Armed attack on Sedat Peker's house in İstanbul
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An armed attack was carried out early yesterday (September 14) on Sedat Peker's house in Beykoz, İstanbul.
A person working for Peker, identified as Yılmaz Günay, was injured in the attack as he was hit by three bullets shot from a car.
Later in the day, police detained the person who injured Günay, identified with the initials Ö.Ş., in the Sancaktepe district, with the weapon he used in the attack.
Photo: Beykoz Güncel
Two other people, O.Ş. and Y.Ş., who fired back at Ö.Ş., were also detained, the İstanbul Security Directorate said in a statement. It said the gunfight broke out over money.
Living abroad since late 2019, Peker has an arrest warrant against him in Türkiye for leading a criminal organization.
He has made allegations of corruption targeting senior government officials since last year. Most recently, he claimed to expose a bribery network involving presidential advisors.
Sedat Peker's allegationsA well-known figure in Turkey's underworld since the 1990s, Peker was imprisoned multiple times for organized crime. Following his release in 2014 after serving 10 years in prison, Peker took a pro-government stance, publicly expressing his opinions on current affairs and holding pro-government rallies attended by thousands of people. At the time, he was described as a "businessperson" in the pro-government media and received "businessperson of the year" awards from several different organizations. In late 2019, he reportedly left the country to avoid arrest in an investigation against him for leading an organized crime group. In February 2020, he announced on YouTube that he was in Montenegro. Denying the arrest warrant claims, he said he had gone to the country to complete his university education and would come back to Turkey. Turning against his former allies, Peker began his revelations on YouTube in early May last year, after, according to him, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu failed to keep his promise that he would be able to return to the country in April. Peker targeted several former and incumbent government officials in his videos, making serious accusations against them, including international drug smuggling, political assassinations, corruption, sexual assault and murder. Along with Soylu, former Minister of Interior Mehmet Ağar, his son and AKP deputy Tolga Ağar, former PM Binali Yıldırım's son Erkam Yıldırım, and former intelligence and military officer Korkut Eken were among Peker's high-profile targets. Peker's videos had over 100 million views on YouTube and were dubbed as the "Sedatflix" on social media. The government and relevant people dismissed some of his claims while remaining silent about others. However, he was not able to release a new video after June 20, 2021, because the UAE did not allow him due to security concerns, according to Peker. He has continued his allegations on Twitter. He said he would resume releasing videos two months before the elections, which are due to take place in June 2023. Read more on Sedat Peker videos: Sedat Peker claims to reveal new cocaine route between Colombia-Venezuela-Turkey 'Let the wall come down': Assassinations in '90s come under spotlight again after Peker's claims Peker says his 'bloodbath' threats to academics helped government create a 'climate of fear' Sedat Peker reveals more evidence of his ties to interior minister Mob boss Peker's confessions put military contractor close to Erdoğan under scrunity Investigation into journalist Kutlu Adalı's killing after confessions of mob boss New revelations by Sedat Peker as he postpones video about Erdoğan due to Biden meeting |
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