Lucky (!) Victim Lands On Doctor's Car

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(Sabah and Takvim Newspapers, 25 August 2013)

Sometimes you just gotta be lucky, sort of...

In Findikli, Istanbul, a waiter bringing an order to a
customer was hit by a speeding police car as he tried
to cross the tramway tracks. The first-responder to
the injured waiter, F.C. (17), was the doctor on top of
whose car F.C. had landed after being hit.

The day before yesterday, F.C., who works in a café,
was in the process of crossing the street to bring a
food order to a customer when he was hit on the tramway
track by the police car. The impact hurled F.C. meters into
the air and he landed on the front hood of a car driven by
Dr. Nazmi Algan, a member of the directing council of the
Istanbul Medical Office.

F.C. then fell off the car hood onto the tramway tracks
and was attended to by Dr. Algan and the policemen. F.C.
was taken to a hospital, where he remains in intensive care.
Dr. Algan stated that F.C.'s left arm was broken, his hip
and legs bruised and he had a bloody nose, as well.

Don't Phone a Friend, Call God

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(Sabah Newspaper, 24 August 2013)

Chat with God, not your friends.

In Kirklareli, Imam Ali Kutlugun was disturbed by the
cellphones ringing during prayer service at the Hizir Bey
Mosque so he put up a sign at the entrance that reads:
"In order to communicate with God, cut your communications
with his creatures.

Imam Kutlugun explained that he had told his congregation
many times before to turn off their cellphones during prayers but
to no avail. As for the new sign, "it's very effective", he says.

Imam reads congregation the riot act.

 

Kirklareli

 

 

 

 

CEO Fails IQ Test

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 27 August 2013)

A fraud gang whose members identify themselves as
policemen, prosecutors or MIT (Turkish National
Intelligence Agency) agents to the people they call on
the phone, hoodwinked the CEO of an unnamed company
out of 875,000 TL. The incident was recorded by MOBESE
(street surveillance) cameras.

Garbage can banking.

Saying he was a prosecutor, a gang member called the CEO
and claimed that the woman's name was being used by a
terrorist organization. The supposed prosecutor provided the
woman CEO with her identification information to convince
her. The CEO then withdrew 375,000 TL from a bank and
brought it to a park in the Sisli area of Istanbul, where she threw
the bag of money into a garbage receptacle.

Shortly after the CEO left the park a gang member came to
retrieve the bag. The same day, the gang called the CEO again
and told her to bring the gold at her home, as well. The CEO
subsequently put 500,000 TL worth of gold into the same garbage
receptacle.

Another escapade of the gang was recorded in Kadikoy, Istanbul.
Retiree H.E. believed a 'MIT" agent who told her that her name
was being used in an important investigation. H.E. brought
a bag full of money to a park and sat on a bench there. She received
a phone call from someone telling her to leave the bag with 80,000 TL
in it in a garbage can and leave. As soon a she left someone retrieved
the bag full of money from the garbage can.

Gold Cashed for Car Drives Dad Wild

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(Sabah Newspaper, 26 August 2013)

Mahfuz T. - anger-management issues.

In Batman district of Diyarbakir province, B.T. (17)
was married to Serdar Kaya (30) eight months ago in
a religious ceremony. The couple began living in Istanbul
and a while later went to Batman to pay their respects to
the bride's father Mahfuz T. However, when Mahfuz T.
didn't see his daughter wearing the gold given to her at
the wedding he asked "where's the gold?"

In response, B.T. told her father that she had, of her own
volition, given the gold to her husband to buy a car. Hearing
this, the angry father slapped his daughter. B.T. then related
this to her husband who came to Mahfuz T.'s house and took
B.T. away.  Relatives intervened, though, and that same
evening, kissing his father-in-law's hand, the two made up.

The following day the couple again visited Mahfuz T.'s home
before returning to Istanbul. Mahfuz T., however, would have
none of it and slapped both his daughter and her husband,
chasing them from his house.  Then, en route to Diyarbakir
airport the couple was ambushed by Mahfuz T., who opened
fire with a revolver on the two young people.

Serdar Kaya was hit in the chest but B.T. escaped unscathed
when her father's gun jammed.  The couple hurried toward
the airport entrance as Mahfuz T. continued his deadly pursuit.
Security personnel were able to capture Mahfuz T. and the
seriously wounded Kaya was taken for treatment. B.T. said that
"He aimed at me but his gun jammed. I'm filing a complaint." (!)
A court case against Mahfuz T. has been opened, with a 30-year
prison sentence requested.

Batman located a bit SE of Diyarbakir.

Swimming Sheep Prove Love for Shepherds

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(Hurriyet Newspaper, 26 August 2013)

Sheep get in the swim of things.

Yesterday in Asagiseyit village of Cal district, Denizli
province, the "Sheep Water Transit" race that has been
run for eight centuries for the herds of shepherds was
conducted. Some 29 shepherds and their herds participated
in the competition, in which the shepherds try to have their
animals swim across Great Menderes River in order for the
sheep to display their loyalty and love (!).

Nearly 5,000 spectators watched the race. Some of the sheep
jumped right into the water after their shepherd, while some
sheep turned around and headed back on the road they came
from.  Denizli Governor Abdulkadir Demir viewed the
competition and stated that he would do everything possible to
to preserve the tradition.  He noted that he has applied to have
the race added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, as well.

The story of the competition is this: the daughter of an Oguz
bey (chieftan) fell in love with a shepherd. The bey decreed that
in order for the girl to marry the shepherd "for three days you will
have your sheep drink salt water and then have them swim across
the Great Menderes River without letting them drink fresh water."
The shepherd succeeded but the bey didn't allow his daughter to
marry him. The girl died from grief and the shepherd lived alone
in the mountains.

Shepherds and sheep get along swimmingly.

'Human Airbags' Reduce Casualties

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(Posta Newspaper, 22 August 2013)

Good thing it was packed with 'airbags'.

In Caycuma, Zonguldak province, a minibus driven by
Ramazan Unluturk carrying passengers from the town of
Filyos to the city center, overturned last Monday when
the brakes failed. One person died in the accident, Serafettin
Ucar (63).

At the time of the incident there were 41 people in the minibus,
which has a capacity of 23, sparking criticism. However, Osman
Bahar, the head of the Zonguldak Drivers Association, had an
interesting way of defending the driver.

While admitting that it was not proper to load 40 passengers into the
23-person capacity minibus, Bahar asserted that "there are from 3 to
5 extra passengers in mass transit vehicles every morning and evening
in all provinces of  Turkey. When there are extra passengers in a vehicle
involved in an accident this reduces the number of deaths and injuries
because the passengers inside the vehicle can't be thrown around. If there
had been the normal number of persons in the vehicle there may have
been more deaths."

Zonguldak - home of alternative ideas for safety.

Turks' Real Homeland Ursa Major

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(Posta Newspaper, 22 August 2013)

Turk forefathers' outer space neighborhood.

In Marmaris district of Muğla province, Cenk Sertdemir,
the 'Altay Wolf Shaman', organized a mass to cleanse people
from bad karma. The mass was arranged through Sertdemir's
personal development firm.
 

Shaman on duty.

 

Cenk in civilian attire.

 

The participants stated that they experienced very intense
feelings during the mass, which was held at the Turunç Serena
Süit Hotel. Sertdemir wore an outfit befitting a shaman and
said that "I started my shaman training in Siberia and after three
years I learned the way to reach our forefathers. Then I returned
to my country (Turkey). Our forefathers are from up above,
meaning they're from Ursa Major."

 

Marmaris