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Place of Birth: Artvin Province, Turkey
About Adnan Çolak
- Adnan Çolak (born 5 September 1952) is a Turkish serial killer and rapist known as "The Beast of Artvin" (Turkish: Artvin Canavari), the "Artvin Monster" and "The Axe Murderer".Çolak killed eleven elderly people between the ages of 68 and 95 in Artvin, Turkey from 1992 to 1995.
- Six were women whom he raped before murdering them.
- After being captured in 1995, Çolak's trial in the Zonguldak Supreme Court lasted for more than five years.
- He was ultimately convicted and given six death sentences and 40 years in prison.
- His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment when Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004.
- On 28 May 2005, he was released from prison under a Conditional Release arrangement known as the "Rahsan Amnesty".
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