Turkish drug dealer. Following the imprisonment of his brother Hüseyin Baybaşin in 2002, he actively engaged in drug trafficking. Yaprak was ostensibly a businessman with a television channel (Yaprak TV), a radio station, and a tourism company (Hidayet Turizm). A Turkish drug baron who was jailed for 16 years for a major plot to supply heroin across the UK has been allowed to remain in the UK on human rights grounds. Urfi Cetinkaya, who was serving a 24-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking, passed away while incarcerated. The 70-year-old, who has been granted anonymity, is believed to have once been one of Britain’s biggest drug dealers. Jun 4, 2018 · A Turkish crime lord moved to the UK to set up one of Britain's biggest heroin smuggling rackets after he was kicked out of Germany for international drug trafficking. Sep 20, 2024 · Urfi Çetinkaya, a notorious drug dealer known as “Turkish Escobar,” has died in a prison in the western province of İzmir where he was serving a 24-year sentence on drug trafficking charges, Turkish media outlets reported. A major US federal criminal complaint has revealed a vast methamphetamine trafficking scheme with significant ties to Turkey, naming a Turkish national as a key conduit in a sprawling drug network that spans Mexico, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. He was imprisoned in the United Kingdom in 2006 and released in 2011 and as of 2012, he has returned to Turkey permanently. The 70-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been jailed for A Turkish crime boss said to be one of Britain’s biggest drug dealers will not be deported after judges ruled it would breach his human rights, the Telegraph can reveal. The man, considered one of Britain's biggest drug dealers, successfully argued that returning to Turkey would violate his right to family life. A notable trafficker was a Turkish businessman Mehmet Ali Yaprak of Gaziantep. A TURKISH crime boss branded one of Britain’s biggest drug dealers has dodged deportation on human rights grounds. Dec 19, 2024 · A TURKISH drug baron who was jailed for 16 years for a major plot to supply heroin in Britain has been allowed to remain in the UK on human rights grounds. Dec 18, 2024 · A Turkish crime boss said to be one of Britain’s biggest drug dealers has won his human rights battle against deportation after the UN Refugee Agency intervened and judges rejected a Home Office appeal. Abdullah Baybaşin (born 1960) is a Kurdish drug trafficker and the current head of the Baybaşin family. Fikri Yarasir, 53, had been A Turkish heroin dealer suspected of being a major organised crime boss has won the right to remain in the UK on human rights grounds, after the government told him he could stay before belatedly Dec 18, 2024 · A 70-year-old Turkish drug baron who was jailed for 16 years over a major heroin supply plot has won his right to remain in Britain on human rights grounds. ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police detained 525 suspected drug dealers in dawn operations across the capital, Ankara, on Thursday in what Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said was the “biggest narcotics operation” in the country’s history. A notorious Turkish drug trafficker, known as the "Turkish Escobar," has died in prison. . qeyy euvlm ulhttq gxei rmzim jawjl zti gimjez iveayl evr