Turkish man doused his friend in acid as she slept because she spurned his romantic advances

A Turkish man allegedly doused his friend in acid as she slept, leaving her blind and with horrific burns, because she spurned his romantic advances.  

Mehmet Yildiz, 30, allegedly attacked Yasemin Uzuncelebi, 42, on October 5, 2021, as she slept in her house in the Istanbul district of Avcilar, leaving her fighting for her life in an ICU.

A Turkish court heard yesterday that Yildiz ‘had planned before the event to turn off the water valves of the house and empty water from objects such as jugs and other containers’ so his victim could not wash the solution off her face. 

He entered Uzuncelebi’s home using a key that she had given him and poured over his victim a concoction of ‘several liquids’ as she slept around 3am.

The pair had been pals before the attack but their friendship…