"Beat & Release": Irate Customer Kills 2 Postal Workers, in Rize

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(Hüriyet Newspaper, 8 January 2025)

 

                 A post office should be a boring place.

In Rize last evening, V.K. went to the post office in the

Mermerdelen neighborhood to pick up a card for his father.  

However (!), the postal workers told V.K. that his father would 

have to come for the card himself.  

Enraged at this response, V.K. took out a gun and shot cargo chief

Selim Okumuş (55) and janitor Ömer Beyazıt (45), killing them 

both (!).  V.K. fled but was caught by police hiding out in Rize

city center. 

"Beat & Release": Washing Machine "Walks" During Spin Cycle and Blocks Front Door, in Istanbul

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(Cumhuriyert Newspaper, 6 January 2025)

                    "What's the password humans??!!"

In Kağıthane district of Istanbul, two friends left their home 

after starting the washing machine.  However (!), returning

in the evening they couldn't open the front door and called

the fire department for help.  A firefighter entered the home

through a window and saw that the washing machine had

"walked" in front of the front door, blocking it.  Neighbors

had a good laugh about the "walking washing machine".

Günay Köroğlu and Eren Kavak live on the 4th floor of a 

6-story building. The firefighter who entered their home

by climbing a ladder to the 4th floor and entering through 

a window, found that while the washing machine was in the

"spin cycle" its vibrations caused it to "walk"  in front

of the door (!). 

"Beat & Release": Social Media Phenom's Veiled Plane Ride Gets Him Arrested, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 6 January 2025)

                                       How cute!

Social media phenom Murat Övüç (57) shared images of 

himself on board an airplane wearing a veil on his head,

prompting the Istanbul public prosecutor to issue a warrant

for his arrest.  The day before yesterday Övüç was apprehended

in Beyoğlu.

Övüç has a police record of crimes including "inciting the

public to enmity and hatred; belittling the Turkish nation,

the Republic and state organs; intentional wounding; and

betrayal of trust".  He was released under judicial control. 

He's also a walking billboard for luxury goods.

"Road Rage": Woman Hit Twice in Five Minutes, in Adapazarı; Parking Spot Argument Leaves One Dead, in Kocaeli

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 January 2025)

Embiye hanım seems to have had a target on her back.

In Adapazarı district of Sakarya province on 2 January, 

Embiye Karagöz (64) was walking in a crosswalk on her way 

to a Koran course when she was hit by a car driven by M.D.

Passers-by came to Embiye hanım's aid but 5 minutes later

a car driven by M.G. crashed into the group and Embiye

hanım was once again hit (!).  She was rushed to Sakarya Training

and Research Hospital, while the two drivers were taken into

custody by police. 

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 January 2025)

                                      Park at own risk.

In Çayırova district of Kocaeli province at one-thirty in the

morning last night, Emre Öztürk and his older brother Muhammet

Öztürk couldn't find a parking spot in front of their house so they

parked across the street.  

However (!), a neighbor across the street objected to the brothers

parking there and shot each of the brothers with a revolver.  Medics

arrived at the scene but could not save Emre bey, who died at a 

hospital.  Muhammet bey was said to be out of danger health-wise.

Police are looking for the shooter, who fled. 

 

"Beat & Release": Four Drunken Goons' Insolence Leaves Baby Girl Fatherless, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 January 2025)

              She'll root for Beşiktaş in Dad's stead.

At about 1 o'clock in the morning on 2 January a minibus

transporting workers from a hotel in Antalya's Aksu district

collided with an automobile in which F.S., M.D., M.A. and

H.S. were riding.  These four drunken goons demanded that

the minibus driver refrain from calling police to the scene

but when he insisted a brawl ensued between the goons and

the hotel workers. 

One of the goons attacked the workers with a knife, striking

and killing İsmail Takdir Kirişçi (36), a hotel bartender and 

the married father of a baby girl.  The 4 goons fled but were 

later apprehended by police. 

"Beat & Release": Training Plane Crashes and Flips Over, in Denizli

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 2 January 2025)

                                           Whoops!

A Cessna 172N training airplane belonging to a private flight

academy took off from Süleyman Demirel Airport in Isparta

yesterday at 0935 hours and then landed at Uşak.  At noon,

the plane took off from Uşak and headed for Çardak Airport

in Denizli but experienced engine trouble over Çal district.

The plane's pilot made a hard landing in a vacant field at

Höyük in İsabey village , where a shepherd tending his herd

saw the crash and alerted authorities.  Pilot Şükrü Yiğit 

Devebacak was found injured inside the upside-down plane

and rushed to Çal State Hospital for treatment. 

"Beat & Release": Police Raid "Kinky Turkey" Party, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 January 2025)

                   Just some wholesome New Year's fun!

Prior to New Year's Day the website "Kinky Turkey" (!) shared

sex-based videos and sold tickets for a party.  A police operation

on 28 December at an address in the Hasanpaşa neighborhood of

Kadıköy, Istanbul, resulted in 25 individuals being taken into 

custody.  A search of the premises yielded 2 whips, waist

and back corsets, a cage, leashes, belts, masks, ropes, a 

"BDSM" yoke  (!) and other "fantasy" items. 

23 of the individuals were released but the two organizers -

Tolga T. (33), who has a police record of 4 crimes, and Laden

S. (29), who has two - were arrested and charged with making

obscene publications involving animals and deceased people. (!)

In his defense (!), Tolga T. "explained" that "The social media

site belongs to me but the postings are from another date.  I

was jailed because of  another party 45 days ago and didn't

share any obscene videos after that.  On 28 December about

25 friends joined me and Laden S. at my home to socialize

but not for any sexual activities.  When the police came we

were eating dinner.  As for the whip they found, that's 

something I use in my personal life (!). The other things may

have been the property of the guests who came.

Laden S. said he lives in the same building and just 

happened to be at the party, but that he wanted to make

sure that Tolga T. didn't let any kind of sexual garb or 

objects be used during the festivities. (yeah, sure)