An Eminem T-Shirt sparked a deadly fight in Istanbul, Turkey’s Kucukcekmece district yesterday.Vendor Hayrettin Demir was hawking the T-Shirts, shouting Eminem, which 19-year-old Dilaver Akkurt took as an insult to his mother.
Akkurt told Demir that his mothers name was Emine.
“Eminem” means “my Emine” in Turkish.A knife fight broke out between the two men and Demir died of multiple stab wounds at the scene of the fight.Police have detained Akkurt, who was being treated for stab wounds at a local hospital.They are searching for a friend, who they believe was the actual killer and is still at large.
