31.10.2025 11:32
While riding his motorcycle in Beyoğlu, Spanish YouTuber Javier Ros Del Valle was confronted and assaulted. Valle recounted the terrifying moments he experienced, saying, "I saw seven people running after me. I was almost running over two of them. It was the worst 10 minutes of my life; I thought they were going to come for me, and I was lucky they didn't come inside. They didn't steal anything from me."
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On June 14, Saturday, terrifying moments were experienced in the Tarlabaşı Bülbül neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul. According to the information obtained, Spanish YouTuber Javier Ros Del Valle (28), who was riding a motorcycle with a friend in the neighborhood, entered a street in Tarlabaşı. The tourist was stopped by a person on the street. The Spanish tourist was confronted with, 'Why are you filming, don't misunderstand?' Responding in English with 'What,' the tourist then began to drive away on his motorcycle. Another person, seeing the tourist leave, threw a water bottle at him from behind. While the tourist was moving down the street, a suspect who got on a motorcycle began to follow him.
THE SPANISH YOUTUBER WAS ASSAULTED The tourist, who said 'I'm sorry, brother' in English to the motorcyclist, had to stop due to a van blocking the road. The person who stopped in front of the tourist on the motorcycle prevented him from moving by saying, 'No problem.' When the suspects who came from behind attacked, the tourist began to flee on his motorcycle. The tourist, who went up onto the sidewalk with his motorcycle, fell to the ground as the suspects attacked him from behind. The tourist, who was injured on his knee, ran away after grabbing his mobile phone. His friend was also assaulted by the suspects.
THE SUSPECTS WERE CAPTURED After the incident, the Beyoğlu Public Security Bureau patrol teams caught two suspects trying to escape after assaulting the tourist. N.A. (17) and Sinan Çağrı B. (24), who were detained, were taken to the police station. Legal action was taken against the two suspects for the crime of 'intentional injury.' After their procedures at the police station, Sinan Çağrı B. was released by the prosecutor's decision, while N.A. was handed over to the Child Protection Agency. It was revealed that N.A. had 25 previous police records, while Sinan Çağrı B. had 7.
"I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND 7 PEOPLE WERE RUNNING AFTER ME" Spanish YouTuber Javier Ros Del Valle made statements regarding the incident. Valle said, "What happened in the video where they tried to rob me in Istanbul was as follows. I was riding my motorcycle alone on the street, and I had a camera on my helmet. In one of the streets, a man noticed that I was recording and tried to stop me. When I saw that he was trying to take the camera from me, I accelerated. As I was leaving, a friend threw a water bottle at me, and the bottle hit my leg. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw 7 people running after me; one on a motorcycle, the others on foot. I'm not very good at riding a motorcycle, and I had little control. There were bumps, and I was afraid of falling. I wasn't going very fast, and in the end, he managed to catch me. I don't speak English, and all I could say was 'I'm sorry, brothers.'
"THEY GRABBED MY SHIRT AND STARTED PUNCHING ME" Valle continued his statement, "I managed to accelerate on a flat road and thought I could escape; but then I encountered a truck that was stopped in the middle of the road. I couldn't get past it, so the man went in front of me on the motorcycle, which is why I couldn't get out. Suddenly, the rearview mirror showed all the men running towards me. I accelerated, went up onto the sidewalk, and just as I was coming up, one grabbed the motorcycle, and I lost control. I was almost running over 2 people, then they knocked me off the motorcycle. When they pulled me, they grabbed me by the back of my shirt and started punching me. All I could do was try to escape from them. I saw a man with his hand in his pocket. I got scared, so I found an opening and ran away. I was entering a mosque, and I didn't even realize it. I tried to open all the doors to escape, but everywhere was locked, and I felt cornered. So I hid behind a wall, stopped the recording, took out the memory card, put it in my back pocket, and started thinking there."
"IT WAS THE WORST 10 MINUTES OF MY LIFE" YouTuber Javier Ros Del Valle said, "If something happens to me, I thought they would rob me or do something, at least I would have proof of what happened. It was the worst 10 minutes of my life; I thought they would come to get me, I was lucky they didn't come inside, then I saw a man in the corridor and went to ask for help, I was talking to him with a translator, the man was very kind. He allowed me to use his house to hide, so we left from there, and when we went outside, I saw that the men were gone. He walked with me to my house, and the 2 people I was almost going to run over helped me get back on the motorcycle. They were also very kind to me, and the first thing I did was thank them and run away. I entered a busy street, my travel insurance told me to go to a nearby hospital. I went there, they did tests because my ribs were hurting a lot from the blows, and just in case, they did a few tests and checked everything, I was fine."
"THEY DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING FROM ME" Valle said, "The motorcycle was fine, and they didn't steal anything from me. Thank you very much for your supportive messages. I will upload a video soon explaining everything that happened. I spoke personally with the attackers inside the police station and about other things, but I don't have time to dedicate to this. I will tell you all about it soon."
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