The mob boss waging a YouTube war on the Turkish government
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
A Turkish mob boss who's on the run, has been making unverified claims on YouTube about corruption and organised crime linked right to the top of president Erdogan's government. His tell-all videos have captivated the nation and turned him into an unlikely social media star.
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| 0:30.0 | It'll be hilarious if it wasn't true. |
| 0:37.9 | I think if you asked Siri to show you a picture of a mobster, |
| 0:41.5 | this is probably what it would come back with. |
| 0:45.7 | But it is true. The man is real. |
| 0:48.8 | And for six weeks he's been laying waste to the Turkish establishment. |
| 0:53.2 | And actually it has a grimly hilarious side. |
| 0:56.0 | Believe it or not, that's a Turkish mobboss on the run, |
| 1:07.5 | who's been making the most sensational claims on YouTube about corruption and organized |
| 1:12.4 | crime links right at the top of the government of President Erdogan. |
| 1:20.3 | That's Turkey's interior minister, |
| 1:22.2 | Salaman Soilu, on Haber Turk, national television. |
| 1:26.0 | He's been Pecker's main target. |
| 1:28.1 | The claims run from drug trafficking to rape and murder. |
| 1:32.0 | And though they're all being fervently denied, the Turkish public are transfixed. |
| 1:37.4 | The opening of all these videos is he says to various people, |
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