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304:Ömer Şeker: a fellow peddler, Şeker was targeted by Aksoy for insulting a Romanian woman, which personally offended him as his wife was one. He was lured to Aksoy's home, plied with alcohol and ultimately strangled with the nylon rope on January 16, 2001; however, unlike the previous victims, his body was dumped in a municipal garbage bin at a construction site in Fatih.
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Hakan Kaya: a friend of Aksoy. Suspecting that he had stolen some items from his apartment, in addition to sharing different political views, Aksoy invited Kaya over for a drink on
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for treatment. While residing there, he met and married a kindergarten teacher, whom later moved with him back to Turkey, taking on the name "Mine". During this period, Aksoy started working as a busboy at a restaurant and had two children, Esen and Esin. Eventually, he gave up his job and started
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after the first murder. Nonetheless, his most damning admission was his apparent liking for murder, lack of remorse and likeliness to reoffend if released. Despite this, his family members refused to believe that he was guilty, stating that he was incapable of doing such vile acts.
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Turgut Erkan: actor and acquaintance of Aksoy. Fearing that he was suspicious over the disappearance of his friend Hakan, Aksoy invited him over for a drink on
November 30. Once Erkan was drunk enough, Aksoy strangled him as well, before he put his body in a box and dumping it in
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militants. However, when Yeşilyayla was positively identified, police, who noticed that his phone was missing, kept tabs on the phone's tracking data, eventually getting a signal from Bursa. As a result, Orhan Aksoy was swiftly arrested there on
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