[1][2] He stabbed his uncle Celal Kaya to death while working at his real estate office in Alanya in 1997.
[1][2][3] Kaya was transferred to a psychiatric hospital, from where he was released due to a report attesting him as having claustrophobia.
[1] Kaya killed two wardens of Alanya prison, Kemal Aksakal and Hasan Askeroğlu, by stabbing them in the street.
[1][2][3][5][6][7] Following this crime, Kaya was nicknamed "The Babyface Killer" (Turkish: Bebek yüzlü katil).
[1] A long "death list" was found on him, which included the names of notable businessmen and people he claims abused him during his childhood.
[1][2][8][9] During visitation hours at 10:30 local time on Sunday, he apparently walked out of Gaziantep Prison with the crowd of visitors.
[1][8] Kaya is considered by the authorities to be extremely dangerous, and both police and gendarmerie forces launched an extensive manhunt for his capture.