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According to Yıldır Yapıcıoğlu, Yavuz confessed to other killings to him. He said he knew of three more unsolved murders in
Istanbul, three in Adana, and two in Ankara, as well as the killing of a soldier. According to his brother, Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu, who was nicknamed "The Screwdriver Killer", has killed more than forty people, of whom only 18 were identified. He is believed to be the serial killer with the highest known victim count in Turkey.
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He married, but the marriage lasted only a brief time. He played football on his school's team and later for an amateur league club. He started a business in the leather trade but was unsuccessful. Sometime before 1994, he joined a religious cult in Merter, Istanbul. Since he had no income, he lived
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Immediately after his arrest, his brother Yıldır Yapıcıoğlu stated in an interview with a newspaper that Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu is responsible also for the unsolved so-called Avcılar murders. He added that his brother had assaulted and raped women because he hated women due to his unsuccessful marriage.
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