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in 1982, and by the time of his first arrest, he was still a high school student. At age 14, he killed the son of a wealthy family whom he believed was molesting his sister. For this crime, he was sent to prison but released after four years, whereupon he started working various odd jobs to support
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Due to the fact that the seven murders were committed in six different jurisdictions, it was decided that Bekçe and
Karahasan would be tried separately in each city for the respective killing in six trials that lasted from 2007 to 2011. A third defendant, Celal Okumuş, was acquitted due to lack of
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October 2006. The first known spree killers in the country's history, the pair were jointly convicted of the killings in 2011 and given five
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The pair crossed paths sometime in 2006, with both in the midst of a drug addiction. After finding out that they both had criminal records, Bekçe and
Karahasan decided to team up and started committing crimes together.
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The Adana Police
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in 1977. He dropped out of secondary school and started committing crimes at age 17. By the time he and
Karahasan met, Bekçe had amassed 18 criminal convictions for crimes such as assault, extortion and theft.
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Karahasan was given 55 years and 6 months imprisonment.
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260:[4th life sentence for serial killer Yiğit Bekçe].
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375:Turkish prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
51:The older of the pair, Yiğit Bekçe, was born in
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258:"Seri katil Yiğit Bekçe'ye 4'üncü müebbet"
206:[Turkey's first 'spree' killers].
172:""Seri katile" ağırlaştırılmış müebbet"
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202:Ezgi Başaran (October 24, 2010).
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149:List of rampage killers in Asia
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16:Turkish spree killers
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335:Mass murder in 2006
28:The Highway Killers
350:People from Gemlik
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117:Gölbaşı
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