Mobster accuses Turkey officials of journalist killings
AFP, ISTANBUL
Media rights groups on Sunday urged Turkish authorities to investigate explosive allegations by a mafia boss about the high-profile killings of two journalists in the 1990s.
Sedat Peker, an underworld mobster exiled abroad, has accused members of the government and the ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its acronym AKP, of corruption and various crimes in a series of YouTube posts over the past three weeks.
In the latest, released on Sunday, he says that former Turkish minister of the interior Mehmet Agar was the head of the “deep state” in Turkey and that Agar was involved in the 1993 murder of prominent investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu.
Activists Call For New Probe Into Killings Of Turkish Journalists By Fulya OZERKAN
05/23/21 AT 1:50 PM
Media rights groups on Sunday urged Turkish authorities to investigate explosive allegations by a mafia boss about the high-profile killings of two journalists in the 1990s.
Sedat Peker, an underworld mobster exiled abroad, has accused members of the government and the ruling AKP party of corruption and various crimes in a series of YouTube posts over the past three weeks.
In the latest, released on Sunday, he alleges former interior minister Mehmet Agar was the head of the deep state in Turkey and that Agar was involved in the 1993 murder of prominent investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu.