Sami Hoştan (1 July 1947 – 11 May 2015), also known as Arnavut Sami ''Sami the Albanian'', was a Turkish suspect in the
Ergenekon trials
The Ergenekon trials or the Ergenekon conspiracy, were a series of high-profile trials which took place in 2008–2016 in Turkey in which 275 people, including military officers, journalists and opposition lawmakers, all alleged members of Erge ...
. He was a former partner of casino king
Ömer Lütfü Topal; he was acquitted of Topal's murder in 2001. He was a friend of
Abdullah Çatlı's; he was one of the first to arrive to collect Çatlı's body from the scene of the 1996
Susurluk car crash
The Susurluk car crash was a car crash that took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the deaths of three of the passengers: Abdullah Çatlı, a former ultra-rightist militant wa ...
. He was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation in January 2008.
[ Hurriyet Daily News, 28 January 2008]
'Untouchables' nabbed in raid
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* ''Radikal
''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally consider ...
'', 30 September 2009
Hakimden Sami Hoştan'a Veli Küçük sorusu
* http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/52360-sami-hostan-kimdir
1947 births
2015 deaths
Prisoners and detainees of Turkey
Turkish crime bosses
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