Alaettin Çakıcı
Alaettin Çakıcı | |
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| Born | 20 January 1953 Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Occupation(s) | Crime boss, hitman |
| Criminal status | Out of prison |
| Children | Ali Çakıcı |
| Relatives | Gencay Çakıcı |
| Convictions | Assault with a firearm, contracting a murder, member of a criminal organization |
| Criminal penalty | 36 years and 10 months' imprisonment |
Alaettin Çakıcı (born 20 January 1953) is one of the leading figures of the Turkish mafia, a convicted felon and a former member of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves in Turkey.
Initially employed by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization for covert operations outside Turkey in the 1980s, contracting assassinations, he went underground from 1992-1998, was arrested and imprisoned for 2 years, arrested again and imprisoned for 16 years. Çakıcı is the arch rival of mafia boss Sedat Peker. After Çakıcı’s release in 2020, Peker left the country and exposed Çakıcı's connections to former members of the Erdogan cabinet, like Mehmet Ağar.