Frisque and revulsion the murder of three children by their 45-year-old father has provoked Turkish public opinion. The child killer killed three of his four children with a gun in Smyrna, and then tried to kill himself.

On Tuesday morning, the 45-year-old took his children, telling them he was going to take them to their mother, but he took them to an olive grove he owns near their neighborhood.

The perpetrator took out his gun and opened fire, killing three of his four children, however His 11-year-old daughter managed to escape injured and in a state of shock, and informed her relatives about the brutal crime.

The child killer tried unsuccessfully to end his life and is hospitalized in critical condition.

When the authorities arrived at the scene of the crime, they saw a horrible scene with the three children dead, with the youngest, a little girl, being only two years old.

Relatives of the victim reported to the Turkish media that the perpetrator he was suffering from depression after his wife filed for divorce, and threatened revenge.