![]() ![]() Both rose to prominence in the late 80s as members of the Grey Wolves, a neo-fascist paramilitary group which today functions as the youth wing of Bahçeli’s Nationalist Movement party (MHP) and denies any political or violent activity. It also suggests a new political climate is emerging in which the state at best tolerates, and at worst, embraces, previously shadowy figures.īahçeli and Çakıcı’s particular friendship stretches back decades. The Turkish mafia’s sudden rehabilitation in public life has taken a hold on the popular imagination. Accused of 41 political murders, and jailed for ordering a hit on his ex-wife, who was shot dead in front of their young son, he was nonetheless freed from prison along with dozens of other mafia heavyweights in a coronavirus amnesty last year that notably ignored political prisoners. ![]() The man on the right, Alaattin Çakıcı, is the most notorious mobster in Turkey.
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