Mohammed Fadel Dobbous

An Irish-Kuwaiti tourist, who made headlines in August 2015 when video footage of his brawl with shopkeepers in Istanbul went viral online, was acquitted in the case by a Turkish court on July 12. 

The Istanbul court acquitted Irish-Kuwaiti tourist Mohammed Fadel Dobbous, a former boxer, saying the case was a legitimate incident of self-defense so the suspect should not be punished.

The first hearing of the case involving an Irish-Kuwaiti tourist, who made headlines in August 2015 when video footage of his brawl with Turkish shopkeepers in Istanbul went viral, ended on March 29 at Istanbul's Ça?layan courthouse.

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded the acquittal of an Irish-Kuwaiti tourist who made headlines in August 2015 when video footage of his brawl with Turkish shopkeepers in Istanbul went viral.

The social media hero of Turkey, Mohammed Fadel Dobbous known as the ?Irish tourist,? has not only encouraged thousands in Turkey with his boxing moves that beat a mass of shopkeepers in Istanbul?s Aksaray district, but also has given a video game inspiration.

The lawyer of a Kuwait-born Irish tourist who was captured on video taking on 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul has said his client plans to sue the assailants.

?They picked the wrong man,? says the Irish-Kuwaiti tourist who took down an army of shopkeepers in Istanbul, becoming a hero on Turkish social media. One of the attacking shopkeepers says it was ?like he was made of concrete?

An Irish citizen has been captured on video beating up an army of Istanbul shopkeepers after he was attacked with sticks and stools. After the footage emerged, the man was declared a hero on social media.