Statement from Alaattin Çakıcı: 'I am very saddened'

Alaattin Çakıcı, who issued a statement regarding Kemal Çağlar Temel, who was shot and killed in Üsküdar, Istanbul, on Tuesday, September 10, said, "I am very saddened by his passing. I have known him for three years. He would always come to visit me."

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Kemal Çağlar Temel, known for his close ties to organized crime leader Alaattin Çakıcı, lost his life after being subjected to an armed attack yesterday morning.

The incident occurred on September 10 at around 11:00 AM in front of a cosmetics store on Burhaniye Abdullahağa Street in the Burhaniye Neighborhood. According to eyewitness accounts, Temel was subjected to an armed attack by an assailant wearing a surgical mask on the street as he arrived at his workplace on his motorcycle. Temel, who was shot in the head, lost his life.

'I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR 3 YEARS'

Alaattin Çakıcı stated in a post on his social media account, "I am very saddened by the passing of Kemal Çağlar TEMEL, who was killed in front of his workplace today. I have known him for three years. He would always come to visit me. There was no kinship or any business relationship between us. May God have mercy on him. Respectfully submitted to the public."