We witnessed horrific murders that took their place in the pages of history. Now we will talk about Knife Petri, who spread fear in the Ottoman lands and committed murders by following people like a shadow at night.
Petri, who had his hands in blood when he was just a child, People’s nightmare in Galata it had become. Moreover, he committed all the murders with the knife in his hand.
The first murder he committed at the age of 13, It would not be Petri’s last murder. Be prepared to hear frightening stories from the Ottoman period that are just as scary as today!
The story of Bıçakçı Petri, a dark figure in Ottoman history, is chilling.
The leading actor in the murders that left their mark on the 19th century Petri’s life, started on Ayamavra Island. There are no sources that give us any full story about his childhood, so we have limited information about him.
Petri, who lost his parents when he was a childHe started working in a fisherman’s tavern to make a living. Here he would commit his first murder at the age of 13. The fact that a drunk man killed him because he molested him made everyone look at the crime he committed as “self-defense”, but the incident would not be limited to that.
What made him become the Galata Monster was his escape from this island.
Petri who set foot in Galata in 1874, he embraced the dangers. At that time, Galata was a place where the most famous murderers and bullies lived. He committed his second murder shortly after he set foot here. Moreover, the blood-curdling part was that the person he killed was Captain Lefteri, with whom he escaped from the island!
Living in Galata started to make him feel like a bully. He was involved in various fights during his stay here. His third murder would happen for exactly this reason: by killing the man he had an argument with in a tavern.
Escapes, chases, bloody conflicts… Petri’s life was in constant chaos.
Galata, 1880s.
Petri, who started being searched for in Istanbul this time, returned to the land he came from. On Ayamavra Island Surprises he never expected were waiting for him, the relatives of Lefteri he killed.
Trying to escape from here too Petri’s life would now be spent in fear of being caught. To Sicily, from there to Beirut… He killed Lefteri’s relative, who came to Beirut to kill him in 1876, by stabbing him in the heart and continued to escape.
When he could not find a place to escape, the furrier returned to Istanbul.
Relatives of the captain he killed Since he was looking for Petri everywhere, it was inevitable that he would be found. But from the moment he was found, he was killing people who appeared in front of him without blinking an eye, and thus he committed another murder.
More and more people were looking for him: his enemies, his lovers, his ex-lover’s relatives and even the police. He got his name because he stabbed all his enemies right in the middle of their hearts. To Bıçakçı Petri was out.
The cat and mouse game has finally come to an end after a long time.
Petri met his end in Galata. magdelena He brought a woman named. This beautiful woman with whom he spent the night was none other than Kiryakiça, the daughter of Captain Lefteri, whom he killed. Petri, who was only in his early 20s, was killed suddenly, at an unexpected time, by Lefteri’s brother that morning.
Its name has been around for years in the streets of Istanbul It continued to echo with fear.
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