In a viral series of videos released on YouTube, a Turkish mafia boss, Sedat Peker, with deep links to the security services, civilian bureaucracy, and political elite, unleashed allegations of dirt against multiple Turkish government figures and "deep state" actors. For at least ten to 20 million Turks who watch Peker videos on multiple platforms, the series is more gripping than any other TV series. The series feature accusations of murder, rape, arms and drug trafficking, extortion, media manipulation and blackmail at the heart of the Turkish establishment. The alleged criminal activities take place in a super posh marina in coast of western Turkey, business centres and hotels in Istanbul and plazas in Ankara, as well as casinos in Turkish Cyprus. There is also a VIP cast starting with protagonists such Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his brother Serhat Albayrak, Mehmet Ağar, a former interior minister and police chief who allegedly has deep links and influence over the police, Süleyman Soylu, the current interior minister and a media mogul Yıldırım Demirören. Secondary characters include Turkish MP's, journalists with shady links to officials and the mafia. Through his videos, he has already disturbed the slowly shifting power balance within the Turkish state and pit competing cliques against each other. The purported illegal activities are not just domestic, though. They are international. Actors targeted by Peker are alleged to be involved in illegal activities spanning Turkey, Syria, Azerbaijan, Russia, Colombia, and Venezuela. Peker framed his move as revenge for the ill-treatment of his children at the Turkish police's hand during a raid in his home. The police operation against him was part of an investigation into his organised crime syndicate. Peker claims that he was given a tip-off about the inquiry by the interior minister who previously extended the police protection granted to Peker. This, he says, was before he has fallen out with the minister. Learning about potential raids, he fled first to the Balkans, then to Morrocco and finally to the United Arab Emirates, where he began releasing his videos. Peker has already released seven videos since the beginning of May. His influence wasn't affected by the fact that most Turkish mainstream media did not cover his messages for days. Even the recent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians didn't distract public attention. He plays an intense chess game pointing to potential legal moves that Turkish prosecutors could take to investigate his claims. He has already proven to be a master chess player by isolating his enemies and pitting them against each other. Bu he also plays poker keeping his cards close to himself, and do not reveal what kind of support he has or may have within the Turkish state or internationally. Despite their high impact, these, on average hour-long regularly released videos are on a meagre budget.


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