Sedat Peker's 'press advisor' brought to Türkiye after detention in Albania

Olur reportedly went to the UAE last week, where Peker currently resides, to get a residence permit but was deported.

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Sedat Peker's 'press advisor' brought to Türkiye after detention in Albania

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Emre Olur, who is known as the "press advisor" of Sedat Peker, was brought to Türkiye early yesterday (September 18) following his detention in Albania.

Olur, who had an Interpol red notice, was brought to İstanbul from Tiran for "interrogation and judicial proceedings," the General Directorate of Security said in a statement.

Facing charges of "threat," "praising a crime and a criminal," " insult," "being a member of a criminal organization," "simple injury," and "insult with an audio, written or video message," Olur had an Interpol red notice.

He left Türkiye for North Macedonia on May 23, 2021, the authorities found.

After Olur was brought to Türkiye, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu tweeted, "I congratulate our Security Organization bringing another lowlife to our country with close follow-up."

Olur went to the UAE last week, where Peker currently resides, to get a residence permit but was deported, the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

Ersan Barkın, an attorney of Sedat Peker, told Cumhuriyet that the allegations against Olur were "baseless," noting that no one is under arrest in the "Sedat Peker criminal organization" investigation.

Peker, also has an arrest warrant against him for "leading a criminal organization."

Formerly a pro-government figure, he has been making allegations of corruption against senior government officials since last year.

Most recently, he claimed to reveal a bribery network involving advisors to the president and the former head of the Capital Markets Board.

Sedat Peker's allegations

A well-known figure in Turkey's underworld since the 1990s, Peker was imprisoned multiple times for organized crime.

Following his release in 2014 after serving 10 years in prison, Peker took a pro-government stance, publicly expressing his opinions on current affairs and holding pro-government rallies attended by thousands of people.

At the time, he was described as a "businessperson" in the pro-government media and received "businessperson of the year" awards from several different organizations.

In late 2019, he reportedly left the country to avoid arrest in an investigation against him for leading an organized crime group. In February 2020, he announced on YouTube that he was in Montenegro. Denying the arrest warrant claims, he said he had gone to the country to complete his university education and would come back to Turkey.

Turning against his former allies, Peker began his revelations on YouTube in early May last year, after, according to him, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu failed to keep his promise that he would be able to return to the country in April.

Peker targeted several former and incumbent government officials in his videos, making serious accusations against them, including international drug smuggling, political assassinations, corruption, sexual assault and murder.

Along with Soylu, former Minister of Interior Mehmet Ağar, his son and AKP deputy Tolga Ağar, former PM Binali Yıldırım's son Erkam Yıldırım, and former intelligence and military officer Korkut Eken were among Peker's high-profile targets.

Peker's videos had over 100 million views on YouTube and were dubbed as the "Sedatflix" on social media. The government and relevant people dismissed some of his claims while remaining silent about others.

However, he was not able to release a new video after June 20, 2021, because the UAE did not allow him due to security concerns, according to Peker.

He has continued his allegations on Twitter. He said he would resume releasing videos two months before the elections, which are due to take place in June 2023.

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