17.08.2026 11:11
In Sultangazi, Istanbul, Harun H. stabbed Ünzile Ş., the mother of a woman he had been obsessed with for a year, and also attacked a disabled person who intervened with a glass. While the attack was captured on security cameras, the family states that the perpetrator had previously been involved in a similar incident and may have a documented illness, and demands that he be punished.
In Sultangazi, Harun H. stabbed Ünzile Ş., the mother of a woman he allegedly had been obsessed with for about a year. Harun H., who also injured a disabled individual trying to intervene by throwing a glass at their head, was arrested. Ünzile Ş., stabbed in the abdomen during the attack in the apartment garden, received treatment at the hospital for about a week. The events before and after the attack were captured on security cameras. Describing what her mother went through, Zeliha Ş. said, 'This person had been harassing us for a year. One day, his mother came to our door and warned my father, saying her son was obsessed and had drawn my sister's picture on the computer, telling him, 'Protect your daughter.''
STABBED THE MOTHER OF THE WOMAN HE WAS OBSESSED WITH The incident occurred on Tuesday, July 21, at around 17:30, in the garden of an apartment building in Öğretmenler Sitesi, located in Cumhuriyet Mahallesi. According to allegations, women and children living in the apartment gathered in the garden to drink tea. At that moment, Harun H., who allegedly had been obsessed with the sister of Zeliha Ş., a resident of the same apartment for about a year, came down to the garden with a knife. The suspect, approaching the women sitting with their neighbors, stabbed Ünzile Ş. Harun H. also injured a disabled cancer patient who intervened by throwing a glass at their head. Ünzile Ş., injured in the abdomen and taken to the hospital, was discharged after about a week of treatment. It was learned that the disabled individual injured on the head received stitches.
WENT HOME, CHANGED HIS CLOTHES, AND WAITED FOR THE POLICE According to allegations, after the attack, the suspect went home, changed his clothes, and then went outside again, waiting for police teams at a point near the neighborhood exit. The suspect was taken into custody there by police teams. The suspect's exit from the building before the attack and his re-entry after the attack were captured on security cameras. The suspect's calm demeanor while answering questions from those around him as he entered the building, and the moments when the injured woman was carried to the ambulance by medical teams, were also captured on security cameras.
"HIS MOTHER CAME TO OUR DOOR AND SAID, 'PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTER'" Describing what her mother went through, Zeliha Ş. said, "I, my sister, and my father were at work; only my little sister and my mother were at home. Around 17:30, my sister and my mother went down to the garden to drink tea with the neighbors. The incident happened at that time. We have lived in this building for 4 years. We knew him the way you know someone passing on the street. This person had been harassing us for a year. One day, his mother came to our door and warned my father, saying her son was obsessed, had drawn my sister's picture on the computer, and told him, 'Protect your daughter.' My father later talked to his father. His son was with them and was crying. His father also said, 'My wife and son are both unwell; their psychology is broken. If you file a complaint, he will become even more obsessed and won't receive a penalty. Because he is sick, I will have him treated.' After this incident, my mother was stabbed."
"HE ATTACKED USING THE GARDEN TABLE AS A PRETEXT" Zeliha Ş. said, "The breaking point of the incident was that only we and our neighbors use the garden in the apartment. Because it was crowded, they wanted to move the front table to the back. Then, the suspect's mother sent a message to the group, asking, 'How can you move the table to the back?' Our neighbor replied, 'We moved it because we were crowded; we'll bring it back to the front when we're done.' At that moment, the woman's son called the manager to join the group and entered it. He sent a message saying, 'I will destroy you, you will not move that table.' Later, he wrote, 'I will destroy you.' The manager deleted this, and then he took a knife, went down to the garden, and stabbed my mother. The incident started from here, but the main target was my mother; because there were nearly 10 women in the garden. He directly jumped on my mother. Actually, because he had been harassing my sister for a year and was obsessed with her, he saw my mother as the separating figure in this incident and, since he held my mother responsible, attacked her when this event was triggered. In this incident, the table was not the real target; it was entirely a pretext. Because he had become obsessed with my sister's mind for a year, the real target was my mother; he jumped on my mother."
HE HAD STABBED THE FIANCÉ OF ANOTHER WOMAN HE WAS OBSESSED WITH Zeliha Ş. said, "They say this person has psychological issues and is sick. Five years ago, he was obsessed with a girl and stabbed her fiancé. After that, this time, we became his target, and he deliberately chooses weak people, people he can harm. That day, there were only children, a pregnant woman, and only women in the garden. There was also a disabled neighbor of ours. This brother of ours is a cancer patient, continuing his treatment with his sister. He is the only man in the garden, mentally disabled and a cancer patient. Because he saw that person as the only man there, after stabbing my mother and getting up, he hit him with a glass and split his head. I know he currently has 5 staples and 2 stitches. Only innocent people were injured in this situation. He targeted a time when they were present; deliberately, he did this in a planned way, choosing people who would not harm him and whom he could harm. The prosecutor even told us that this person remembers doing it consciously, was not in a crisis, and was very cold-blooded."
"HE WILL NOT STOP EVEN WHEN HE GETS OUT" Zeliha Ş. said, "He is arrested, but when he appears before the court, we want him to receive a light sentence if he has a report, or a larger sentence if he doesn't. Because 5 years ago, he could harm another person's fiancé, the mother of a girl he was obsessed with, or the girl, her sister, or someone else the following day. This person will not stop; when he gets out, he will become obsessed with new people and continue to disturb and injure those around him. His family told us he has a report. We don't know for sure if he has a report. If he does have a report, this person completely remembers and knowingly does this at regular intervals, gets a short-term punishment, gets out, and repeats it."
"SHE STABBED MY MOTHER AND PUNCHED HER" Zeliha Ş. said, "My mother was stabbed in the abdomen. We stayed in the hospital for about a week. Even though a month has passed now, my mother is only able to take care of her bathroom needs, and she is in a lot of pain. Because they laid my mother on the ground, stabbed her, punched her, and slammed her down, her entire body is bruised. My mother's health condition is still ongoing, and psychologically, how will we get through this process with her? In this incident, it's not just that my mother was injured with a knife; the neighbors around, the children who witnessed the event, and other people around who didn't witness it—we have all been psychologically affected and wounded."