| Adnan Çolak | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adnan Çolak |
| Also known as | "Artvin Monster" |
| Born | 1952 Turkey |
| Sentence | Six death sentences and 40 years imprisonment; commuted to life imprisonment |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | 17 elderly women |
| Span of killings | 1992–1995 |
| Country | Turkey |
| State(s) | District of Artvin |
| Date apprehended | 1995 |
Adnan Çolak (born 1952) is a Turkish serial killer known as the "Artvin Monster". In the Turkish district of Artvin, from 1992 to 1995, Çolak killed eleven elderly women between the ages of 68 and 95 and raped six others within the same age bracket. After being captured in 1995, Çolak's trial in the Zonguldak 1 Heavy Criminal 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.