DUBAI: Millions of Turks are waiting with bated breath for the next bombshell video from fugitive organized crime boss Sedat Peker in which he is expected to detail his ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Peker, 49, a prominent mafia figure since the 1990s, regularly moves to avoid capture by Turkish authorities, having fled from Turkey last year to avoid a criminal
"You were my return ticket. You were the joker I put all my bets on." A mafia boss, on YouTube, and millions upon millions of views. That is Sedat Peker, and if you haven't heard of him before, then you probably don't live in Turkey. Because his recent video confessions like these - uncorroborated tales of murder and corruption - are shaking that country's politics, consuming its news channels, and being watched by many, many people. "Telling the world's most disgusting lies, putting them at the top of political agenda and making people watch these videos is an actual (foreign) operation. I say this once again." That's Turkey's interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, on Haberturk - national television. He's been Peker's main target, and has rejected the mob leader's many accusations against him. More on that later. So where did Peker come from? Sedat Peker rose to prominence in the 1990s in the Turkish underworld and was sente