ISTANBUL TO FIND MISSING TOURIST POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER mobilized

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

Istanbul police are now looking into all MOBESE city surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the city where U.S. tourist Sarai Sierra went missing over a week ago in Istanbul. A thirty-three-year-old American mother

of two, Sarai Sierra, went missing in Istanbul's Beyoglu district, nine days ago. Sierra was a photographer and Traveled to Istanbul alone with the intentions of each of honing the craft.

Sierra's husband says he spoke with his wife on January 21st and on arrival I was expecting each of the following day. The FBI has now joined forces with the Istanbul police department in a search that has taken on a whole new fervor. Sierra's passport and luggage was left

in the room she was staying, which has led to the Assumption that she planned on returning to the room momentarily. Police are looking into each telephone records as well as the photographs she had taken during each stay and are now investigating all camera footage

from MOBESE may she have cameras located in any potential areas gonenear the location she was staying. Sierra was last seen on January 20th, and was caught on MOBESE cameras at two different instances during the day. Sierra's was staying at building number

20 on Kömürcü Zein Omar Khayyam Street, which is located off of the larger avenue.Analyzing Police are now located in the vicinity of the footage captured from every camera.

Police have also questioned A. Yigit, a Knowledge Sierra University student who stayed in the room rented out for 13 days. "She paid for 15 days accommodation in advance. Every passport, telephone charger and clothes are in her room and she was staying there on her own. She was last seen around January 20th," explains Yigit A.

Sierra's husband and brother arrived to Istanbul on Monday afternoon to assist in the Investigation. According to the information Obtained, Sierra arrived to Turkey on January 12th and then departed for Holland on January 15th.Sierra returned to Turkey on January 19th.

LAST SPOKE WITH HER HUSBAND ON JANUARY 21ST SARIA

Saria's husband, Steven, Sierra and her brother David arrived to Istanbul yesterday. Speaking to the press, upon their arrival at Ataturk Airport, Steven said, "We spoke on the phone on January 21st. She was scheduled to return to the United States of the following day, January 22nd. She was excited to return. She has gone missing in Istanbul and I am hoping to find somewhere to each. "

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

Missing New York mother Sarai Sierra found 'stabbed to death' in Turkey

• Sarai Sierra, 33, a photographer and mother of two, took trip to Turkey on her own
• Failed to board flight from Istanbul to Newark International 11 days ago
• Last person in contact with her has been detained after questioning by police
• Police say mother has activated her phone twice in last two days and Skype call was placed on Wednesday

Questioning: Police have detained a man who planned to meet missing mother Sarai Sierra the day she disappeared in Istanbul

A missing New York City woman has been found stabbed to death in Istanbul.

Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. She was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due back home.

The Anadolu Agency says residents discovered the body of a woman near some ancient city walls in a low-income district and that police later identified it as Sierra's.

In its report, the private NTV news channel said Sierra was stabbed to death. It said police identified her through her driver license.

It comes after police in Istanbul detained and released a man who was one of the last in contact with the missing mother Sarai Sierra who vanished the same day she planned to meet up with him.

The man only identified as 'Taylan' on social media sites was taken into police custody after questioning on the disappearance of the 33-year-old mother of two who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul.

Sierra was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to start her journey back home to Staten Island as well as the day she planned to meet up with 'Taylan,' according to their online communications.

A police official refused to identify him or provide further details on the arrest. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government rules that bar civil servants from speaking to reporters without authorization.

Sierra is said to have made a call on her phone using Skype on January 30, and have activated it once more again on Thursday.

Police say four more Turkish citizens are sought for questioning by police after also communicating with her through various social media sites.
Turkish news reports said Sierra had arranged to meet her contact, 'Taylan,' on Galata Bridge she wanted to photograph the day she went missing. Previous reports claimed the planned to meet on the 20th.

No trace: Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two young sons, set off for Istanbul January 7 and has since vanished. Her family last heard from her January 21 and she failed to catch her flight home

It was about a mile from Sierra's hostel, Dogan news agency reported but it's not known if the meeting had actually taken place.

RETRACING SARAI SIERRA'S STEPS

January 7:

Sarai Sierra left the U.S. for Istanbul

January 15:

Sierra traveled to Amsterdam

January 16:

Sierra traveled to Munich

January 19:

Sierra returned to Istanbul

January 20:

Owner of house she was staying at claims to have last seen her

January 21:

Mother was scheduled to board plane back to U.S.

Sierra's family say they last heard from her
Contact with 'Taylan' shows she planned to meet him on Galata Bridge

January 22:

Sierra's plane landed in Newark, New Jersey without her

January 30:

A Skype call was placed on her American cell phone

January 31:

Sierra's cell phone was activated again


'We did not meet that day, but we had met before,' Taylan told police while adding that it was four months ago that they met for the first time online, Turkish paper the daily Hürriyet reports.

Authorities are now scouring security camera images near to the bridge to see if the meeting did in fact take place, the news agency said.

Sierra left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Munich, Germany. Sierra had planned to go on the trip with a friend, but went alone when the friend couldn't make it.
Her family last heard from her on Jan. 21, when she was supposed to start her journey home, but she never checked into her flight.

Sierra's husband, Steven, and brother, David Jimenez, traveled to Istanbul to help in the search. Sierra's children are 9 and 11.
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm confirmed to Staten Island Livethat police in Turkey were searching for her online contact but he did not know their relationship or if they had met.

'There's nothing remarkable about their conversation, but the fact that he's the last person she had any contact with makes him a person of interest,' Grimm said. 'That's a solid lead that needs to be followed up on.'

He added that he spoke with Sierra's husband Steven on Tuesday, and that the man was meeting with local authorities and had provided them with passwords to her social media sites.
Her husband said Sierra was in constant contact with him throughout the trip and knew she had travelled outside Turkey.

Investigation: A Turkish security official leaves the hostel with Sierra's belongings on Tuesday

Search: Members of the Istanbul-based Association For Families With Lost Relatives hand out flyers with photos of Sierra, and other missing family members, in Istanbul on Thursday

'These are things she made me well aware of,' he told Staten Island Live before leaving for Istanbul. 'She kept me 100 percent updated.'
Turkey's Dogan news agency said police had learned that Sierra had travelled to Amsterdam on January 15 and then on to Munich on January 16, before returning to Istanbul on January 19.

Her husband continued: 'Every day while she was there she pretty much kept in contact with us, letting us know what she was up to, where she was going, whether it be through texting or whether it be through video chat, she was touching base with us.'
On Tuesday, Turkish police released security camera footage showing the missing mother at a mall near her hostel hours before she disappeared.

Apart: Sarai's husband Steven, pictured, said she had told him about her trips to other countries

Sierra can be seen eating lunch and walking through the mall on January 20 - a day before she was supposed to catch a flight back home - according to local reports.

Sarai was supposed to land in the U.S. on January 22, but she never arrived. Airline staff at Newark Airport told her husband she had never boarded her flight.
Her two sons have not been told their mother is missing.

A police official said authorities have been reviewing footage from around Istanbul's Taksim neighborhood - the city's main hub where she was staying at a hostel.
Several police teams have also been dispatched to surrounding neighborhoods to find possible clues and witnesses, the official said.

Last images: Sarai Sierra, a New York mother missing in Turkey, is seen on CCTV before she disappeared

Spotted: The footage from inside a mall close to her hostel shows her eating lunch in the cafeteria






He spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government rules that bar civil servants from speaking to reporters without prior authorization.
Before she went missing, the mother-of-two told family members that she planned to take some photographs at Galata Bridge, a well-known tourist destination about a mile away from Taksim that spans the Golden Horn waterway.

Her husband, Steven Sierra, waited for hours at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on the 22nd to pick her up. Airline attendants in Turkey said that his wife did not show up for the flight.
Her belongings, including her passport, phone, phone chargers, and medical cards, were found in her room at a hostel in Beyoglu, Turkey. An official said authorities were therefore not able to track her by her cell phone.

Mother: Sarai is pictured with her two sons, who are now 9 and 11. They do not know their mother is missing

The hostel’s owner told Turkish authorities that he had last seen her last on Sunday night.
The heartbroken husband said that he's been married to her for more than 14 years after meeting her at a church youth group, adding

that his love for her is ‘deeper than it is for any individual'.
He told WABC: ‘You have so many thoughts going through your mind, you don’t know what to think, you don’t know what to believe, you don’t know what to expect, you don’t know what will come out of this.'

Mystery: A view of the street with the hostel, in yellow, where Sarai Sierra, a New York City woman, left all her possessions before she disappeared

Skyline: Mrs Sierra posted a series of pictures from Turkey on her Instagram account, including this one of Isanbul



Crime in Turkey is generally low and Istanbul is a relatively safe city for travelers, though there are areas where women would be advised to avoid going alone at night.
The Galata and the nearby Galata Bridge areas have been gentrified and are home to fish restaurants, cafes and boutiques.


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A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead yesterday Saturday February 2nd, and police were questioning 11 people in connection with the case, Turkey's state-run news agency said.

Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to fly home. Her disappearance attracted a lot of interest in Turkey, where the disappearance of tourists is rare, andIstanbul police had set up a special unit to find her.

The state-run Anadolu Agency said the body of a woman was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants of ancient city walls and that police later identified it as Sierra's.


The agency said she was found with a head wound and a blanket near her body. She was wearing jeans, a jumper and a jacket, and still had her earrings and a bracelet.


Police reached by The Associated Press refused to comment on the case.


Sierra, whose children are 9 and 11, had left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Munich, Germany. She had originally planned to travel with a friend, but ended up traveling alone when her friend canceled.


She was in regular contact with friends and relatives, and was last in touch with her family on Jan. 21, the day she was due back in New York. She told them she would visit Galata Bridge, which spans Istanbul's Golden Horn waterway, to take photos.


The body was found not far from the bridge and near a major road that runs alongside the sea of Marmara. Here tourists often photograph dozens of tankers waiting to access the Bosporus strait.
On Saturday, police stopped traffic there as forensic police inspected the area.

Anadolu suggested Sierra may have been killed at another location and that her body may have been brought to the site to be hidden there.

At least 11 people were being questioned in Istanbul, Anadolu said, and a police official at the site told journalists that two of them were women. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters about the case. Earlier, Anadolu had said nine people were detained.

It was not clear if a Turkish man Sierra had exchanged emails with during her stay in Istanbul was among those being questioned. He was detained for questioning Friday, then released. Turkish news reports said Sierra had arranged to meet the man on Galata Bridge, but he reportedly told police the meeting never took place.

Shortly after her body was discovered, a woman came forward and told police she had seen a white car parked near the city walls as she was driving there the night of Jan. 29, Anadolu reported. She said a man was trying to remove "something" from the car.

"At that moment, I noticed a woman's hand," Anadolu quoted the woman as telling reporters after talking with police. The agency said she declined to give her name.

Sierra's husband, Steven, and her brother, David Jimenez, traveled to Istanbul to help search for her. Sierra's mother, Betzaida Jimenez, said Saturday that she couldn't talk about the case when reached in New York.


Shortly after Sierra was reported missing, Turkey set up a special police unit which scanned hours of security camera footage in downtown Istanbul in search of clues. A Turkish missing persons association joined the search, handing out flyers with photos of Sierra and urging anyone with information to call police.


While break-ins and petty thievery are common in Istanbul, the vast and crowded city is considered relatively safe compared to other major urban centers. Sierra's death was unlikely to have a significant impact on tourism, a large component of the Turkish economy.


In 2008, an Italian artist, Pippa Bacca, was raped and killed while hitchhiking to Israel wearing a wedding dress to plead for peace. Her naked body was found in a forest in northwest Turkey. A Turkish man was sentenced to life in prison for the attack.

Source: Associated Press

 

[BHULULU]

Inasikitisha kwa kweli nilikuwa na mpango wa kwenda kutembea huko naona nitaahirisha.

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

Mkuu.@BHULULU unaogopa na wewe kuchinjwa nenda tu Turkey utakiona cha mtema kuni watakuchinja tu wakule nyama waturuki.

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

POLICE FIND BODY OF MISSING AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER

Turkish police believe they have found the body of an American tourist reported missing in Istanbul 12 days ago, a police official said on Saturday.

Sarai Sierra, 33, a mother of two, aged 9 and 11, from New York City, had been travelling alone and was reported missing on January 21. She was supposed to fly home that day which was the last day she spoke with her husband. The police investigation has revealed that Sierra made plans to meet with a friend named Taylan to take photographs on the day she went missing. When Taylan never showed, Sierra was seen on city surveillance cameras crossing over the Galata Bridge on her own until she got lost in the crowds in Eminönü. Taylan was questioned, and then subsequently released by police.
A body believed to belong to Sarai Sierra was discovered in the ruins of the old city wall by residents of theSarayburnu neighborhood and police say that Sierra's driving license was found on the body.

"(We are) 70 to 80 percent sure the body belongs to her but this is not absolutely certain," an Istanbul police official stated, adding more tests needed to be completed. Police are also investigating the possibility that Sierra had been killed elsewhere and her body moved to Sarayburnu. "Investigations are still continuing and police officials are still in the field," a second police official said.
Meanwhile, a woman told police that she saw a man carrying a body inside a blanket from an older model white car. The woman said that she saw a female hand come out of the blanket. The fact that Sierra's body was found near a blanket has added to the suspicion her body may have been brought to the site.
Istanbul Chief of Police Hüseyin Çapkın has confirmed that a head wound was the cause of death of the American photographer.
Thirteen suspects, including two women, have been detained in connection to the case.



A Turkish national known as Taylan made plans to meet up with Sarai Sierra, the missing 33-year-old American, on the last day she was seen, yet failed to show up. When Taylan never showed, it appears Sierra may have wandered into Eminönü after crossing over the Galata Bridge.

The 33-year-old American mother of two children, 9 and 11, Sarai Sierra has been missing for 13 days. Police, who have been going through surveillance camera footage, have found the most recent imagery depicting the missing American on Galata Bridge.
On January 21st, Sierra made plans with a Turkish national by the name of Taylan to tour the Sultanahmet area. When Taylan failed to arrive to their scheduled meeting at the Galata Tower, Sierra left the area on her own and footage shows her heading from the Galata

Bridge and blending into the crowds in Eminönü, after which she has not been seen.
Police have questioned Taylan, a 34-year-old university graduate, who states, "We met four months ago on the photograph-sharing website 'Instagram.' We met up in Beyoğlu on the 13th and 20th of January. We then made plans to meet at the Galata Tower. However,

I went to sleep late the night before and was unable to wake up. She called me, but I missed the call because I was sleeping. I called her later but I was unable to reach her. There was never any emotional connection between us. We were not romantically involved, we were friends." he said. Police also found out that Taylan, who was subsequently released, had made plans to meet with Sierra at the Galata Tower and to take photographs in Sultanahmet.

City surveillance cameras (MOBESE) show footage of Sierra waiting on the Galata Bridge for awhile on Monday January 21st and then heading out on her own to take photographs. The last footage obtained shows Sierra crossing over Galata Bridge and heading into the crowds in Eminönü. Police are rigorously working on trying to determine which direction Sierra continued in.

INSTAGRAM MESSAGE: I AM HERE FOR PLEASURE
After posting a photograph taken on the Galata Bridge, "Sarai Sierra responded to a friend's comment asking if she was there for business or pleasure, by stating that she was here for pleasure.
On her Instagram profile, Sierra also thanks another user by the name of "tyloo" for liking a photograph she took in Istanbul. Speculation is that the "tylloo "account may have belonged to Taylan, however the user has since cancelled their account on Instagram

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Atakuwa ni CIA agent alikuwa kwenye mission, target ikashtukia ikaturn back againt her. RIP agent sierra