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ghost
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 Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:10 pm Post subject: Crime is up in Istanbul, be careful |
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Who Will Stop This Terror?
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Ahmet Hakan Canidemir, who was a first-year student at the Business Administration Faculty of Kocaeli University, was attacked by muggers in the Adapazari-Istanbul train, in the evening of November 3.
The 18-year-old university student became the new victim of the stealers.
His aggressors threw Canidemir from the train at Kiziltoprak Station before the eyes of other passengers. Having been injured heavily, he is now fighting to survive at intensive care.
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Crime reports like this one are increasing, especially in Istanbul. Something to think about if you use the Adapazari-Istanbul line, to get to and from work. |
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wyldfiregyrl
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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My roomate was beaten and mugged leaving the Yeşil cafe in Bakirk�y on last tues. night at about 11 pm. After they took all his money and passport they continued to kick him while he was down. He ended up with stitches, concussion, and bruises and the like....
I never much liked him... but not that much.
Be careful everywhere! |
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ghost
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:48 pm Post subject: Danger time |
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Post script - the unfortunate Canidemir died from his injuries.
Of course - in a city of some 20 million people, your chances of encountering some bad apples are increased.
Most other cities in Turkish are pretty safe, and you can walk everywhere and feel safe. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| GHOST ! I thought you had escaped from this awful world of TEFL ! |
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ghost
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject: And the crime stats continue! |
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More articles in the Turkish press about crime increase:
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Muggers Attack Police Too
Policemen became the target of the muggers and drug addicts too. Three muggers in Istanbul, stole the cell phone of a police officer in Istanbul, after hitting him on his head, with a wooden stick.
The mugging terror which terrorizes Istanbul started threatening the police, who is allegedly insufficient in preventing the crime, too. Police officer Ersim Sik, was attacked by muggers on the first day of Bairam at 22.30 in Bagcilar.
Sik who was later on found in the park, was hospitalized.
In Izmir, two men were detained after they attempted to rob two police officers in Izmir.
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These types of crimes are on the increase, and some experts predict that things will get worse as many of the youth are being exposed to American type crime on t.v. and in the cinema, with many of these young people unable to differentiate fiction from reality!
Teachers should be careful in certain parts of Istanbul where crime is prevalent. They should avoid these parts late at night, and female teachers should not accept invitations from strangers.
Another reason is the poverty level which has increased, as salaries stay the same (low) but the cost of living continues to increase.
On a side note: Helmut Kohl (Germany) predicted that Turkey has no chance of joining the Euro Union, and that Euro leaders are "fooling" Turkey into thinking that they will be accepted. Kohl thinks the best thing for Turkey would be a kind of "partnership" rather than full membership. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| Ghost, stop trying to put people coming to Istanbul. These are isolated incidents. Crime is far more common in London or New York. Istanbul is still one of the safest cities in the world. |
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Glasgow Rangers FC
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:40 pm Post subject: Nae Bother |
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If you have ever seen Glasgow's Queen St. station at 3am then I'm sure you would think of Istanbul as the Garden of Eden. You get headcases everywhere. You just need to learn how to deal with them. My advice: if there's more than two of the wideos, run...
Eskisehir is a real safe place. I haven't had one bit of bother in over a year. I've been to Istanbul countless times and nobody has said a word. Just implement a wee bit of common sense, same as anywhere else. If you see a nutter with a kebab sword in the street, don't ask him for a light. |
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ghost
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject: Eski. incident |
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But.... G.R.F.C. - you told ghost and the South African springbok that you had been beaten up by a few guys near the train station in Eskisehir....do you still remember that incident?....(or maybe the alcohol you consumed then has had an effect of amnesia on your memory faculties...)
You are both right (G.R.F.C. and D.M.B.) - Istanbul and Turkey are safer than many of the places we are familiar with, however the point is - there has been an increase in crime during the past couple of years, in some parts of Istanbul - quite a significant increase. Some of the crime is drug related, and other crimes are also committed by Turks who have learned some bad habits in other countries.
No need for paranoia - but there is no room for complacency either, because the crime stats are up and continuing to rise, whichever way you look at it. Speak to some of the Turkish teachers and they will corroborate this. We are often lulled into a fall sense of security, until the day, we ourselves become the victims of a crime. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you think that a reason for the rise in Crime is related to the Ecevit Amnesty. (When he freed ,I don't know how many, loads of prisoners) |
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ghost
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:13 pm | |
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