Russian man commits suicide in Turkey, note left ‘only for police’

ANTALYA - Demirören News Agency

A Russian man has committed suicide at his home in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after leaving a note in Russian with a warning. 

Local media reported that Sergey Cherevastov, 48, committed suicide at his apartment in the Gürsu neighborhood on Aug. 28.

His neighbors called the police after they saw the door of Cherevastov’s apartment with a note reading “only police should come in.”

Police, who arrived at the scene and entered the apartment together with Cherevastov’s relatives, found that the man had hanged himself.

The body was sent to coroner’s office and the police launched an investigation.

Cherevastov, who has been living in Antalya for a long time with his wife and children, was also known in the town for his love for Turkey, local media reported.itted suicide at his home in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after leaving a note warning that “only police should come in.”