A Russian-born American documentary film maker and investigatigative journalist has been found dead in a car in Istanbul's Karaköy neighborhood.The 57-year old journalist
Andre Vltchek and his wife, Indira Vltchek, rented a car to travel to Istanbul from the Black Sea province of Samsun, where the Vltcheks spent some days.
Two drivers also accompanied them during the trip.
When they arrived at a hotel in Karaköy at 5:30 a:m, where the couple was planning to stay, Indira Vltchek tried to wake him up. But the journalist did not respond.
His wife and the drivers called the emergency services for help.The medical team, which arrived at the scene, pronounced Andre Vltchek dead. The police sealed off the street where the incident occurred while a crime scene investigation team searched the area.
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office immediately launched an investigation into the death, while his body was taken to a forensic medicine institution to be examined.
The police recorded the case as "suspicious death" and launched an investigation into the demise of the American journalist.
The car was towed to a parking lot of the police station for further investigation and his body was moved to a forensic morgue.
The wife and the two drivers are expected to give their statements regarding the incident.
Comment: Daily Sabah
reports:
Upon arriving at their hotel in Istanbul's Karaköy district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Indira tried to wake Vltchek who she presumed to be asleep, but he was unresponsive. An ambulance was called, and paramedics confirmed that Vltchek had died.
Vltchek, an investigative journalist who was born in Russia and became a naturalized U.S. citizen, worked as a reporter in conflict zones from Bosnia to East Timor for a long time. He also penned articles for Der Spiegel and The Guardian. He has been in Turkey for a while and gave an interview to the Aydınlık daily earlier this month.
Fox13
reports:
On his website, Vltchek described himself as a novelist, philosopher, filmmaker and investigative journalist as well as a "revolutionary, internationalist and globetrotter who fights against Western Imperialism and the Western regime imposed on the world."
He covered dozens of war zones and conflicts, including in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Rwanda and Syria, according to his website.
Vltchek authored numerous books, including "On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare" with linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky.
What a loss. You can find numerous in-depth articles exposing the dark underbelly of globalist corruption by Andres Vltchek using SOTT's search function in the top right corner. For example:
"Russia and China are hated because they are protecting humanity from Western terror" - Interview with Andre Vltchek
Comment: Daily Sabah reports: Fox13 reports: What a loss. You can find numerous in-depth articles exposing the dark underbelly of globalist corruption by Andres Vltchek using SOTT's search function in the top right corner. For example: "Russia and China are hated because they are protecting humanity from Western terror" - Interview with Andre Vltchek