29.03.2026 15:24
In Erzurum, a person broke the window of the pharmacy belonging to Abdullah Caner Güven, the 2nd President of the Turkish Pharmacists Association (TEB), and attempted to set it on fire by pouring sunflower oil inside. After the incident, it was determined that the suspect, who was taken into custody, was a pharmacist.
A person named Ö.Y. was detained for attempting to set fire to the pharmacy belonging to Abdullah Caner Güven, the 2nd President of the Turkish Pharmacists Association (TEB), after breaking its window with a paving stone and pouring sunflower oil on it. It was determined that Ö.Y. was a pharmacist, and the moments were captured by the workplace's security cameras.
THREW PAVING STONE, TRIED TO SET FIRE
The incident occurred yesterday around 3:00 PM in the Adnan Menderes neighborhood of Palandöken district. A person with clothes and a bag came to the front of the pharmacy, which was closed due to the weekend, located on Çat Road. The individual threw a piece of marble he brought several times at the workplace's window, and then threw a paving stone he found on the ground repeatedly. After pouring sunflower oil from a bag onto the clothes he placed on the broken part of the window, the suspect attempted to ignite a lighter he took out of his pocket. The suspect approached pedestrians walking on the sidewalk to obstruct them and then fled the scene.
INCIDENT CAPTURED ON CAMERA
The incident was recorded second by second by the pharmacy's security cameras, and police teams were dispatched to the scene upon notification. An examination of the camera footage revealed that the suspect was pharmacist Ö.Y. The police quickly apprehended the suspect and took him into custody.
THE ATTACKER TURNED OUT TO BE A PHARMACIST
Speaking to DHA, the owner of the workplace and also the 2nd President of the Turkish Pharmacists Association (TEB), Abdullah Caner Güven, stated, "We came after our neighbors informed us. A person first broke the window with a stone several times. Then he tried to set it on fire with a flammable substance, but he left without achieving his goal due to the intervention of vigilant citizens. He used sunflower oil. He probably couldn't buy gasoline due to regulations at gas stations. He tried to burn it using sunflower oil, paper, and cloth pieces. Our colleague is a pharmacist. He is a person who has previously been found to have engaged in collusion. The collusion we refer to is the issue of diploma renting. It is an illegal matter. At that time, the Ağrı Provincial Health Directorate and our pharmacists' chamber conducted investigations and took necessary actions. Therefore, he harbored a grudge. This collusion we refer to, diploma renting, is a festering wound of our profession. Non-pharmacists operating pharmacies by taking the diplomas of those who are pharmacists is a great injustice to both the public and the pharmacy profession, as well as to the young friends who are waiting to make a living today. Something may happen to us, but the pharmacy community will continue this work. Hopefully, we will cleanse this plague called collusion from this profession," he said.
It was learned that the suspect Ö.Y. was brought to the courthouse after his procedures at the police station.