A BRITISH national was allegedly tortured to death after being lured to meet a teenage girl in Turkey in a “honey trap” murder plot.
Murat Arpapay was tied to a chair and killed with a lethal injection after falling for a 19-year-old, police believe.
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CCTV showed victim Murat Arpapay entering a building with suspect Muhterem PercikliCredit: Newsflash
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Percikli, 19, is one of five suspects named by Turkish police investigating the killingCredit: Newsflash
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Murat Arpapay had lived in England for many years before moving to TurkeyCredit: Newsflash
The 57-year-old was receiving funds from family in England – having moved overseas after making new friends online from Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul.
But neighbours in his new home city raised the alert with police after a body was found in the ventilation shaft of an apartment block.
Officers identified 57-year-old Mr Arpapay, who had worked as a translator, and deemed the death suspicious – though found no signs of knife or gunshot wounds.
It was then ruled that he died from an injection after an autopsy at the Sirinevler Forsenic Medicine Institute, local reports say.
And officers trawling through security CCTV footage saw how he had arrived at the apartment building alongside his reported girlfriend, 19-year-old Muhterem Percikli.
She has since been arrested by police, who also named three more accomplices said to have entered the apartment shortly after the couple – Serpil Demir, Dogan Sariyildiz and Fatih Erginoglu.
A fifth was later identified as Ersen Basak.
Local reports suggest the suspects have told police Mr Arpapay had lived in England for many years, funded by family.
He was said to initially be in touch on social media with Basak before face-to-face meetings ahead of Mr Arpapay’s move to Turkey.
Basak allegedly devised a plan to steal money he learnt the victim kept at his new home and sought help from Percikli and friend Demir.
Those two were primed to visit a cafe owned by Basak to meet Mr Alpapay, which led to him and Percikli becoming friends then lovers.
Percikli is believed to have met him at the apartment on the day of the death, where Demir, Sariyildiz and Erginoglu allegedly tied his hands and used a needle to inject a chemical substance into his body.
The killers left the scene after placing Mr Alpapay’s body in the block’s ventilation shaft.
Basak is accused of then entering the apartment, stealing cash and fleeing to Georgia while Sariyildiz and Erginoglu travelled to Cyprus.
The two women Percikli and Demir have been arrested and remain in custody as investigations continue.
Mr Arpapay’s Facebook page suggests he studied at Newcastle College.
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