Notorious Turkish mafia boss Alaattin Çakıcı, who had been released as part of an amnesty to ease overcrowding in Turkish prisons during the coronavirus pandemic, left the country for the United States for medical purposes, the HalkTV news website claimed in a report on Tuesday.
Çakıcı, who initially traveled to Canada following his release, subsequently went to the US, where he had previously lived for three-and-a-half years, HalkTV said, citing people close to the mafia boss.
According to HalkTV, Çakıcı went to the US for medical treatment, and it is unknown how long he will stay there or whether he’ll ever return to Turkey.
Çakıcı, known for his ties to Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), had been convicted of establishing and leading a criminal organization, ordering a murder, instigating assault and insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Following Bahçeli’s call for a general amnesty, specifically citing Çakıcı, the mob boss was released on April 16, 2020, as part of an amnesty to free a third of Turkey’s prison population to ease overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic, although political prisoners were excluded from the legislation.
The Anadolu 6th High Criminal Court sentenced the mafia boss to 17 years in prison on Sept. 25, 2020, in line with an indictment drafted by the Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals last month demanded that the court overturn the 17-year prison sentence handed down to Çakıcı for “incitement to premeditated murder” on the grounds that “provisions were established on insufficient grounds” and that the mob boss did not have a chance to defend himself since he didn’t attend the final hearing due to health problems.
The prosecutor’s office sent its letter of notification to the 1st Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals for review.
Source:Turkish Minute
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