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Turkey’s Mobgate Reveals the Islamist Deep State
A powerful psychodrama is illustrating the kleptocratic face of political Islam for the Turkish people and the world.
The revelations of Turkey’s most notorious mob boss, Sedat Peker, have made Ankara’s open secrets even more open: bribery, murder, political assassination, corruption, rape, drug smuggling, arms shipments to…
- Burak Bekdil
- BESA
Peker, a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whom he calls “brother Tayyip,” began to reveal his secrets in early May when he launched a personal feud with Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu.
Since then, he has uploaded 10 videos to YouTube, which have been collectively viewed more than…