Tekin Kartal (born ðlmettin Aytekin, 19904 May 2024) was a Kurdish drug trafficker and gangster.
Tekin Kartal was born in 1990 in Kulp, Turkey. His birth name is ðlmettin Aytekin and his family is of Kurdish origin.
In his early 20s, he emigrated to Germany in poverty. There he met Nizamettin Baybaà Âin, the key figure who would change his life, and established close ties with the Baybaà Âin family. He was also in close contact with Abdullah Baybaà Âin, the leader of the family.
Kartal, who also held German citizenship, flew from Düsseldorf to Barcelona to settle a dispute in the last days of April 2024.
On 4 May 2024, he was assassinated by an unknown masked hitman near the El MaresmeâÂÂFòrum metro station in Barcelona. The attacker escaped and an autopsy revealed five bullet wounds to Kartal's head and neck.
Following the assassination of Tekin Kartal, the Turkish media reported on possible retaliation by the Baybaà Âin family against their rivals.