ANKARA (Middle East Eye) – A Turkish man was shot dead by his pet dog during a hunting trip in Samsun province in Turkey’s northern region of the Black Sea. Ozgur Gevrekogulu, 32, was loading kit and hunting equipment into the back of his vehicle, following a trip to Kizlan Plateau, when his dog jumped in the boot and stepped on the trigger of a loaded shotgun, firing a bullet that killed him. Turkish police had detained Gevrekogulu’s friend who had accompanied him on the trip, before he was released pending an investigation. Gevrekogulu suffered from a severe bullet wound in his stomach and died before paramedics arrived at the scene.