Kasımpaşa Canavarı

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> "*After recovering from the first attack, I shined the flashlight, in my hand, at the monster's eyes. There was a strange sparkle in his deep blue eyes. I've never seen anything like this before. I could only say 'Don't'. The monster suddenly disappeared in the darkness.*"
> -Zekeriya Galipçi, last and only surviving victim of the Kasımpaşa Monster
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## Kasımpaşa Canavarı

### Goals

Kill Zekeriya Galipçi (failed)
Kill four men and evade justice (succeeded)

### Crimes

Serial murder
Attempted murder
Torture
Fearmongering
Evading justice
Kidnapping (possibly)

### Type of Villain

Unidentified Serial Killer

**Kasımpaşa Canavarı** (The Kasımpaşa Monster) is the moniker for an unidentified Turkish serial killer who murdered 4 men in İstanbul's Kasımpaşa district between September and October 1976. After his attempt to kill taxi driver, Zekeriya Galipçi, on 4 November 1976, he never seen again.

## Murders

On 4 September 1976, the construction worker, Ali Bakırcı, who is sleeping at the construction at the nights, was found dead in the morning. His head was beaten with an iron and lime poured on his face. Police found no significant evidence and the murder did not attract much attention.

On 20 September 1976, the watermelon seller, Osman Periz, was found dead next to his watermelon stand, under a blanket, with his head beated with an iron. Police believed that the killer was the one who put the blanket on him. The case started to gain attention countrywide. Kasımpaşa citizens reacted with fear and panic and the case became the top priority of the police. With that murder, newspaper started to call him 'The Kasımpaşa Monster'.

On 29 September 1976, Hasan Kaya, a night watchman of a construction, found dead with his head beated with an iron.

On 10 October 1976, 20 year-old button workshop worker Veli Özel, who had been missing since 7 September 1976, found dead in Kasımpaşa beach. His face was beated with an iron. The fact that 'The Kasımpaşa Monster' killed a young person this time, caused a great reaction. While the police increased their investigations, citizens began to keep watch on the streets at nights. Many believes that the killer did not showed up for a month because of the citizens, who started to patrol the neighborhood at nights.

On 4 November 1976, taxi driver Zekeriya Galipçi heared a voice while he was changing his taxi's flat tire. When he turned around, he saw a man holding an iron in his hands. He shined the light of the flashlight in his hand to the man's eyes and said, "*Don't*.". 'The Kaşımpasa Monster' gave up on killing him and was never seen again. Galipçi described those moments as follows: "*After recovering from the first attack, I shined the flashlight, in my hand, to the monster's eyes. There was a strange sparkle in his deep blue eyes. I've never seen anything like this before. I could only say 'Don't'. The monster suddenly disappeared in the darkness."*

## Aftermath

The Kasımpaşa Monster was fictionalized in many Turkish movies, books and referenced in one of the Turkish translations of "*The Adventures of Tintin"* comics.

Kasımpaşa Monster is the first unidentified serial killer in Turkey. Second is the 'Severed leg killer' who is also committed their murders in İstanbul.