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March 14, 2025

KARMA IN ACTION: HALIS DIN ARRESTED

 


As I have just informed, MERKUR HOLDING co-owner Halis Din was arrested yesterday at his home. Halis was sent to prison after a court hearing.


Turkish portal AIRPORTHABER does not report the charges that put Halis Din behind bars. However, according to my source, he was charged with several charges at once, including death threats (how familiar this is to me), illegal gambling, and debt problems (where can he go without them).


If you want to know if I feel avenged for all the trumped up charges he made against me, knowing full well they were lies (he admitted this to our mutual acquaintances), and for his death threats, I'll tell you that I only partially do.

 

I was going to put him behind bars personally. But the lawyer in Turkey, with whom I started working, was hospitalized with a heart attack. So I haven't been able to file a statement in a month. Well, maybe my statement and the evidence against Halis Din will become an additional evidence in an already open criminal case.


First one out! The rest of you, get ready!

 

Artem Degtiarov, Chief editor at BLACKLIST.AERO

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