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{{Short description|Turkish mafia boss (born 1971)}}
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'''Sedat Peker''' (born 26 June 1971) is a convicted [[Turkey|Turkish]] criminal leader. He is also known for his political views that are based on [[Pan-Turkism]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Labrousse|first1=Alain|last2=Laniel|first2=Laurent|last3=Block|first3=Alan|title=The World Geopolitics of Drugs|date=2002|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|page=163}}</ref>
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'''Reis Sedat Peker'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sedat Peker hakkında yakalama kararı |url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/sedat-peker-hakkinda-yakalama-emri-cikarildi,954981 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=T24 |language=tr-TR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odatv4.com/sedat-pekerin-sozleri-dogru-cikti-14052106_m.html|title = ODATV - Haberler, Son Dakika Haberleri ve Güncel Haberler}}</ref> ({{IPA|tr|(re'jis) seˈdat peˈcæɾ|lang}}; born 26 June 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Sedat Peker kimdir - Biyografi.net.tr|url=https://www.biyografi.net.tr/sedat-peker-kimdir/|access-date=2021-12-07|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sedat Peker kimdir?|url=https://www.biyografi.info/kisi/sedat-peker|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.biyografi.info|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-17 |title=Biyografi |url=https://www.sedatpeker.com/biyografi |access-date=2021-12-07 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517033358/https://www.sedatpeker.com/biyografi |archive-date=17 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Turkish [[Turkish mafia|mafia]] boss<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theguardian.com/world/2021/may/25/mafia-bosss-youtube-claims-rattle-turkish-government |title=Mafia Boss's Youtube Claims Rattle Turkish Government |website=theguardian.com |language=English |date=30 May 2021 }}</ref> and [[whistle-blower]] who has made various allegations about Turkish politicians and numerous government engagements in illegal activities through his own YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57242840 |title=Peker videos: Gang leader's claims rattle Turkish government |website=BBC |date=25 May 2021 }} "the 1990s...was an era of complex links between mafia gangs, police, politicians and business circles...Sedat Peker...was an important figure in the 1990s."</ref> He has described himself as a [[pan-Turkist]] and [[Turanist]].<ref name="interviewbbc">{{Cite news |date=20 May 2021 |title=Sedat Peker kimdir: 1990'lardan bu yana 'mafya operasyonlarının' en önemli isimlerinden biri |url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-56695017 |access-date=2024-09-05 |work=BBC News Türkçe |language=tr}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Life==
Peker was born in [[Adapazarı]], in the Turkish [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] of [[Sakarya Province|Sakarya]]. He spent considerable time in [[Germany]]. He is a noted [[Turanism|Turanist]].
Sedat was born in [[Adapazarı]], in the Turkish [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] of [[Sakarya Province|Sakarya]]. He spent considerable time in Germany. In a 1999 interview with ''[[Milliyet]]'' he self-identified as a pan-Turkist and Turanist.<ref name="interviewbbc" />


==Career==
Peker was tried for the murder of the drug smuggler Abdullah Topçu, but acquitted. The two other defendants in the same case, considered to be Peker's employees, were sentenced to lifelong imprisonment.
Peker was tried in 1997 for the murder of the drug smuggler Abdullah Topçu, but acquitted. The two other defendants in the same case, alleged to be Peker's employees, were sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="interviewbbc" /> After the acquittal, he fled to Romania and was sought for, amongst others, [[protection racket]]eering, [[coercion]], and [[incitement]] to murder. During this time it was reported that Peker had been visited by a [[Minister (government)|minister]] and a [[member of parliament]] from the [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|Motherland Party]] and guaranteed, in return for an unknown favor, to be only imprisoned for a short period of time.<ref>[http://i.milliyet.com.tr/ergenekon/iddianame.aspx?sayfa=303 Indictment in the Ergenekon case, page 303] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190201/http://i.milliyet.com.tr/ergenekon/iddianame.aspx?sayfa=303 |date=2016-10-11 }} (Turkish).</ref> As of 2022, Peker revealed that the favour that secured his release was to turn in a cassette footage of then PM [[Mesut Yılmaz]] being beaten up in Hungary because of his gambling debts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/sedat-peker-den-mehmet-cengiz-ile-mesut-yilmaz-a-dair-iddialar-ve-video-aciklamasi-394447 | title=Sedat Peker'den Mehmet Cengiz ile Mesut Yılmaz'a dair iddialar ve video açıklaması }}</ref>


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On 17 August 1998, Peker was brought to Turkey in his own free will and surrendered to the authorities. The case against him was opened in September 1998. He pleaded guilty to the crimes for which he was accused and the court found him guilty of building a [[Organized crime|criminal organization]]. During the trial, Peker made some remarks without further explanation: ''"An older member of parliament sent me an SMS which said I shouldn't behave too arrogantly. I would like to tell you (the court) everything, because if I don't it could come to pass that I commit suicide under suspicious circumstances."'' The prosecutors requested at least 7½ years' imprisonment, but Peker was only sentenced to eight months and 29 days. He was released on 24 May 1999.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://bianet.org/english/law/199221-sedat-peker-acquitted-of-trial-of-threatening-academics|title=Sedat Peker Acquitted of Trial of Threatening Academics|last=|first=|date=16 July 2018|website=Bianet|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
After this, he fled to [[Romania]] and was sought for, amongst others, [[protection racket]]eering, [[coercion]], and [[incitement]] to murder. During this time it was reported that Peker had been visited by a [[Minister (government)|minister]] and a [[member of parliament]] from the [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|Motherland Party]] and guaranteed, in return for an unknown favor, to be only imprisoned for a short period of time.<ref>[http://i.milliyet.com.tr/ergenekon/iddianame.aspx?sayfa=303 Indictment in the Ergenekon case, page 303] (Turkish).</ref>


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In May 2005, he was arrested during ''Operation Butterfly''. On 31 January 2007, he was again found guilty of building and leading a [[Organized crime|criminal organization]], [[robbery]], [[forgery]], and two counts of [[false imprisonment]], and sentenced to 14 years and five months.<ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 1 February 2007, [http://todayszaman.com/news-101668-sedat-peker-sentenced-to-14-years-of-jail.html Sedat Peker sentenced to 14 years of jail] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201701/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-101668-sedat-peker-sentenced-to-14-years-of-jail.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>[http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=5864822&tarih=2007-01-30 Sedat Peker'e 14 yıl hapis cezası], [[Hürriyet]], retrieved 26 October 2008.</ref><ref>[http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2008/09/22//haber,DE738449464A4A30B0CA36A85B5EE9BF.html Sedat peker is tried again], [[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] (Turkish)</ref>
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On 17 August 1998 Peker was brought to [[Turkey]] of his own free will and surrendered to the authorities. The case against him was opened in September 1998. He pleaded guilty to the crimes for which he was accused and was found guilty of building a criminal organization. During the trial, Peker made some interesting remarks, which he never cleared up: ''"An older member of parliament sent me an SMS which said I shouldn't behave too arrogantly. I would like to tell you (the court) everything, because if I don't it could come to pass that I commit suicide under suspicious circumstances."'' The prosecutors requested at least 7½ years' imprisonment, but Peker was only sentenced to eight months and 29 days. He was released on 14 May 1999.


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Peker is allegedly a member of the underground Turkish organization [[Ergenekon (allegation)|Ergenekon]],<ref>[https://www.faz.net/s/RubDDBDABB9457A437BAA85A49C26FB23A0/Doc~E9863FCB962094E1D9EFF2E804B888A78~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_politik Turkey: Trial against „Ergenekon“-Conspirators begins], [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]], (German)</ref> and [[Veli Küçük]] stated in 2008 that Peker was the "son of a friend."<ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 21 March 2008, [http://todayszaman.com/news-136926-ultra-nationalist-mobster-questioned-over-ergenekon.html Ultra-nationalist mobster questioned over Ergenekon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101706/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-136926-ultra-nationalist-mobster-questioned-over-ergenekon.html |date=2015-05-18 }}</ref> so on 5 August 2013, Peker was sentenced to ten years in prison as part of the [[Ergenekon trials]]; <ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 5 August 2013, [http://todayszaman.com/news-322781-long-sentences-for-ergenekon-suspects-life-for-ex-army-chief.html Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806033514/http://todayszaman.com/news-322781-long-sentences-for-ergenekon-suspects-life-for-ex-army-chief.html |date=2013-08-06 }}</ref> however, he and other convicts ([[Doğu Perinçek]],[[Kemal Kerinçsiz]] and [[Tuncay Özkan]]) were released a few months later.<ref name="interviewbbc" />
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On 12 May 2005 he was arrested during ''Operation Butterfly''. On 31 January 2007 he was found guilty of building and leading a [[Organized crime|criminal organization]], [[robbery]], [[forgery]], and two counts of [[false imprisonment]], and sentenced to 14 years and five months.<ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 1 February 2007, [http://todayszaman.com/news-101668-sedat-peker-sentenced-to-14-years-of-jail.html Sedat Peker sentenced to 14 years of jail] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201701/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-101668-sedat-peker-sentenced-to-14-years-of-jail.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>[http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=5864822&tarih=2007-01-30 Sedat Peker'e 14 yıl hapis cezası], [[Hürriyet]], retrieved 26 October 2008.</ref><ref>[http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2008/09/22//haber,DE738449464A4A30B0CA36A85B5EE9BF.html Sedat peker is tried again], [[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] (Turkish)</ref>


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On 13 January 2016, Peker threatened in a well-attended speech that the [[Academics for Peace|academics who signed the petition for peace]] with the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/notorious-criminal-threatens-academics-calling-for-peace-in-turkeys-southeast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=93834&NewsCatID=341|title=LOCAL - Notorious criminal threatens academics calling for peace in Turkey's southeast|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> For this speech he got prosecuted, but acquitted in July 2018.<ref name=":0" />
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On 30 May 2008, during his incarceration, Peker married his lawyer, Özge Yılmaz.<ref>trabzonunsesi.com, 14 June 2008, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110116044516/http://www.trabzonunsesi.com/news_detail.php?id=16523 Sedat Peker Avukatıyla Evlendi] (Turkish)</ref>


In early 2020, he went from Turkey to [[Montenegro]], then he left the Balkans to [[Morocco]], and later to the [[United Arab Emirates]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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Peker is allegedly a member of the underground Turkish organization [[Ergenekon (allegation)|Ergenekon]].<ref>[http://www.faz.net/s/RubDDBDABB9457A437BAA85A49C26FB23A0/Doc~E9863FCB962094E1D9EFF2E804B888A78~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_politik Turkey: Trial against „Ergenekon“-Conspirators begins], [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]], (German)</ref> [[Veli Küçük]] said in 2008 that Peker was the "son of a friend."<ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 21 March 2008, [http://todayszaman.com/news-136926-ultra-nationalist-mobster-questioned-over-ergenekon.html Ultra-nationalist mobster questioned over Ergenekon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101706/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-136926-ultra-nationalist-mobster-questioned-over-ergenekon.html |date=2015-05-18 }}</ref> On 5 August 2013 Peker was sentenced to ten years in prison as part of the [[Ergenekon trials]]; however, he and the other convicts were released a few months later.<ref>[[Today's Zaman]], 5 August 2013, [http://todayszaman.com/news-322781-long-sentences-for-ergenekon-suspects-life-for-ex-army-chief.html Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806033514/http://todayszaman.com/news-322781-long-sentences-for-ergenekon-suspects-life-for-ex-army-chief.html |date=2013-08-06 }}</ref>


===Whistle-blower===
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On 13 January 2016 Peker said in a well-attended speech that the academics who signed the petition for peace will be massacred: "We will let your blood in streams and we will watch while you drown in your own blood."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/notorious-criminal-threatens-academics-calling-for-peace-in-turkeys-southeast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=93834&NewsCatID=341|title=LOCAL - Notorious criminal threatens academics calling for peace in Turkey’s southeast|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>
In May 2021, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey]], he started a confession video series on [[YouTube]] announcing one video each Sunday about the [[deep state in Turkey]]. He accused Tolga Ağar, son of former interior minister [[Mehmet Ağar]], of raping and murdering [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] student Yeldana Kaharman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/sedat-peker-berat-albayrak-in-abisine-seslendi-ben-devletin-karakolunda-milletvekilinin-kemiklerini-kirdirdim-344133 |title=Sedat Peker, Berat Albayrak'ın abisine seslendi: Ben devletin karakolunda milletvekilinin kemiklerini kırdırdım |website=birgun.net |language=Turkish |date=9 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/turkey-s-wicked-messenger-has-gone-viral-here-s-why-1.1227895 |title=Turkey's 'wicked messenger' has gone viral. Here's why |website=thenationalnews.com |date=24 May 2021 }}</ref> In addition, he alleged Mehmet Ağar's role in the killing of [[Kutlu Adalı]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Kutlu Adalı cinayeti: Sedat Peker'in iddialarının ardından 'Soruşturma yeniden açılsın' çağrıları yapılıyor |url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-dunya-57219829 |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=BBC News Türkçe |language=tr}}</ref> and alleged Ağar's involvement, along with former Prime Minister [[Binali Yıldırım]]'s son Erkam, in an international [[drug trafficking]] scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-mafia-boss-claims-former-pms-son-ex-minister-part-of-intl-drug-trafficking-scheme-news-57577 |title=Turkish mafia boss claims former PM's son, ex-minister part of int'l drug trafficking scheme |website=duvarenglish.com |date=23 May 2021 }}</ref> He later accused [[SADAT International Defense Consultancy|SADAT]], founded by retired Brigadier General and former presidential advisor Adnan Tanrıverdi, of being involved in the arms shipment to [[Al-Nusra Front]] during the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-57301656 |title=Sedat Peker'in iddialarına SADAT'ın yanıtı ne oldu, Bayırbucak Türkmenleri ne diyor? |website=BBC |language=Turkish |date=30 May 2021 }}</ref>


On December 12, 2021, [[140journos]] released a documentary on [[YouTube]] featuring him and some prominent journalists and political figures like former Deputy Prime Minister [[Bülent Arınç]] of Turkey. The documentary touched on the impact of the [[deep state in Turkey]] on the political and judicial system and how Sedat Peker's involvement with the government scandals started.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/sedat-peker-aylar-sonra-kamera-karsisinda-140journostan-sedat-peker-belgeseli-1892171 |title=Sedat Peker aylar sonra kamera karşısında: 140journos'tan Sedat Peker belgeseli |website=cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=Turkish |date=12 December 2021 }}</ref> He also accuses the Minister of the interior, [[Süleyman Soylu]], of having betrayed him after having protected him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=M@Rt1n@Sl@n |date=2022-11-09 |title=Mafias and the Turkish state |url=https://ostkonflikt.org/?p=1043 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Ost Konflikt |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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On 30 May 2008, during his incarceration, Peker married his lawyer, Özge Yılmaz.<ref>trabzonunsesi.com, 14 June 2008, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110116044516/http://www.trabzonunsesi.com/news_detail.php?id=16523 Sedat Peker Avukatıyla Evlendi] (Turkish)</ref>
==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.sedatpeker.com/ Sedat Peker's official Website]
* [http://www.sedatpeker.com/ Sedat Peker's official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035602/http://sedatpeker.com/ |date=2014-06-25 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010404084209/http://ozturkler.com/ Peker's Pan-turkic Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010404084209/http://ozturkler.com/ Peker's Pan-turkic Website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/c/sedatpekerreis/featured Sedat Peker's YouTube Channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/c/sedatpekerreis/featured ya devlet başa, Documentary featuring Sedat Peker]


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Latest revision as of 20:36, 5 September 2024

Sedat Peker
Born
Sedat Peker

(1971-06-26) 26 June 1971 (age 53)[1]
Adapazarı, Sakarya, Turkey
Other namesReis Sedat Peker
Known forTurkish mafia boss, YouTuber and whistle-blower
Spouses
Beyza Peker
​
(m. 2001)​
[citation needed]
Özge Peker
​
(m. 2008)​
Children5[citation needed]
Websitesedatpeker.com

Reis Sedat Peker[2][3] (Turkish: [(re'jis) seˈdat peˈcæɾ]; born 26 June 1971)[4][5][6] is a Turkish mafia boss[7] and whistle-blower who has made various allegations about Turkish politicians and numerous government engagements in illegal activities through his own YouTube channel.[8] He has described himself as a pan-Turkist and Turanist.[9]

Early life and education

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Sedat was born in Adapazarı, in the Turkish province of Sakarya. He spent considerable time in Germany. In a 1999 interview with Milliyet he self-identified as a pan-Turkist and Turanist.[9]

Career

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Peker was tried in 1997 for the murder of the drug smuggler Abdullah Topçu, but acquitted. The two other defendants in the same case, alleged to be Peker's employees, were sentenced to life imprisonment.[9] After the acquittal, he fled to Romania and was sought for, amongst others, protection racketeering, coercion, and incitement to murder. During this time it was reported that Peker had been visited by a minister and a member of parliament from the Motherland Party and guaranteed, in return for an unknown favor, to be only imprisoned for a short period of time.[10] As of 2022, Peker revealed that the favour that secured his release was to turn in a cassette footage of then PM Mesut Yılmaz being beaten up in Hungary because of his gambling debts.[11]

On 17 August 1998, Peker was brought to Turkey in his own free will and surrendered to the authorities. The case against him was opened in September 1998. He pleaded guilty to the crimes for which he was accused and the court found him guilty of building a criminal organization. During the trial, Peker made some remarks without further explanation: "An older member of parliament sent me an SMS which said I shouldn't behave too arrogantly. I would like to tell you (the court) everything, because if I don't it could come to pass that I commit suicide under suspicious circumstances." The prosecutors requested at least 7½ years' imprisonment, but Peker was only sentenced to eight months and 29 days. He was released on 24 May 1999.[12]

In May 2005, he was arrested during Operation Butterfly. On 31 January 2007, he was again found guilty of building and leading a criminal organization, robbery, forgery, and two counts of false imprisonment, and sentenced to 14 years and five months.[13][14][15]

Peker is allegedly a member of the underground Turkish organization Ergenekon,[16] and Veli Küçük stated in 2008 that Peker was the "son of a friend."[17] so on 5 August 2013, Peker was sentenced to ten years in prison as part of the Ergenekon trials; [18] however, he and other convicts (Doğu Perinçek,Kemal Kerinçsiz and Tuncay Özkan) were released a few months later.[9]

On 13 January 2016, Peker threatened in a well-attended speech that the academics who signed the petition for peace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[19] For this speech he got prosecuted, but acquitted in July 2018.[12]

In early 2020, he went from Turkey to Montenegro, then he left the Balkans to Morocco, and later to the United Arab Emirates.[citation needed]

Whistle-blower

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In May 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, he started a confession video series on YouTube announcing one video each Sunday about the deep state in Turkey. He accused Tolga Ağar, son of former interior minister Mehmet Ağar, of raping and murdering Kazakh student Yeldana Kaharman.[20][21] In addition, he alleged Mehmet Ağar's role in the killing of Kutlu Adalı,[22] and alleged Ağar's involvement, along with former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's son Erkam, in an international drug trafficking scheme.[23] He later accused SADAT, founded by retired Brigadier General and former presidential advisor Adnan Tanrıverdi, of being involved in the arms shipment to Al-Nusra Front during the Syrian Civil War.[24]

On December 12, 2021, 140journos released a documentary on YouTube featuring him and some prominent journalists and political figures like former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç of Turkey. The documentary touched on the impact of the deep state in Turkey on the political and judicial system and how Sedat Peker's involvement with the government scandals started.[25] He also accuses the Minister of the interior, Süleyman Soylu, of having betrayed him after having protected him.[26]

Personal life

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On 30 May 2008, during his incarceration, Peker married his lawyer, Özge Yılmaz.[27]

References

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  1. ^ SEDAT PEKER KIRMIZI IŞIK PROGRAMI PART 1 (YouTube). REİS SEDAT PEKER. Event occurs at 34.38.
  2. ^ "Sedat Peker hakkında yakalama kararı". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. ^ "ODATV - Haberler, Son Dakika Haberleri ve Güncel Haberler".
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  10. ^ Indictment in the Ergenekon case, page 303 Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (Turkish).
  11. ^ "Sedat Peker'den Mehmet Cengiz ile Mesut Yılmaz'a dair iddialar ve video açıklaması".
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