached
Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital where he was
operated on. As for the other six people involved in the two
accidents, their treatment is continuing and their conditions are
said to be good.

Mayor Sets Sail Under Egg Attack

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 3 June 2012)

The mayor of the Prince's Islands, Mustafa Farsakoğlu, wanted
to go to the largest island, Büyükada, via the ambulance boat
belonging to his municipality, from Maltepe, on the Istanbul
shore, when he was visited with an egg attack by five people.

Farsakoğlu, who was with his daughter, complained to the police
who took two individuals said to be egg-throwers into custody.
It is alleged that the egg attack was mounted by workers of
the company whose contract to run car ferries to the islands -
which the firm has been doing for three years - was canceled by
the Prince's Islands municipality.