Ayhan Kartal | |
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Born | Ayhan Körniş 1966 |
Died | March 13, 2000
Manisa, Turkey | (aged 34)
Cause of death | Stabbed to death |
Nationality | Turkish |
Other names | "The Beast of Izmir" |
Criminal charge | Rape and murder |
Details | |
Victims | Two boys |
Ayhan Kartal (born Ayhan Korniş; 1966 – March 13, 2000) was a Turkish rapist and child killer. He was stabbed to death by his roommates in a mental hospital.
On April 20, 1985, Ayhan Korniş killed the 13-year-old Armağan Kayadipli by strangling him after he raped him in the İkiçeşmelik quarter of Kemeraltı district in Izmir. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He was placed in a mental hospital in Bakırköy, Istanbul, [5] and was released following about one-year long psychiatric treatment. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] He changed his surname from Korniş to Kartal. [1] [4]
On September 23, 1989, Kartal raped and killed the 9-year-old boy Barış Kurt in Şirinyer, Izmir. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He was apprehended while he was hiding in a chest at his home at Pınarbaşı, Bornova in Izmir. [1] [2] [4]
In 1992, Kartal was transferred to Manisa Psychiatric Hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of his mental disorder. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He escaped from the hospital on October 14, 1993, but was apprehended after a while in Izmir, and brought back to the hospital. [1] [4] He confessed to the authorities that "he feels himself close to children, and he can have intercourse with children only". [1] [2] [4] He was nicknamed "The Beast of Izmir" ( Turkish: İzmir Canavarı). [1]
In the mental hospital, Kartal was afraid of the serial killer Süleyman Aktaş, nicknamed "The Nailing Killer" ( Turkish: Çivici katil), with whom he shared the same ward. [6] After a while, he was relocated to another ward following his request. [6] In the night of March 13, 2000, Kartal was stabbed once in the throat and three times in the stomach by his two roommates, [5] the serial killer Ali Kaya (23), nicknamed "The Babyface Killer", [7] and Tayfun Şahin (32), in the 17-people hospital ward. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] The physician on duty found him with wounds in blood, and arranged his transfer to an emergency station after persuading and passivating the two offenders. [1] Kartal died underway. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]