"Beat & Release": Drug Dealer Swims Out to Sea But Gets Hooked, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 August 2022)

                             Hard to swim in handcuffs.

Drug dealer Mıraç Kılıç jumped into the water in Avcılar, Istanbul, to

avoid being arrested by police last Thursday.  As police approached 

Kılıç ın the water he went further away from the shore so the police

maritime unit was summoned and reached Kılıç, who by that time

had gone about two kilometers from the shore.  Kılıç could not be

convinced to surrender and went further out to sea, even rejecting a

life preserver offered by the police. 

Ultimately, police divers were called in to grab Kılıç from the water.

At this point, Kılıç, nearly exhausted, was boarded onto a

police boat and handcuffed.  Kılıç had been convicted of drug 

dealing and sentenced to 12.5 years in jail, which is why he tried

so hard to escape.  Nevertheless, he was taken to prison. 

 

"Beat & Release": Cold Case Defrosted and Brutal Murders Spill Out, in Istanbul-Kocaeli

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 August 2022)

              The coldblooded cast of killers and victims.

Kocaeli police took a new look at a 2006 "cold case" and solved three 

murders at once.  In Pendik, Istanbul, in 2006 Bülent Demir, an

accountant for a textile firm, disappeared with a cashbox filled with

the firms' workers' salaries, amounting to 80,000 TL.  Demir's body was 

found 10 days later - his legs, arms, mouth and eyes were taped and

his throat had been cut - in a wooded area of Gebze, in nearby Kocaeli

province.  The empty cashbox was found by the Gendarmerie in 

Geyve, Sakarya province, but the killers/thieves were never apprehended. 

About a month and a half ago Kocaeli police took up the case again,

taking Mustafa M., who was a watchman for the textile firm in 2006,

into custody.   Mustafa M. confessed that he, A.B.E. and Murat Dayanaç

concocted a plan to steal the cashbox and they killed Demir because he

knew them.  The cashbox was then opened with the help of M.Ö. and

M.K.Ö., although these two had no knowledge of Demir's murder. 

Mustafa M. also confessed that in 2014 that Dayanç had threatened to 

go to the police about the murder so Mustafa M. and A.B.E. killed 

Dayanaç and dumped his body in a wooded area in Kurtköy, Istanbul.

Police were then able to close the "cold case" relating to Dayaniç's 

death. 

Mustafa M. then told police about the murder of Tekin Uğurlu, a member

of the Galatasaray congress, who disappeared in 2018.  Because of a 

money matter, Mustafa M. killed Uğurlu in the car of M.B., and with the

help of M.B.'s father B.B., they cut up Uğurlu's body and buried the 

body parts in a spot near the highway in Esenyalı, Pendik, Istanbul.  

Police found the body and bones of Uğurlu in this spot.  Mustafa M.

was jailed, as were A.B.E. and M. Ö., while M.K.Ö. was released on

judicial supervision. 

Artic Monkeys Chased Away by Shop Owner, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 August 2022)

On their best behavior, right. On the left, not so much. 

Members of the English rock group Artic Monkeys, in Istanbul for 

concerts on 10 and 11 August, experienced an interesting incident

in the Asmalımescit section of the city.  

According to information from TV100, after their concert group 

members Jamie Cook and Nick O'Malley went to the club Corridor 

the night before last. Then they chatted in front of a grocery store 

nearby, putting their beer bottles on the ground.  The store owner took 

exception to this and threw the bottles in the trash, prompting a reaction 

from the Artic Monkeys members, who screamed and cursed in English. 

The irate store owner chased the rockers away and was told by onlookers

"they're world-famous singers!", to which the store owner replied "I don't

care!"  Cook and O'Malley, shaken by the rough treatment from the store

owner, took refuge in Corridor, after which they melted into the crowds

on İstiklal Caddesi, the main thoroughfare.  

"Beat & Release": Americans Implant Chip in Brain for Easy Listening, in Elazığ

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 August 2022)

Americans caught in the act of implanting chip in Duman's

brain to listen to his musings.

In Elazığ, Serhan Duman went to a private hospital at around noon the

day before yesterday.  Duman explained that "there's a chip in my 

brain, America is listening to me."(!)  and asked a doctor for an MR scan.

Neurologist Dr. Oktay Kapan responded that Duman had previously had 

an MR scan done based on the same complaint and no chip was found in

his brain.

Hearing this, Duman pulled a gun out and threatened Dr. Kapan, who

wrestled with Duman for 15 minutes as he yelled for help.  Nearby 

patients and their relatives helped to save the doctor, while Duman 

continued to spew threats.  He was taken into custody by police who 

arrived at the hospital and jailed. 

Dr. Kapan lamented that "this was a life-threatening and unfortunate

incident.  There was no chip found in the MR scan but when I told him

this his reaction was violent and we wrestled with each other for 15

minutes.  The gun could have gone off at any moment and one of us

could have died."

"Beat & Release": 38 Stab Wounds Later, She Gets Custody of the Kids, in Izmir

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 August 2022)

             This is what it takes to win a custody battle. 

Burak Kıncı (27), who lives in Karşıyaka, Izmir, invited his estranged 

wife Aycan B. (24), who had already filed for divorce, for a chat at

a kebap restaurant on 3 November 2020.  At the meeting, Aycan hanım

rejected Burak bey's peace proposal so (naturally!) he took a knife 

from his pocket and stabbed the mother of their two children 38 times (!).

Aycan hanım was rushed to a hospital for treatment, while Burak bey

was arrested and jailed.  After a trial, Burak bey was sentenced to 18

years in prison, with no sentence reduction (amazingly!).  

The original divorce case was supposed to be settled by a mediator

but after the knife attack, the case became adversarial (!).  Five years

after the case was originally filed the verdict was issued and Aycan

hanım was given custody of the two children (!).  As for Burak bey,

the court ruled that he has no right whatsoever to see the children. 

"Beat & Release": Dad Beats Up Daughter's Drug Dealer, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 August 2022)

                                      Father knows best.

In the Merkez neighborhood of Avcılar, Istanbul, at about 1630 the day

before yesterday, a father saw that his daughter was messaging on her

cellphone with someone who asked her in a message "how many pills 

do you want?".   The father grabbed the cellphone from his daughter

and wrote back "10 pills" and sent an address where they could meet.

At the agreed-upon time the father went with the daughter to meet

the drug dealer, who came from the Bağcılar neighborhood.  When the

drug dealer arrived he tried to kiss the girl, prompting the father to 

attack him.  Citizens joined in to pummel the drug dealer.  Afterwards,

the father dragged the suspect to the police station.  The beating and 

the dragging were captured on video. 

Local resident Ahmet Bingöl said that "I have a daughter, too.  We 

have no tolerance for sexual harassment and drugs."  Yıldız Erden,

who observed the incident from her window, added that "we all have

children but thieves, sexual harassers and drug dealers are all set free

a few hours after being taken into custody.  They all know this so 

they're very relaxed."

Taliban Flags Fly For Wedding, in Aydın

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 2 August 2022)

                        The honeymoon will be in Kabul.

In Aydın, a convoy of vehicles waving the "Tevhid" flag, like the one

used by the Taliban in Afghanistan (!), paraded down streets celebrating

a wedding.  Citizens took videos of the convoy and posted them on social

media, sparking an uproar. 

The day before yesterday, at the time when the KPSS civil service exam 

was being administered, the wedding convoy was blaring music and

honking horns.  The sight of the "Tevhid" flags among the convoy's 

vehicles elicited a negative reaction among citizens. 

Aydın police issued the following statement: "on 31 July at around 

12:30 scenes posted on social media of a wedding convoy moving 

within our province's boundaries prompted an investigation which

is currently underway."