While Minister Soylu denies any acquaintance with the mafia leader, he releases recordings of video calls with people whom they know in common.

Facing an investigation over the murder of Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adalı, Atilla Peker, in his petition to the prosecutor’s office, has confessed that he and former intelligence officer Korkut Eken went to Cyprus to kill Adalı.

Twitch streamer Jahrein (Ahmet Sonuç) has announced that he has been summoned to the police department to give his statement. “You can never make me afraid,” he has said, referring to the other files about himself.

While Minister Soylu's party and President Erdoğan have been mostly silent about Peker's videos, Bahçeli has announced support for Minister Soylu.

While Interior Minister Soylu avoided answering the most critical questions during a TV program last night, mafia leader Peker was instantly responding to his accusations on Twitter.

The official said Peker's claims about the seizure of a luxury marina from a businessperson and about the police treatment of his spouse and children were correct, according to the BBC report.

AKP is not a party whose discourse coincides with its action but conflicts with it. Although their rhetoric is in line with the expectations of the voter base; AKP is being built in favor of the wealthy whose path has been cleared, in order to add wealth to their wealth through its actions and economic policies.

While 38 percent of the respondents said they were unaware of or uninterested in the videos, 39 percent said Peker's claims were important.

A social media user who commented on a news story about MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli will stand trial on charge of “attacking honor, dignity or prestige” and will face up to 2 years, 4 months in prison on the offense charged.

The overturn of the acquittal of former government and security officials in a case concerning 19 extrajudicial killings coincides with the mafia boss's claims in his YouTube videos.

Amid ongoing debates about the allegations of Sedat Peker, the İzmir Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Peker, Interior Minister Soylu, former Interior Minister Ağar and former PM Binali Yıldırım’s son Erkan Yıldırım.

“Political will is necessary to eliminate impunity. We cannot expect heroism from one-two judges," says Mehmet Emin Aktar, an attorney for the aggrieved families in the trial of former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar, whose acquittal has been overturned.