14.01.2026 01:39
Deniz E., who has a total of 543 years and 9 months of finalized prison sentences from 154 separate files, was captured in Antalya after a 5-year escape. The criminal, caught in Konyaaltı through a joint operation by the police of Kütahya and Antalya, was sent to prison to serve his sentence approaching 600 years.
The breathtaking joint operation of the police in Kütahya and Antalya has brought a fugitive with one of Turkey's most extensive criminal records to justice. Deniz E., who has been wanted everywhere since 2021 with a total of 154 separate cases against him, was caught red-handed in a luxury neighborhood where he was hiding.
TRACING THE TRAIL TO ANTALYA
The Kütahya Police Department's Public Order Branch, which has not given up on tracking down the long-fugitive Deniz E., obtained information that the individual was hiding in the Konyaaltı district of Antalya as a result of meticulously conducted technical surveillance and intelligence operations.
THE OPERATION BUTTON WAS PRESSED IN KUŞKAVAĞI
Teams that confirmed the convict was hiding in a house in the Kuşkavağı neighborhood of Konyaaltı pressed the button for the operation. Deniz E., who has been playing hide and seek with law enforcement for 5 years, was taken into custody during the raid without having a chance to escape.
THE FILE OF A CRIME MACHINE: 543 YEARS 9 MONTHS IN PRISON
Deniz E.'s criminal history is of a kind that would astonish judicial authorities. The individual, who has a confirmed prison sentence of 543 years and 9 months, has a lengthy record that includes crimes such as qualified fraud, misuse of bank or credit cards, tampering with seals, and simple injury.
HANDED OVER TO JUSTICE
The fugitive convict, who was taken to the Konyaaltı District Police Department and underwent a health check, was sent to prison to serve his nearly 600-year prison sentence after completing his procedures at the police station.