Turkey: ex-mafia boss Sedat Peker again accuses Erdogan's entourage on Youtube

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In Turkey, a mafia leader who went through prison continues to keep the country in suspense with his videos published since the beginning of the month on his YouTube channel.

On the run abroad, Sedat Peker accuses representatives of the Turkish state of being involved in various crimes.

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With our correspondent in Istanbul,

Anne Andlauer

It's already on his seventh video, but Sedat Peker suggests he's

barely getting to the heart of the matter

.

In this new " 

episode 

" broadcast on his YouTube channel, and seen in a few hours by more than three million people, the Turkish mafia leader in exile once again takes to task the Minister of the Interior, Süleyman Soylu.

But it is this time against the son of a former Prime Minister of

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

that he makes the most serious accusations.

Sedat Peker claims that Erkan Yildirim, son of Binali Yildirim, is involved in international cocaine trafficking which allegedly led him to visit Venezuela twice earlier this year.

The allegations of this "godfather", which were already embarrassing for Ankara when they put their finger on the power struggles within the Turkish state and its murky relationship with organized crime, risk becoming even more so. that they take on an international dimension.

Sedat Peker suggests in particular that he could talk about

Syria

in a future video.

So far, the man continues to spare President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he respectfully describes as " 

abi 

", that is to say " 

big brother

 ".

For the first time, however, he calls on her not to remain silent in the face of these accusations.

Before his flight, and despite his heavy judicial past, Sedat Peker, who was and remains a great admirer of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for years organized rallies in favor of the Turkish leader.

He was photographed with him, received “

businessman of the year

 ”

awards 

from media and NGOs close to power.

His accusations are in any case causing scandals within the Turkish political class. 

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