11.11.2026 18:23
A theft suspect who wanted to enter a building evacuated under urban transformation in Güngören, Istanbul, climbed the wall when he saw a guard at the entrance. The suspect, stuck in an apartment window, hung there for about 1 hour; he was lowered from a height of 3 meters with a fire brigade ladder and taken into custody. Those moments were captured with a mobile phone camera.
The suspect, who was stranded in the window of the apartment he was trying to enter in Güngören for the purpose of theft, was rescued by fire crews and handed over to the police. Those around filmed the moments when the suspect was stranded in the apartment window with a mobile phone camera.
HE CLIMBED THE WALL WHEN HE SAW THE GUARD
The incident occurred in the morning hours on Damla Street in Gençosman Neighborhood. The suspect, who came in front of a 5-story building that was learned to have been evacuated within the scope of urban transformation, noticed that there was a guard at the building entrance. Thereupon, he tried to enter through the apartment window by holding onto the wall of the ground-floor business and stepping on the cables. However, the suspect got stuck in the window he climbed. The suspect, who could neither enter nor go down, remained hanging where he was.
HE WAS STRANDED FOR 1 HOUR
Neighborhood residents who saw the suspect stranded in the window immediately reported the situation to police, fire, and medical teams. The suspect, who also had an argument with nearby citizens, was rescued from a height of about 3 meters with the help of a fire ladder. The suspect was detained by police teams at the scene and taken to the police station.
HE COULDN'T JUMP FROM 2 METERS BECAUSE OF HIS FEAR OF HEIGHTS
Aysel Hamarat, one of the neighborhood residents who described the incident, said, "The thief had broken the door lock and entered. When he saw that there were people, he came out. He tried to climb up from here. He hung there for 1 hour. Then the police, fire department, and ambulance came. They brought the person down. He said, 'I was going to steal cables or something,' but I don't know. The police took the person away."
Another neighborhood resident, Vedat Sümer, said, "It was in the morning hours; our neighbor saw the thief hanging in the window. Stealing cables in broad daylight is very unreasonable and illogical. Because he had a fear of heights, he couldn't jump from 2 meters. The police and fire crews came, brought him down, and took him away."