12 October 2024
Harun Çalkın, brother of AKP Kars MP Adem Çalkın, carried out an armed attack against Muhammed Halitoğlu, editor-in-chief of a Kars-based news website, allegedly in response to news coverage critical of his brother. Halitoğlu and a bystander were injured in the attack. Harun Çalkın turned himself in to the police with his weapon. Both victims were treated at Kars Harakani State Hospital, and Halitoğlu underwent surgery after a bullet fractured a bone in his foot.