September 5, 1967 - Adnan Çolak
His victims were elderly, and the violence was severe enough to earn him two regional nicknames that persisted in Turkish public memory for decades. Convicted of eleven murders and multiple rapes, Çolak received a death sentence that was later commuted — and was ultimately released on conditional terms after roughly two decades in custody.
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Adnan Çolak (born 5 September 1952) is a Turkish serial killer and rapist known as "Baltalı Katil" ("The Axe Murderer") or "Artvin Canavarı" ("The Beast of Artvin").
He murdered eleven elderly people, including six women, whom he raped. He was sentenced to death and 40 years in prison. His death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment. In 2005, he was released from prison on conditional release arrangement.
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