JEDDAH: Videos from an exiled Turkish mafia boss are putting Ankara under pressure, with his latest video making serious allegations about state corruption.
Sedat Peker, who lives in Dubai, has been making headlines and shaking up social media with his claims about prominent political figures in Turkey.
His videos aim to reveal his deep connections to the government and also seek revenge against those who discredited him in favor of rival mafia leader Alaattin Cakici, who was released from prison last year.
Peker’s videos have become so famous that IMDb has listed all the “episodes” as a TV mini-series under the topics of biography, crime and reality TV.
Sunday 23 May 2021, by Uraz Aydin
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Turkish mafia scandal threatens Erdogan government
A Turkish mafia leader claims the government is in cahoots with the criminal underworld. President Erdogan and Interior Minister Soylu are finding themselves in hot water.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan s approval ratings are plummeting
Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker is leveling serious accusations against leading government lawmakers. He has published five videos on YouTube in which he claims that high-profile politicians from Turkey s ruling AKP party are involved in serious crimes.
The clips, which have gone viral and are making headlines, claim leading lawmakers were involved in malfeasance, murders, rapes, drug trafficking and other illicit practices. Peker alleges the Turkish government has spent the past years shielding him from persecution, even issuing police escorts to guarantee his safety.
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May 19, 2021
In the turbulent 1990s, corruption involving an intricate network of top government officials and underworld figures labeled the “deep state” became synonymous with Turkey’s name and image globally. But after the turn of the century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, promising to curtail corruption, rose to power first as prime minister, later as president.
In the last couple of years, mafia figures many with ultranationalist backgrounds have made a gradual return to public view on various platforms. One is Alaattin Cakici, who was released from prison last year as part of a parole eligibility bill that aimed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in penitentiaries. Shortly after his release, Cakici issued a public letter threatening Turkey’s main opposition leader.