12.09.2025 16:42
In Başakşehir, during a dispute over a debt issue, businessman Hakan Selçuk Candar shot Erdal Özlek and then committed suicide. It was learned that the two individuals were involved in the cheese business and had a debt issue amounting to approximately 80 million Turkish lira between them.
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A dispute over a debt in Başakşehir, Istanbul, ended in bloodshed. Two businessmen lost their lives.
The incident occurred at the Istanbul Wholesale Food Market on Muratdere Street in Şahintepe Neighborhood. Erdal Özlek (44) went to the workplace of businessman Hakan Selçuk Candar (58) to discuss the debt disagreement. Shortly after, when gunshots were heard from inside, police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene.
TWO PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES
During the investigation at the workplace, it was determined that two people had been shot and killed. As a result of the investigations, it was established that Candar shot Özlek and then committed suicide with the same weapon.
80 MILLION LIRA DEBT
It was learned that the two deceased individuals were engaged in cheese trading and had a debt issue of approximately 80 million lira between them. The bodies were taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution for autopsy.
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