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The illegal drug trade in Turkey has played a significant role in its history. Turkish authorities claim that Drug trafficking has provided substantial revenue for illegal groups such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), [ 1 ] particularly through marijuana cultivation in south-eastern Turkey, [ 2 ] and the 1996 Susurluk scandal showed ...
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.
The blood feud between the Bucaks and the Söylemez gang is allegedly based on the control of arms and drugs trafficking in Turkey and particularly in the South East. [3] In 1997/8 several gang members including Faysal were sentenced to 18-30 years in prison. [5]
Turkish people convicted of drug offenses (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Illegal drug trade in Turkey" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Abdullah Baybaşin (born 1960) is a Kurdish drug trafficker and crime boss, the current head of the Baybaşin family. Following the imprisonment of his brother Hüseyin Baybaşin in 2002, he actively engaged in drug trafficking. He was imprisoned in the United Kingdom in 2006 and released in 2011 and as of 2012, he has returned to Turkey ...
As the drug trade shifted to synthetic opioids, profits and overdose deaths grew, exceeding car crashes and gunshot wounds. 'They are making a killing, literally': How an evolving drug trade ends ...
On Monday, Turkey’s foreign minister again rejected the allegation and accused Athens of “shameless and reckless” behavior. Turkey, Greece trade accusations over 92 naked migrants Skip to ...
A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most popular street drugs in the Middle East and beyond.