The neighborhood residents described the killer: On the day of the incident, he stopped by the bakery and asked, "How do I look? Is it good?"

Recently, an event that shook Turkey occurred in Fatih, Istanbul. On Friday at around 16:00, Semih Çelik (19), who worked as a butcher in Derviş Ali Neighborhood on Fevzipaşa Street, murdered İkbal Uzuner (19) and Ayşenur Halil (19) half an hour apart. Semih Çelik climbed onto the Edirnekapı walls, beheaded İkbal Uzuner, and threw her head down. Then, the suspect, who tied a rope around his neck, jumped off the walls and ended his life.

NEIGHBORS SPOKE

While the incident shocked Turkey, the murderer Semih Çelik's neighbors made striking statements. It was learned that Çelik, who previously lived in Fatih, moved to the second floor of a five-story building on a dead-end street in Eyüpsultan in 2018, never severed his ties to Fatih and spent his time in the place where he used to live.

"WE SAW HIS FACE FROM TIME TO TIME"

It was learned that the murderer, who had lived in the neighborhood for 6 years, did not chat with the barber, the real estate agent, or the only baker on the street. The neighborhood tradesmen said, "We saw his face from time to time, he wouldn't even greet us. He only came here to sleep at his house."

HE STOPPED BY THE BAKERY ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT

According to the neighbors, on the day of the incident, Semih Çelik, who left his house, stopped by the bakery across the street and showed his clothes, saying, "How do I look, is it good?" He then left.

HE SAID, "MY GIRLFRIEND WILL COME, WE WILL HAVE BREAKFAST"

According to a report in Hürriyet, a person who works as a real estate agent on Semih Çelik's street said, "Our neighborhood is like a village, everyone knows each other. However, we do not know him or his father. We saw him very rarely. We don't even know his mother; I think she stays in Ankara. On the day of the incident, he spoke with his father in the morning, telling him, 'My girlfriend will come, we will have breakfast.' His father then left the house. Later, we learned that the boy had killed two people. We heard he was a butcher, but we don't know where or anything else."