Turkish mafia

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Turkish mafia
Territory
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Sinaloa Cartel[3]
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RivalsArmenian mafia
Greek mafia
Kurdish mafia

Turkish mafia (

Cosa Nostra and the Turkish mafia are also known[citation needed] to be extremely close. Criminal activities such as the trafficking of other types of drugs, illegal gambling, human trafficking, prostitution or extortion are committed in Turkey itself as well as European countries with a sizeable Turkish community such as Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Albania, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed
]

Most Turkish crime syndicates have their origin in two regions: the Trabzon province on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the East and Southeast Anatolia in the south of the country. The biggest origin is on the coast of the Black Sea, located near Trabzon.[citation needed]

History

The Turkish mafia was involved in the weapons trade in the 1970s, and the heroin trade in the 1980s to present, and then moved along into human smuggling.[5]

Bekir Çelenk was one of the members of the Turkish mafia and was involved in the

John Paul II.[6]

Ties to deep state

Some members of the Turkish mafia have ties to the

National Intelligence Organization (MIT), as well as the Grey Wolves.[7] These ties became public during the Susurluk scandal.[8][9][10]

The Grey Wolves represent an ideological organization close to certain mafia groups. This organization was an instrument to fight the Kurds of PKK. The ideology of the Gray Wolves unites many far-right radical nationalists close to the MHP and the AKP.[11]

Crime groups

Criminal groups composed of Turks are active throughout the country and in communities with a large ethnically Turkish population. Certain Turkish criminal groups have strong links with corrupt politicians and corrupt members of the local law enforcement. They are active in different sections of organized crime and can often be linked to politically motivated groups, such as the Grey Wolves. This can especially be the case with criminals in immigrant Turkish communities.[12] Powerful and important Turkish criminal organizations mostly have their origin in the Trabzon Province[13] and incorporate members of both the Turkish and the Laz populations.

Eastern Black Sea crime groups

Even though crime groups composed of Turks come from all over the country, a relatively high amount of them have origins in the

Alaattin Çakıcı are known from having links to or being members of the politically motivated group Grey Wolves.[14]

Turkish Cypriot crime groups

Following the substantial immigration of

armed robbery, money laundering these crime clans have more in common with the traditional White British crime firms than with the Turkish mafia.[citation needed
]

Notable Turkish mafiosi

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Regele Florilor" a pus Politia Româna pe mafia turca - Ziarul National". 19 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Cum a reuşit mafia turcă să fraudeze statul român". 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ LaOpinionLA, Por: Redacción laopinionla laopinionla (June 5, 2020). "VIDEO: Mafia de Turquía anuncia asociación con el Mayo Zambada y el Cártel de Sinaloa".
  4. ^ "From opium to heroin: Turkey's gold mines < Enquiries < REPORT < Flare Network". flarenetwork.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ Dina Siegel; H. Bunt; D. Zaitch. Global Organized Crime: Trends and Developments. p. 74.
  6. ^ Jongman, Albert. Political Terrorism: A New Guide To Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, And Literature. p. 678.
  7. ^ "Turkey's "Deep-State" and the Ergenekon Conundrum". Middle East Institute.
  8. ^ "Turkey's most shocking scandal back on agenda with Ergenekon". 10 January 2009.
  9. ^ "The ultra-nationalist Turkish mob boss Erdogan can't touch". Middle East Eye.
  10. ^ "Turkey releases notorious mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı with ties to nationalist party from prison". 16 April 2020.
  11. ^ M@Rt1n@Sl@n (2022-11-09). "Mafias and the Turkish state". Ost Konflikt. Retrieved 2023-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Corruptie en georganiseerde misdaad in Turkije - aanvulling bij De diepte van de Bosporus". Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Le nationalisme turc prospère à Trabzon". Le Figaro. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Refugee Review Tribunal | AUSTRALIA RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE" (PDF). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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