Catholic School Days Remembered

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(Sabah Newspaper, 23 November 2012)

//ed.note: this item dedicated to Sister Theophane (7th Grade) and Brother Earnest (HS)//

Ain't misbehavin', they say

Third year students ın the Kazım Karabekir Industrial
Arts High School in the Yakutıye district of Erzurum
were allegedly put in a line and beaten by principal
Şerafettin Aydoğdu yesterday for misbehaving during class.
The students obtained reports from Palandöken State
Hospital attesting to their injuries after a check-up there.

The students claimed that 'a few fellows started to misbehave
after class had started and they got up and down during
class, disturbing things. The teacher tried to stop them
but to no avail so the principal was notified.  All the students
in the class were summoned to the principal's office. As the
principal talked to us he got upset at the attitude of the
unruly students and put us all in line and beat us.'

The students went to the police station with the reports
they got from the hospital and wanted to file a complaint
against the principal. However, their parents wouldn't allow
it, saying that since the students themselves admitted to
misbehaving in class they couldn't complain about the principal.

As for principal Aydoğdu, he told Sabah that 'they disrupted
the class and when they didn't pay any attention to their
teacher I was notified. So I summoned them to my office and
when I asked for an explanation they sassed me. I hit them
lightly on their backs and shoulders with my ruler. To say
I hit them with a bat is a lie. They're exaggerating the situation.
They're back in class and all ok. They wanted to make a big
deal out of it and skip out on class.'

Three Stooges Run Out of Gas

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 20 November 2012)

Vedat C. a.k.a. "Curly"

S.A. (46), a businesswoman who lives in Cankaya,
Ankara, began to wait yesterday morning at about
0500 in front of a shopping center for her girlfriend
so they could go to Istanbul.  At this time, Serdar T.
(25) approached S.A., identifying himself as a police
officer, and invited her to his car.

However, when S.A. resisted, Serdar T. and his friends
Gokhan C. (24) and Vedat C. (age unknown) took
S.A.'s car, handbag and telephone and fled.  Police
teams determined the descriptions of the suspects from
an ATM camera while they were trying to withdraw
money.

When the suspects stopped to get gas for the stolen
car in Kirikkale they filled it with normal gas rather
than the necessary diesel fuel. The car broke down
so they sold it to repairman Mustafa Y. for 3,500 TL,
although the car is worth 30,000 TL. They also sold
the stolen telephone to Gokhan B. (no relation to
Gokhan C.) and pressed on to Kayseri.

After a 500 kilometer chase, police teams took the
suspects into custody in Pinarbasi district of Kayseri
and all three were arrested. In his police statement,
Serdar T. said that "we had gone to Istanbul for fun.
When we got back (to Ankara) we took some pills.
We saw the woman waiting there so early in the
morning by herself so we went up to her. We thought
she was a hooker and wanted to hire her but when
she started screaming we grabbed her car, phone and
handbag and took off".

Black Paper Becomes Money

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 18 November 2012)

Science Fair project for profit.

In Istanbul, contractor N.U. (41) made a complaint
to police, saying that a person identifying himself
as a Camaroonian businessman had cheated him
out of 330,000 Euros. Police then conducted raids
in Umraniye, Fatih and Sisli and took six people,
one of them a Camaroonian woman, into custody.

The suspects claimed that because of the war going
on in their country the had smuggled money out in
the form of black paper but that by using a special
solution they could turn the black paper back into
money. The suspects duped their victims by showing
them a "machine" made of wood that uses electricity
and has a number of buttons. There are compartments
on the machine where the black paper is placed and
then turned into real money.

The suspects and a large amount of black paper
cut into the size of money, along with the so-called
"money machine" with the secret compartments,
were seized.

Photo Switch Further Roils Bizarre Case

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 16 November 2012)

//ed. note: see blog item of 7 November 2012 for
related information//

M.Y., not Y.A.

Murat Yesilova (58) stabbed his brother Yuksel
Yesilova in 2010 during a football match between
the Samsunspor and Mersin Idman Yurdu teams,
in Samsun. As the case continues to be heard in
Samsun's 2nd Major Crimes Court, Murat is facing
24 years in prison. He says he stabbed his brother
Yuksel, the coach of Mersin Idman Yurdu, because
Yuksel had raped his daughter-in-law Y.A.

Defending himself against the rape charge, Yuksel
showed the judge two pictures on 6 November -
one of Y.A. and one of a Romanian beauty he said
was his wife - and asked the judge "would a guy
with a wife like mine look at a woman like this"
(referring to Y.A.)

After the story became public a woman in Germany
named M.Y. said that she was the woman whose photo
Yesil used as an unfavorable contrast to his gorgeous
wife. M.Y. contacted reporters to say that "although
this person named Yuksel Yesilova has never met me,
he has duped both the court and you. He has also
injured my reputation and honor. When he couldn't
find a photo of Y.A. he showed the court my picture,
which is a crime. I have filed a complaint against
Yuksel Yesilova."

Ram Turns Lethal

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(Sabah Newspaper, 15 November 2012)

Killer in custody.

In Bayiralan village of Cal district in Denizli, two
elderly cousins lost their lives when struck by blows
from the ram they were raising. Fatma Citak (76) and
her aunt's son Omer Deda (75) were bringing their
flock of sheep home after grazing when a hornless
ram in the flock attacked Citak. The ram knocked her
down and then continued to pummel her while on the
ground.

Deda ran to his cousin's aid but was similarly butted
by the ram and forced to the ground. The Ram kept
on butting the two aged cousins as Deda's wife and
neighbors rushed to calm the enraged ram, taking it
to the sheepfold. Citak and Deda were brought to a
hospital but could not be saved.

Until an inquiry is concluded the ram will remain
under watch in the sheepfold and cannot be brought
to slaughter.

Fireman's Devotion Stuns Bride

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(Sabah Newspaper, 15 November 2012)

Happy couple - hearts on fire.

Antalya firefighter Yalcin Celik played a practical
joke on bride Nafiye Acar during their wedding
ceremony held in the firehouse garden. Just as
the marriage official was about to ask Celik to say
"I do" the fire alarm rang out and Celik leaped from
the marriage table to the fire truck. After about ten
minutes Celik returned to the ceremony to say "I do."

Celik had planned the joke with his friends and was
able to win his new bride's heart upon his return.
Nevertheless, Celik asserted that he loves his job and
would dive into a fire even if both his hands were bloody.
Bride Nafiye Acar, however, froze when Celik jumped
from the table and felt badly, even considering leaving
the ceremony. But "when everyone laughed I calmed
down. An interesting rememberance."

This Guy Can't Get Arrested

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 12 November 2012)

Yagmurcu will get a 29th chance.

Gokhan Yagmurcu (56) was taken into custody in
Fatih, Istanbul, by police from the financial crimes
office in March while preparing false documents.
A search was conducted in his store, which had a
'For Rent' sign in the window, and hundreds of
false documents were found.

Yagmurcu claimed that all the documents and the
equipment to make them belonged to a friend.
Nevertheless, Yagmurcu was sent to Metris Prison
and stayed there for 4 months before being released.
Just six days ago the finance police got a tip that false
documents were being prepared in an office in Fatih
so they put the site under surveillance.

Police soon realized that this was a false document
operation because their good friend Yamurcu was
at the helm of the job. The day before yesterday police
raided the site and arrested Yamurcu for the 28th time.
During a search, false identity cards, diplomas, passports,
drivers licenses and other false documents were recovered,
along with the equipment to make such things.

Yagmurcu denied the charges. His documents were said
to command prices of between 500TL and 3,000TL. He
was charged with "counterfeitting official documents and
seals" and transported to the Istanbul State Prosecutor.
The Prosecutor's office asked the acting court to arrest
Yagmurcu but he was released pending trial.