Kürşat Yılmaz

Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz 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 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]

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