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'''Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz''' is a Turkish mob boss with links to the ultranationalist ([[Grey Wolves (organization)|Grey Wolves]]) Turkish mafia. He was arrested in Bulgaria in July 1998, having escaped from prison in Turkey three times (1994, February 1997 and February 1998).<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 19 April 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=mafia-boss-kursat-yilmaz-brought-back-to-turkey-1999-04-19 Mafia boss Kursat Yilmaz brought back to Turkey]</ref> He was extradited to Turkey in April 1999. He had been sentenced to 19 years for arranging the 1995 murder of former Kusadasi Mayor Lütfi Suyolcu.<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 20 April 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=special-protection-for-kursat-yilmaz-1999-04-20 Special protection for Kursat Yilmaz]</ref><ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 23 September 1998, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=imprisoned-godfather-kursat-yilmaz-breaks-silence-with-statement-to-tdn-1998-09-23 Imprisoned godfather Kursat Yilmaz breaks silence with statement to TDN]</ref><ref>''[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]]'', 18 February 1998, [http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/1998/02/18/r05.html Kürşat Yılmaz yine kaçtı]</ref> He claimed that he had been told his sentence would be annulled if he killed businessman Halis Toprak, and that he had been given [[Hepatitis C]] in Bulgaria in order to prevent him speaking about his connections.<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 8 June 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kursat-yilmaz-claims-that-bats-want-to-kill-him-with-hepatitis-c.aspx?pageID=438&n=kursat-yilmaz-claims-that-bats-want-to-kill-him-with-hepatitis-c-1999-06-08 Kursat Yilmaz claims that 'bats' want to kill him with hepatitis-C]</ref> |
'''Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz''' is a cevat yılmaz Turkish mob boss with links to the ultranationalist ([[Grey Wolves (organization)|Grey Wolves]]) Turkish mafia. He was arrested in Bulgaria in July 1998, having escaped from prison in Turkey three times (1994, February 1997 and February 1998).<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 19 April 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=mafia-boss-kursat-yilmaz-brought-back-to-turkey-1999-04-19 Mafia boss Kursat Yilmaz brought back to Turkey]</ref> He was extradited to Turkey in April 1999. He had been sentenced to 19 years for arranging the 1995 murder of former Kusadasi Mayor Lütfi Suyolcu.<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 20 April 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=special-protection-for-kursat-yilmaz-1999-04-20 Special protection for Kursat Yilmaz]</ref><ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 23 September 1998, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=imprisoned-godfather-kursat-yilmaz-breaks-silence-with-statement-to-tdn-1998-09-23 Imprisoned godfather Kursat Yilmaz breaks silence with statement to TDN]</ref><ref>''[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]]'', 18 February 1998, [http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/1998/02/18/r05.html Kürşat Yılmaz yine kaçtı]</ref> He claimed that he had been told his sentence would be annulled if he killed businessman Halis Toprak, and that he had been given [[Hepatitis C]] in Bulgaria in order to prevent him speaking about his connections.<ref>[[Turkish Daily News]], 8 June 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kursat-yilmaz-claims-that-bats-want-to-kill-him-with-hepatitis-c.aspx?pageID=438&n=kursat-yilmaz-claims-that-bats-want-to-kill-him-with-hepatitis-c-1999-06-08 Kursat Yilmaz claims that 'bats' want to kill him with hepatitis-C]</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:47, 14 April 2020
Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz is a cevat yılmaz Turkish mob boss with links to the ultranationalist (Grey Wolves) Turkish mafia. He was arrested in Bulgaria in July 1998, having escaped from prison in Turkey three times (1994, February 1997 and February 1998).[1] He was extradited to Turkey in April 1999. He had been sentenced to 19 years for arranging the 1995 murder of former Kusadasi Mayor Lütfi Suyolcu.[2][3][4] He claimed that he had been told his sentence would be annulled if he killed businessman Halis Toprak, and that he had been given Hepatitis C in Bulgaria in order to prevent him speaking about his connections.[5]
References
- ^ Turkish Daily News, 19 April 1999, Mafia boss Kursat Yilmaz brought back to Turkey
- ^ Turkish Daily News, 20 April 1999, Special protection for Kursat Yilmaz
- ^ Turkish Daily News, 23 September 1998, Imprisoned godfather Kursat Yilmaz breaks silence with statement to TDN
- ^ Sabah, 18 February 1998, Kürşat Yılmaz yine kaçtı
- ^ Turkish Daily News, 8 June 1999, Kursat Yilmaz claims that 'bats' want to kill him with hepatitis-C