"Beat & Release": Counterfeiters Claim "Dollars" Came From Repaid Debts and Gambling Wins, in Adana

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 November 2024)

                                  Your picture here.

A criminal case was opened in Adana when it was determined

that $45,800 -"worth" of  fake (!) $100 dollar bills had been 

deposited into the ATM's of two bank branches about seven 

months ago on various dates.  

Adana police identified 15 suspects who were depositing the

fake dollars in the account of  others and subsequently 

converting the "dollars" to Turkish lira.  Raids were conducted

in Adana, Hatay and Mersin, with suspects A.Ö., F.K. and S.B.

among the 15 individuals taken into custody. 

Found at the suspects' addresses were 183 fake $100 bills, 

256 fake $1 bills, 36 fake $5 bills, one unlicensed revolver

and 36 bullets.

In their statements to police the suspects claimed that the

"dollars" they deposited in the ATM's came from repaid debts

and gambling wins - they didn't realize the "dollars" were 

fake (!).   In addition to A.Ö., F.K. and S.B. one other suspect

was jailed.  Eight suspects were released under judicial 

supervision and three were released outright based on the 

public prosecutor's decision. 

"Beat & Release": They're Playing Our Song (Not!), in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 November 2024)

                                    Somewhere else.

Last Saturday night at a nightclub where live music was being

played in the Kumkapı section of Istanbul's Fatih district, 3

inebriated friends demanded that their favorite song be played.

The manager told them to be patient and wait for their song but

they kept insisting to the point where they were thrown out. (!)

Enraged, the 3 friends hired two hitmen to drive by the club

on a motorcycle and spray it with gunfire, which resulted in the

death of waiter Recep Denizhan (23) who was hit by a bullet.  

Police are pursuing the 3 friends and their two hitmen. 

"Beat & Release": American Woman Terrorizes Taksim Square, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 November 2024)

must see video click here if you dare!

                                      Bad hair day.

An American woman named Sydney Rei Huff (27) went to a

bar in Istanbul's Taksim Square on the night of 23 November

with her husband Velican A. (26).  After drinking for a while,

the couple got into an argument and Huff hit Velican bey in

the face.  She then went out onto the street and attacked Mert

T. (30), squeezing his throat.  Passers-by intervened to save

Mert T., whose gold necklace was lost and his phone damaged.

Huff then continued on and attacked another person, after 

which she broke the windshield of Velat G.'s taxi (!).  Huff

sustained injuries and was put into an ambulance, in which

she attacked the medics (!).  Finally, police took Huff into

custody.  She was released from custody and deported. 

"Beat & Release": High-Kicking Taxi Driver Fends Off Knife Attack, in Burdur

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 November 2024)

Battle of the M's: fancy footwork keeps knife at bay.

In Burdur on 24 November at about 9 o'clock at night, Ş.A.

argued with her boyfriend M.T. and called a taxi to get away

from him.  M.T., though, tried to get Ş.A. out of the taxi but

when he couldn't he damaged the taxi, breaking a side-view

mirror.  This prompted taxi driver M.M. to get out and 

confront M.T., who then attacked the driver with a knife.

Luckily, M.M. is a "bezbol" fan...

M.M. high-kicked M.T. to keep him and his knife at a safe 

distance, as Ş.A. got out of the taxi and screamed for help.  

When passers-by intervened M.T. fled but, based on the 

complaint of M.M., who was uninjured, M.T. was taken into 

custody, only to be released the day before yesterday (!). 

"Crash & Release": Burning Russian Plane Slides Fortuitously to Airport Firehouse, in Antalya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 November 2024)

                    Sometimes you just gotta get lucky.

An SU95-type airplane that took off from Soçi in Russia with a 

crew of 6 and 89 passengers, had an uneventful flight to Antalya

but experienced a hard landing last night at about nine-thirty 

o'clock on runway 36R.  Realizing that something had gone

badly amiss, pilot Vladimir Chernov issued a "Mayday" alert.

The hard landing broke one of the rear landing gear parts and

caused a fuel leak and a consequent fire from the engines' heat.

The Antalya Airport control tower crew reacted swiftly to inform

firefighters who were on the scene in one minute because the

burning plane slid right in front of the firehouse (!).  The fire

was extinguished in two minutes. 

However (!), there were still 3 tons of fuel in the airplane so a

great tragedy was averted because of the good fortune of the 

airplane ending up so close to the firehouse. An alcohol test 

given  to pilot Chernov and his co-pilot turned out negative.  

All on board were unhurt. 

A month ago, this same Azımuth Airlines SU95 aircraft took

off from Mineralnye Vody on 16 October headed for İvanovo

but at an altitude of 10 kilometers low hydraulic pressure forced

the plane to make an emergency landing at Vnukovo. All 102

passengers and the 6 crew members escaped the incident 

without injury. 

 

"Beat & Release": Modern Life's Deadly Twosome - Selfies & Social Media, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 November 2024)

 

                                 Selfie-inflicted wound.

The evening before last on the Aşiyan shore in Istanbul's 

Sarıyer district two friends were taking a selfie at the

fisherman's dock when the woman fell into the water.

Her male friend jumped in to save her but, subsequently,

the terrible weather conditions and the strong current 

prevented Coast Guard and municipal divers from finding 

them.

Eyewitness Kadir Akdere, a local fisherman, said "there

was a violent 'lodos' (southwesterly gale) happening. I

saw the two of them embrace each other in the water but

we were unable to reach them and save them."

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 November 2024)

 

                  Trouble in social media paradise.

Arya Arda Bektaş, a make-up producer and social media 

phenom,  has filed a criminal complaint against her former

partner Müberya Sağlam, also a social media phenom (!)

and make-up artist, for death threats hurled at Arya Arda hanım

by Müberrya hanım and her husband Mehmet Sağlam. 

police artist's sketch of Arya Arda hanım under threat.

"Beat & Release": Café Dispute Prompts Pummeling of Journalist, in Burhaniye

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 November 2024)

               Freedom of  (pummeling) the  press.

In Balıkesir's Burhaniye district on 19 November at around

2200 hours, Hasan Bayram, who was elected as a member of

the district's council in the 31 March elections from the CHP

party, went to a restaurant and attacked journalist Hakan 

Sataroğlu, the owner of the ZeytinEfe newspaper, smashing

a bottle into Sataroğlu's head. 

Bayram then grabbed Sataroğlu by the back of his neck and

dragged him onto the floor, kicking him while he was down.

Police arrived and had Sataroğlu taken to a hospital for 

treatment.  As for Bayram, he was released after giving a 

statement to police (!). 

The origin of the problem between the two was, evidently,

that Sataroğlu was looking into the matter of a municipal 

café on the shore having been given over to Bayram to run.