"Beat & Release": Landlord Doubles Rent and Slices-Dices Renter for Emphasis, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 December 2022)

 He's lucky - 60% would have called for the meat cleaver 

emphasis.

İ.G. lives in a flat in Istanbul's Beylikdüzü district that he rents from

bank manager Erdal İ.  When Erdal İ informed İ.G. that he was 

increasing the rent by 50% (!) İ.G. refused to comply.  The two men

met at a café in İkitelli on 1 December to settle the matter. 

However (!), during their negotiations a fight erupted, with Erdal İ.

whipping out a "falçata" (curved shoe knife) that he'd brought with

him and seriously injuring İ.G. and his friend İ.S.   The wounded men

were taken to a hospital, while Erdal İ. was taken into custody and his

"falçata" seized.  The hospitalized men remain in intensive care and

Erdal İ. has been jailed. 

                      Beylikdüzü district of Istanbul.

"Beat & Release": She Was 15 - He Killed Her So No One Else Could Have Her, in Aksaray

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 December 2022)

                      We've seen this film before...

In Aksaray's Taş Pazar neighborhood yesterday at around 2 o'clock in 

the afternoon Melike Arıbaş (15!) went to a relative's engagement party

with her family.  Soon afterwards, Melike was shot in the head by her

ex-fiancé Muhammet Kılıç (22).  Melike's father Doğanay Arıbaş was

also wounded in the head by Kılıç.  

Father and daughter were taken to Aksaray Training and Research 

Hospital, where Melike died and her father was treated for his wound.  

Hearing the news of her daughter's death, mother Asiye Arıbaş had a 

nervous breakdown.

Police quickly tracked down Kılıç and took him into custody.  It turned

out that Melike and Kılıç became engaged a year ago but broke up 

three months later.  In his statement to police, Kılıç declared that "my

fiancé's family didn't want me so I fired the gun to intimidate them. I

couldn't bear to have my fiancé given to someone else!"

 

"Beat & Release": Good Samaritan's Good Deed Does Not Go Unpunished, in Afyonkarahisar

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 3 December 2022)

Engin Taş (36) was stabbed in the neck by two people on Kadınana

Avenue in Afyonkarahisar and died at a hospital.  Police reviewed

security camera footage and took Serkan Ç. (19) and his nephew V.Ç.

(16) into custody. 

It turned out that two young girls had come to the bakery where Taş

was working and asked him for help because they were being followed

by two men.  Taş then warned Serkan Ç. and V.Ç. and an argument 

ensued, resulting in the stabbing and death of Taş, who was the married

father of three children (!). 

"Beat & Release": Male Doctor's Nose Broken by Hubby for Treating His Wife, in Izmir

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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 2 December 2022)

                                Unhealthy chivalry.

In Izmir at the Tepecik Women's Maternity Hospital at around 2 o'clock

in the afternoon the day before yesterday, an argument erupted between

M. Ali Kınıç, who wanted a female doctor to examine his wife, and

maternity assistant Dr. Furkan Balcı (29).  In the course of the argument, 

Kınıç punched Balcı, breaking his nose. 

When Balcı was examined for the broken nose it was determined that

the accompanying head trauma was life-threatening.  Kınıç was taken

into custody by police.  Balcı explained in his statement to police that

"as I was getting ready to treat the patient she said 'I don't want a male

doctor!' and she wanted her husband to come into the examination room.

I explained to her that he was not allowed to come in so she left the room."

"Then I heard loud banging on my door and opened it and found the 

suspect screaming at me: 'what were you doing to my wife?!'  He came 

after me so I pushed him away in self-defense.  Then he punched me

in the nose."  As for Kınıç, he told police that "the doctor behaved 

poorly toward my wife."  At the police station, Kınıç became ill (!)

and was taken to a hospital but jailed after treatment.

Female doctors wanted: must be on call 24 hours a day. 

"Beat & Release": Ax-wielding 90'ish Landlord Says 'Don't Believe What You See', in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 November 2022)

"Pay no attention to the man with the ax! Fake news!"

Syrians Amina Hasan and Rahaf Shaham Kabaa live in a flat in Istanbul's

Bayrampaşa district owned by Naim Akgün (93!).  On 22 January 2022 

Akgün went to the flat, bashed the door with an ax and entered to collect

unpaid rent.  He was charged with "violating the sanctity of a home with

a weapon" and the public prosecutor asked for a sentence of from one to

four years. 

The case was heard in court yesterday and Akgün defended his actions,

saying "I own the apartment building.  I gave that flat for rent 

to two people but this became 20 people and they don't pay their rent.

On the day of the incident, the renter in the flat next to theirs moved out

and left the place a mess.  I went there to make repairs so that's why I

had the ax.  I didn't damage the renters' door, which costs 15,000 TL

(about $800).  Why would I damage my own property?!"  

The court directed that the scenes of the incident be given to an expert

witness and postponed the hearing until a further date. 

"Beat & Release": Minibus Driver Rejects Mini Passenger but Social Media Exacts Revenge, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 November 2022)

                 Forget the fuss, and forget the (mini)bus too! 

In Bahçelievler, Istanbul, a women with her baby in a stroller boarded

a minibus taxi on Fatih Avenue but the driver told the woman that the

stroller took up too much space so he wanted her to get off the minibus.

An argument ensued and the woman was forced to disembark.

                         Social media takes no prisoners.

However (!), the woman shared video she took of the incident on 

social media, prompting traffic police to take action.  Seeing the 

minibus's license plate number enabled police to stop the vehicle

and fine driver B.E. 2,019 TL (about $110) for "disrespectfully

operating a passenger vehicle within the borders of the Istanbul

municipality."  In addition, the minibus was barred from the streets.

 

"Beat & Release": Thieves, in No Rush, Steal Alumınum Door Part During Rush Hour, in Şişli, Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 November 2022)

                         "Have aluminum, will travel"

On Ergenekon Avenue in Şişli, Istanbul, the aluminum part of a 

building's front door was stolen at five-forty-five in the evening last 

Tuesday.   Neighboring shopkeepers assumed the thieves were

just repairing the door because the robbers were so calm, as one of 

them put the aluminum part on his back and strolled away.

A man and a woman stopped in front of the building, with the woman

serving as look-out while the man began to remove the alumınum

door part from its fixed position.  The couple's calm demeanor 

raised no concerns from onlookers.  Security camera footage 

recorded the entire incident.

Saime Oğuzhan, the editor of the Kentim Şişli Newspaper, which

is located within the building, noted that "the next day we were

amazed to learn it was a theft, because they had removed the aluminum 

as if they were just doing a job.  Every day 50,000 people pass by here.

Şişli is one of Istanbul's busiest places.  But no one thought anything of

the removal."