Turkish mafia (Turkish: Türk mafyası) is the general term for criminal organizations based in Turkey and/or composed of (former) Turkish citizens. Crime groups with origins in Turkey are active throughout Western Europe (where a strong Turkish immigrant community exists) and less so in the Middle East. Turkish criminal groups participate in a wide range of criminal activities, internationally the most important being drug trafficking, especially heroin. In the trafficking of heroin they cooperate with Bulgarian mafia groups who transport the heroin further to countries such as Italy.[2] Recently however, Turkish mafia groups have also stepped up in the cocaine trafficking world by directly participating in the massive cocaine smuggling pipeline that runs transnationally from South America to Europe. They allegedly have a lucrative partnership with the Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization known as the Cartel of the Suns who ships them cocaine along with criminal elements from Ecuador. Turkish organized crime has pushed into less traditional cocaine markets as well such as into Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the wealthy petro-states of the Persian Gulf. Cosa Nostra and the Turkish Mafia are also known to be extremely close. Criminal activities such as the trafficking of other types of drugs, illegal gambling, human trafficking, prostitution or extortion are committed in Turkey itself as well as European countries with a sizeable Turkish community such as Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Albania, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
Most Turkish crime syndicates have their origin in two regions: the Trabzon province on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the East and Southeast Anatolia in the south of the country. The biggest origin is on the coast of the Black Sea, located near Trabzon.[3]
The Turkish Mafia was involved in the weapons trade in the 1970s, and the heroin trade in the 1980s to present, and then moved along into human smuggling.[4]
Criminal groups composed of Turks are active throughout the country and in communities with a large ethnically Turkish population. Certain Turkish criminal groups have strong links with corrupt politicians and corrupt members of the local law enforcement. They are active in different sections of organized crime and can often be linked to politically motivated groups, such as the Grey Wolves. This can especially be the case with criminals in immigrant Turkish communities.[10] Powerful and important Turkish criminal organizations mostly have their origin in the Trabzon Province[11] and incorporate members of both the Turkish and the Laz populations.
Eastern Black Sea crime groups
Even though crime groups composed of Turks come from all over the country, a relatively high amount of them have origins in the Black Sea region of Turkey, especially in Trabzon. These groups consisting of Turks and Laz people are especially strong in the country itself.[citation needed] Eastern Black Sea crime bosses such as Alaattin Çakıcı and Cengiz Telci are known from having links to or being members of the politically motivated group Grey Wolves.[12]
Turkish Cypriot crime groups
Following the substantial immigration of Turkish Cypriots to London criminal gangs composed of Turkish Cypriots were formed in working-class neighborhoods. Mainly involved in drug trafficking, armed robbery, money laundering these crime clans have more in common with the traditional White British crime firms than with the Turkish mafia.[citation needed]
Some ethnically Kurdish crime groups have their origin in the Southeast Anatolia part of Turkey. These groups are believed largely clan based and their main source of income is allegedly believed to be the trafficking of heroin and weapons. Some group of those leaders, such as Hüseyin Baybaşin had been active in Western European countries, especially Great Britain. Some Turkish sources have accused them to have links to the PKK, but never confirmed by authorities.[13]
Zaza crime families in wider Europe
While ethnically Zaza groups are not noteworthy in Turkey itself, large Alevi Zaza immigrant communities have formed in Great Britain and Germany. Criminal gangs from these communities have links with other Turkish and Kurdish crime bosses and are involved in drug trafficking and contract killing. An example in London is the brutal turf war between Turkish gangs, such as the so-called Tottenham Boys and the Hackney Turks. The Tottenham Boys and Hackney Turks are mainly ethnic Kurdish gangs, but they also have some Turkish members.[14]
^LaOpinionLA, Por: Redacción laopinionla laopinionla (June 5, 2020). "VIDEO: Mafia de Turquía anuncia asociación con el Mayo Zambada y el Cártel de Sinaloa".
^. flarenetwork.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^Yuksek, Selami; Olmez, Cengiz (2020-08-17). "Development of Olmez & Yuksek Taekwondo Kyorugi Performance Evaluation Scale". Research in Sports Science. 10 (1): 1–6. doi:10.5152/rss.2020.20004. ISSN 2687-3907.
^Dina Siegel; H. Bunt; D. Zaitch. Global Organized Crime: Trends and Developments. p. 74.
^Jongman, Albert. Political Terrorism: A New Guide To Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, And Literature. p. 678.
^"Turkey's "Deep-State" and the Ergenekon Conundrum". Middle East Institute.
^"Turkey's most shocking scandal back on agenda with Ergenekon".
^"The ultra-nationalist Turkish mob boss Erdogan can't touch". Middle East Eye.
^"Turkey releases notorious mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı with ties to nationalist party from prison". 16 April 2020.
^"Corruptie en georganiseerde misdaad in Turkije - aanvulling bij De diepte van de Bosporus". Retrieved 26 December 2014.
^"Le nationalisme turc prospère à Trabzon". Le Figaro. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^"Refugee Review Tribunal | AUSTRALIA RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE" (PDF). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^"BBC News - Could Turkish and Kurdish gangs become new 'mafia'?". BBC News. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
January 07, 2023
turkish, mafia, turkish, türk, mafyası, general, term, criminal, organizations, based, turkey, composed, former, turkish, citizens, crime, groups, with, origins, turkey, active, throughout, western, europe, where, strong, turkish, immigrant, community, exists,. Turkish mafia Turkish Turk mafyasi is the general term for criminal organizations based in Turkey and or composed of former Turkish citizens Crime groups with origins in Turkey are active throughout Western Europe where a strong Turkish immigrant community exists and less so in the Middle East Turkish criminal groups participate in a wide range of criminal activities internationally the most important being drug trafficking especially heroin In the trafficking of heroin they cooperate with Bulgarian mafia groups who transport the heroin further to countries such as Italy 2 Recently however Turkish mafia groups have also stepped up in the cocaine trafficking world by directly participating in the massive cocaine smuggling pipeline that runs transnationally from South America to Europe They allegedly have a lucrative partnership with the Venezuelan drug trafficking organization known as the Cartel of the Suns who ships them cocaine along with criminal elements from Ecuador Turkish organized crime has pushed into less traditional cocaine markets as well such as into Eastern Europe the Caucasus and the wealthy petro states of the Persian Gulf Cosa Nostra and the Turkish Mafia are also known to be extremely close Criminal activities such as the trafficking of other types of drugs illegal gambling human trafficking prostitution or extortion are committed in Turkey itself as well as European countries with a sizeable Turkish community such as Germany Netherlands Belgium Albania and the United Kingdom citation needed Turkish MafiaTerritoryTurkey Azerbaijan Iraq Germany Sweden United Kingdom Russia Italy Bulgaria Albania Israel Balkans Turkmenistan France Netherlands Belgium United States Switzerland NorwayEthnicityTurkishCriminal activitiesArms trafficking assassination assault bank fraud blackmailing bribery car bombing car theft contract killing counterfeiting drug trafficking extortion forced prostitution fraud human trafficking infiltration of politics illegal gambling insurance fraud kidnapping money laundering murder police corruption police impersonation prostitution racketeering tax evasion theft witness intimidation witness tamperingAlliesBritish firmsAlbanian mafiaSicilian MafiaAzerbaijani mafiaPakistani mafiaRussian mafiaColombian cartelsBulgarian mafiaSinaloa Cartel 1 Cartel of the SunsRivalsArmenian mafiaGreek mafiaMost Turkish crime syndicates have their origin in two regions the Trabzon province on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the East and Southeast Anatolia in the south of the country The biggest origin is on the coast of the Black Sea located near Trabzon 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Ties to deep state 2 Crime groups 2 1 Eastern Black Sea crime groups 2 2 Turkish Cypriot crime groups 2 3 Kurdish crime groups 2 4 Zaza crime families in wider Europe 3 Notable Turkish mafiosi 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe Turkish Mafia was involved in the weapons trade in the 1970s and the heroin trade in the 1980s to present and then moved along into human smuggling 4 Bekir Celenk was one of the members of the Turkish mafia and was involved in the plot to assassinate pope John Paul II 5 Ties to deep state Edit Some members of the Turkish mafia have ties to the deep state in Turkey including the National Intelligence Organization MIT as well as the Grey Wolves 6 These ties became public during the Susurluk scandal 7 8 9 Crime groups EditCriminal groups composed of Turks are active throughout the country and in communities with a large ethnically Turkish population Certain Turkish criminal groups have strong links with corrupt politicians and corrupt members of the local law enforcement They are active in different sections of organized crime and can often be linked to politically motivated groups such as the Grey Wolves This can especially be the case with criminals in immigrant Turkish communities 10 Powerful and important Turkish criminal organizations mostly have their origin in the Trabzon Province 11 and incorporate members of both the Turkish and the Laz populations Eastern Black Sea crime groups Edit Even though crime groups composed of Turks come from all over the country a relatively high amount of them have origins in the Black Sea region of Turkey especially in Trabzon These groups consisting of Turks and Laz people are especially strong in the country itself citation needed Eastern Black Sea crime bosses such as Alaattin Cakici and Cengiz Telci are known from having links to or being members of the politically motivated group Grey Wolves 12 Turkish Cypriot crime groups Edit Following the substantial immigration of Turkish Cypriots to London criminal gangs composed of Turkish Cypriots were formed in working class neighborhoods Mainly involved in drug trafficking armed robbery money laundering these crime clans have more in common with the traditional White British crime firms than with the Turkish mafia citation needed Kurdish crime groups Edit See also Kurdistan Workers Party Alleged involvement in Drug trafficking Some ethnically Kurdish crime groups have their origin in the Southeast Anatolia part of Turkey These groups are believed largely clan based and their main source of income is allegedly believed to be the trafficking of heroin and weapons Some group of those leaders such as Huseyin Baybasin had been active in Western European countries especially Great Britain Some Turkish sources have accused them to have links to the PKK but never confirmed by authorities 13 Zaza crime families in wider Europe Edit While ethnically Zaza groups are not noteworthy in Turkey itself large Alevi Zaza immigrant communities have formed in Great Britain and Germany Criminal gangs from these communities have links with other Turkish and Kurdish crime bosses and are involved in drug trafficking and contract killing An example in London is the brutal turf war between Turkish gangs such as the so called Tottenham Boys and the Hackney Turks The Tottenham Boys and Hackney Turks are mainly ethnic Kurdish gangs but they also have some Turkish members 14 Notable Turkish mafiosi EditArif family Alaattin Cakici Ayvaz Korkmaz Sedat Peker Mahmut Yildirim Nurullah Tevfik Agansoy Dundar Kilic Nedim ImacSee also EditTurkish organised crime in Great Britain Turkish mafia in Germany Susurluk scandal Allegations of Grey Wolves drug traffickingReferences Edit LaOpinionLA Por Redaccion laopinionla laopinionla June 5 2020 VIDEO Mafia de Turquia anuncia asociacion con el Mayo Zambada y el Cartel de Sinaloa From opium to heroin Turkey s gold mines lt Enquiries lt REPORT lt Flare Network flarenetwork org Archived from the original on 23 June 2013 Retrieved 13 August 2015 Yuksek Selami Olmez Cengiz 2020 08 17 Development of Olmez amp Yuksek Taekwondo Kyorugi Performance Evaluation Scale Research in Sports Science 10 1 1 6 doi 10 5152 rss 2020 20004 ISSN 2687 3907 Dina Siegel H Bunt D Zaitch Global Organized Crime Trends and Developments p 74 Jongman Albert Political Terrorism A New Guide To Actors Authors Concepts Data Bases Theories And Literature p 678 Turkey s Deep State and the Ergenekon Conundrum Middle East Institute Turkey s most shocking scandal back on agenda with Ergenekon The ultra nationalist Turkish mob boss Erdogan can t touch Middle East Eye Turkey releases notorious mafia leader Alaattin Cakici with ties to nationalist party from prison 16 April 2020 Corruptie en georganiseerde misdaad in Turkije aanvulling bij De diepte van de Bosporus Retrieved 26 December 2014 Le nationalisme turc prospere a Trabzon Le Figaro 31 January 2007 Retrieved 6 May 2015 Refugee Review Tribunal AUSTRALIA RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE PDF 11 June 2009 Retrieved 13 August 2015 Shanty Frank Mishra Patit Paban 2008 Organized Crime ISBN 9781576073377 Retrieved 26 December 2014 BBC News Could Turkish and Kurdish gangs become new mafia BBC News 21 October 2010 Retrieved 26 December 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Turkish mafia amp oldid 1129589203, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
