Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 March 1961 (age 63)
Giresun, Turkey |
| Occupation | Mafia Boss |
| Spouse | Tülay Çetin (m. ?–2016) |
Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz (born 3 March 1961) is a 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 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]
After he escaped to Bulgaria, he was detained in Varna in 1998 and subsequently extradited to Turkey in April 1999. [6]
He was released on October 30, 2021, after his lawyers requested a retrial in 2021. [7]
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
- ^ "Bulgaria Extradites Turk Gangster". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ Erümit, Ali Kürşat; Yılmaz, Sevgi Nur; Karataş, Faik Özgür (2020), "Okul Dışı Öğrenmede Artırılmış Gerçeklik", Dijital Medya ve Öğrenme, Ankara Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, pp. 97–114, retrieved 2021-12-08