charisma links to original article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 July 2012)
Policeman Ali Rıza Gürbüz, who is assigned to the Bingöl
Security Directorate, took leave in Adana and went with
his uncle to a bar in Seyhan to have a good time. After
drinking for a while, at 1 AM Gürbüz summoned the
bar singer to his table. When she declined Gürbüz pulled
out his gun and fired two shots into the air.
Gürbüz then tried to leave the bar but was set upon by five
unidentified individuals who beat him up and took his
gun. Police arrived at the scene and after a search Gürbüz's
gun was found in a street behind the bar. Gürbüz was
treated in an ambulance and then admitted to a hospital.
1 Temmuz 2012 Pazar
29 Haziran 2012 Cuma
Look Who Came Out of the Closet
closet links to original article
(Sözcü and Milliyet Newspapers, 29 June 2012)
Police went into action after getting a tip that prostitution
was being conducted in a nightclub in the Melekli section
of Iğdır (on Turkey's border with Armenia.) However,
upon entering the nightclub they found noone there.
But when they opened a closet in the kitchen they couldn't
believe their eyes. There was a tunnel inside the closet
which led to a secret room where the prostitutes were
hidden. The police then took all the women out of the
room one by one.
A total of 12 foreign women came out of the room,
all of whom were taken into police custody, along with
two people charged with human trafficking. After
statements were taken at the police station the women,
from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan,
were taken to the state hospital for health checks. They
claimed that they had been forced into prostitution.
The women were all deported and the interrogation of the
two people charged with human trafficking is continuing.
(Sözcü and Milliyet Newspapers, 29 June 2012)
Police went into action after getting a tip that prostitution
was being conducted in a nightclub in the Melekli section
of Iğdır (on Turkey's border with Armenia.) However,
upon entering the nightclub they found noone there.
But when they opened a closet in the kitchen they couldn't
believe their eyes. There was a tunnel inside the closet
which led to a secret room where the prostitutes were
hidden. The police then took all the women out of the
room one by one.
A total of 12 foreign women came out of the room,
all of whom were taken into police custody, along with
two people charged with human trafficking. After
statements were taken at the police station the women,
from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan,
were taken to the state hospital for health checks. They
claimed that they had been forced into prostitution.
The women were all deported and the interrogation of the
two people charged with human trafficking is continuing.
Beach Volleyball in The Joint
the joint links to original article
(Sabah Newspaper, 28 June 2012)
A 'first' for Turkey has been recorded at the Samsun
E-type Prison where 10 truckloads of sand have been
dumped in the prison courtyard, creating a beach volley-
ball court.
The prisoners are very partial to the game and to make
it as realistic as possible sea sound effects have been
added during the matches. Warden Özer Duman, who
oversees 500 inmates, said that 'we have the best physical
living conditions of any prison in Turkey. It's impossible
for the prisoners here to get into fights because we have
so many things going on. We even brought the beach to
their feet. The cellblocks have a tournament between
each other in the sand we've dumped in the courtyard.
We also have a workshop.'
Duman stated that these programs have reduced the
incidence of crimes inside the prison and he noted that
there is a regular volleyball court, as well. But he
added that 'the inmates feel better when they play
the game in their bare feet. Their stress and heartburn
go to the sand.'
Duman said that 150 prisoners are taking high school
and university courses. He explained that 'our aim is
for them to have a profession. I want them to leave
here as university graduates. Our one desire is for
one of our inmates to one day become a professor.'
(Sabah Newspaper, 28 June 2012)
A 'first' for Turkey has been recorded at the Samsun
E-type Prison where 10 truckloads of sand have been
dumped in the prison courtyard, creating a beach volley-
ball court.
The prisoners are very partial to the game and to make
it as realistic as possible sea sound effects have been
added during the matches. Warden Özer Duman, who
oversees 500 inmates, said that 'we have the best physical
living conditions of any prison in Turkey. It's impossible
for the prisoners here to get into fights because we have
so many things going on. We even brought the beach to
their feet. The cellblocks have a tournament between
each other in the sand we've dumped in the courtyard.
We also have a workshop.'
Duman stated that these programs have reduced the
incidence of crimes inside the prison and he noted that
there is a regular volleyball court, as well. But he
added that 'the inmates feel better when they play
the game in their bare feet. Their stress and heartburn
go to the sand.'
Duman said that 150 prisoners are taking high school
and university courses. He explained that 'our aim is
for them to have a profession. I want them to leave
here as university graduates. Our one desire is for
one of our inmates to one day become a professor.'
28 Haziran 2012 Perşembe
Why UFO's Get a Bad Rap
ufo links to original article
//ed. note: subsequent information has revealed that the
'object' in question is a street lamp.//
In Konya, Sadrettin Soranlar, the general manager of the local
daily Rasyonel Haber newspaper, took a picture on 1 June at
the well-known picnic area Küpe where Kuğulu Park is located.
The other name by which Küpe is known is Kibele Mountain
and this is where Soranlar snapped the picture that included
an interesting object in the sky.
When he took the picture Soranlar didn't notice the object
because he was wearing a sun visor so when he looked at the
picture on his computer he was amazed to see a UFO there.
The head of the SİRİUS UFO Space Knowledge Research
Center, Haktan Akdoğan, wrote a written reply about the
object in the picture taken by the general manager of a local
newspaper in Konya, since the question 'this is a UFO, isn't it?'
came up.
In his statement, Akdoğan emphasized that the photograph was
the clearest one taken up to now and he added that 'the object
in the photograph is a UFO. We determined after investigating
that there was no fotoshopping at all done to the photo and
our center provided an official research conclusion report to this
effect. Even though many people don't want to believe it, UFO's
are for real. People have to accept this henceforth.'
Akdoğan added that he and his team went to the Kibele Mountain
site in Seydişehir, Konya, for their investigation. He stated that
'the site where the picture was taken is now very important for us.
We will soon go there with our expert friends to conduct the
requisite scientific work.'
//ed. note: subsequent information has revealed that the
'object' in question is a street lamp.//
In Konya, Sadrettin Soranlar, the general manager of the local
daily Rasyonel Haber newspaper, took a picture on 1 June at
the well-known picnic area Küpe where Kuğulu Park is located.
The other name by which Küpe is known is Kibele Mountain
and this is where Soranlar snapped the picture that included
an interesting object in the sky.
When he took the picture Soranlar didn't notice the object
because he was wearing a sun visor so when he looked at the
picture on his computer he was amazed to see a UFO there.
The head of the SİRİUS UFO Space Knowledge Research
Center, Haktan Akdoğan, wrote a written reply about the
object in the picture taken by the general manager of a local
newspaper in Konya, since the question 'this is a UFO, isn't it?'
came up.
In his statement, Akdoğan emphasized that the photograph was
the clearest one taken up to now and he added that 'the object
in the photograph is a UFO. We determined after investigating
that there was no fotoshopping at all done to the photo and
our center provided an official research conclusion report to this
effect. Even though many people don't want to believe it, UFO's
are for real. People have to accept this henceforth.'
Akdoğan added that he and his team went to the Kibele Mountain
site in Seydişehir, Konya, for their investigation. He stated that
'the site where the picture was taken is now very important for us.
We will soon go there with our expert friends to conduct the
requisite scientific work.'
23 Haziran 2012 Cumartesi
Let's Play Operation!
doctor links to original article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 June 2012)
Suna Yazııltaş (42), who lives in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul,
went to Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital two
years ago because of increasing pain. An ultrasound test
found a benign tumor in her left kidney. Yazılıtaş was checked
every six months but when the pain increased again she
returned to the hospital. Without another untrasound test
being conducted Yazılıtaş was told that an operation was
urgently necessary but that it would be done with the
laproscopic technique, meaning she would keep her kidney
and would be released from the hospital the same day.
On 7 September 2011 Yazılıtaş had an operation during which
a vein in her right leg was cut, resulting in a significant loss of
blood. A heart surgeon was called in during the operation and
Yazılıtaş was given more than 20 bags of blood. Yet although
just the benign tumor needed to be removed her entire left
kidney was taken out.
Yazılıtaş stayed in intensive care for 15 days and spent another
35 days in the hospital recovering. Whereas there was only
supposed to have been a small incision made in her stomach,
in fact, the cut was 30 centimeters and done improperly,
resulting in a hernia. When this happened Yazılıtaş had her
lawyer, Özal Sayan, file a suit in Istanbul's Second Administra-
tive Court, asking for 170,000TL in compensation for lifelong
disability and medicine expenses.
Another scandal associated with Yazılıtaş's operation emerged
seven months later when a foreign object was discovered in
Yazılıtaş's stomach, which swelled up making it impossible for
her to move. Yazılıtaş had gone to visit relatives and when her
pain increased she was operated on at Konya Training and
Research Hospital on 27 April. Five forgotten pieces of gauze
were found during the operation.
V.G., the doctor Yazılıtaş accused of malpractice, stated that
nothing went wrong during the operation. He said that 'this
patient has been under observation for a year and a half. It
wasn't an unnecessary operation. There was a benign tumor
in the kidney. She herself said 'take my kidney' because of
the pain. I don't know anything about the gauze.'
Yazılıtaş stated that 'the forgotten pieces of guaze in my
stomach formed a mass of 11 centimeters. It was like I was
8 or 9 months pregnant. I don't know how I didn't die.'
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 June 2012)
Suna Yazııltaş (42), who lives in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul,
went to Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital two
years ago because of increasing pain. An ultrasound test
found a benign tumor in her left kidney. Yazılıtaş was checked
every six months but when the pain increased again she
returned to the hospital. Without another untrasound test
being conducted Yazılıtaş was told that an operation was
urgently necessary but that it would be done with the
laproscopic technique, meaning she would keep her kidney
and would be released from the hospital the same day.
On 7 September 2011 Yazılıtaş had an operation during which
a vein in her right leg was cut, resulting in a significant loss of
blood. A heart surgeon was called in during the operation and
Yazılıtaş was given more than 20 bags of blood. Yet although
just the benign tumor needed to be removed her entire left
kidney was taken out.
Yazılıtaş stayed in intensive care for 15 days and spent another
35 days in the hospital recovering. Whereas there was only
supposed to have been a small incision made in her stomach,
in fact, the cut was 30 centimeters and done improperly,
resulting in a hernia. When this happened Yazılıtaş had her
lawyer, Özal Sayan, file a suit in Istanbul's Second Administra-
tive Court, asking for 170,000TL in compensation for lifelong
disability and medicine expenses.
Another scandal associated with Yazılıtaş's operation emerged
seven months later when a foreign object was discovered in
Yazılıtaş's stomach, which swelled up making it impossible for
her to move. Yazılıtaş had gone to visit relatives and when her
pain increased she was operated on at Konya Training and
Research Hospital on 27 April. Five forgotten pieces of gauze
were found during the operation.
V.G., the doctor Yazılıtaş accused of malpractice, stated that
nothing went wrong during the operation. He said that 'this
patient has been under observation for a year and a half. It
wasn't an unnecessary operation. There was a benign tumor
in the kidney. She herself said 'take my kidney' because of
the pain. I don't know anything about the gauze.'
Yazılıtaş stated that 'the forgotten pieces of guaze in my
stomach formed a mass of 11 centimeters. It was like I was
8 or 9 months pregnant. I don't know how I didn't die.'
17 Haziran 2012 Pazar
Rookie Thieves Get Master's Lesson
fathersday links to original article
(Posta Newspaper, 16 June 2012)
In Sarıyer, Istanbul, some thieves entered the home of Waterworks
official Kenan O. in the early hours of 11 June and stole a safe.
Police teams looked into the matter after Kenan O. informed them
of it and found that there had been no forced entry. The police also
found the taxi used by the robbers after looking at video images and
tracked down the taxi driver, who told them that he had also become
suspicious of the group, which had loaded something wrapped in a
blanket into the truck of his taxi, and took a picture of them without
being noticed.
Police then raided the residence where the taxi driver had brought
the suspects in Fatih and took Recep K.(24), Lokman D.(20), Burak
E.(26) and Oğuz K.(22) into custody. The interrogation of the suspects
yielded a tale worthy of a film. Recep K. confessed to the crime and
provided police with the details, as follows: 'a girlfriend of ours lives
in the house we robbed. We met her while chatting in a cafe. One of
my friends who helped in the robbery is her boyfriend, Oğuz K. As
we were chatting about our respective fathers' wealth, the girl said
that her father had a safe in their house.
A bit later, Oğuz K. and Burak E. took the house key from the girl's
handbag and made a copy of it. When the girl left work and went
home they followed her and found out where it was. On 11 June,
Oğuz K. invited his girlfriend to come to Beşiktaş to have breakfast.
Recep K.added that 'we learned at this time that there was noone in
the house so while they had breakfast we went to the house and stole
the safe.'
Recep K. said that they first brought the safe to their home in Fatih
but when they couldn't open it they brought it to Okmeydanı where
an experienced thief opened the safe. Inside they found 10,000 Euros,
a licensed handgun and passports. Before disappearing, the master
thief took 8,000 Euros, the handgun and the passports for himself,
leaving the suspects with just 2,000 Euros.
Recep K., Lokman D., Burak E. and Oğuz K. were transported to
jail. The master thief who opened the safe is being sought by police.
(Posta Newspaper, 16 June 2012)
In Sarıyer, Istanbul, some thieves entered the home of Waterworks
official Kenan O. in the early hours of 11 June and stole a safe.
Police teams looked into the matter after Kenan O. informed them
of it and found that there had been no forced entry. The police also
found the taxi used by the robbers after looking at video images and
tracked down the taxi driver, who told them that he had also become
suspicious of the group, which had loaded something wrapped in a
blanket into the truck of his taxi, and took a picture of them without
being noticed.
Police then raided the residence where the taxi driver had brought
the suspects in Fatih and took Recep K.(24), Lokman D.(20), Burak
E.(26) and Oğuz K.(22) into custody. The interrogation of the suspects
yielded a tale worthy of a film. Recep K. confessed to the crime and
provided police with the details, as follows: 'a girlfriend of ours lives
in the house we robbed. We met her while chatting in a cafe. One of
my friends who helped in the robbery is her boyfriend, Oğuz K. As
we were chatting about our respective fathers' wealth, the girl said
that her father had a safe in their house.
A bit later, Oğuz K. and Burak E. took the house key from the girl's
handbag and made a copy of it. When the girl left work and went
home they followed her and found out where it was. On 11 June,
Oğuz K. invited his girlfriend to come to Beşiktaş to have breakfast.
Recep K.added that 'we learned at this time that there was noone in
the house so while they had breakfast we went to the house and stole
the safe.'
Recep K. said that they first brought the safe to their home in Fatih
but when they couldn't open it they brought it to Okmeydanı where
an experienced thief opened the safe. Inside they found 10,000 Euros,
a licensed handgun and passports. Before disappearing, the master
thief took 8,000 Euros, the handgun and the passports for himself,
leaving the suspects with just 2,000 Euros.
Recep K., Lokman D., Burak E. and Oğuz K. were transported to
jail. The master thief who opened the safe is being sought by police.
14 Haziran 2012 Perşembe
Severe Elevator Justice
elevator links to related article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 June 2012)
Selahattin Toğus, a judge in Istanbul's Second Major
Crimes Court, boarded the elevator yesterday in A
Block of the Justice Building at Çağlayan. Civan Yemen
(22) who was going to attend his brother's hearing on
the third floor boarded the elevator, as well, along with
three other people.
Toğus explained to the others that the elevator would
not work with so many people in it but Yemen argued
with him about this. Yemen then punched Judge Toğus in
the face, breaking four of his teeth.
Yemen was arrested and detained by the court on duty.
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 June 2012)
Selahattin Toğus, a judge in Istanbul's Second Major
Crimes Court, boarded the elevator yesterday in A
Block of the Justice Building at Çağlayan. Civan Yemen
(22) who was going to attend his brother's hearing on
the third floor boarded the elevator, as well, along with
three other people.
Toğus explained to the others that the elevator would
not work with so many people in it but Yemen argued
with him about this. Yemen then punched Judge Toğus in
the face, breaking four of his teeth.
Yemen was arrested and detained by the court on duty.
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