Sami Hoştan

Sami Hoştan
Born1 July 1947 (1947-07)
Skopje, North Macedonia
Died11 May 2015 (2015-05-12) (aged 67)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationMafia Boss

Sami Hoştan (1 July 1947 – 11 May 2015[1]), also known as Arnavut Sami Sami the Albanian, was a Turkish suspect in the Ergenekon trials.[2] He was a former partner of casino king Ömer Lütfü Topal; he was acquitted of Topal's murder in 2001.[3] 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.[4] He was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation in January 2008.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Sami Hoştan toprağa verildi". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ^ Ergenekon indictments, Ergenekon İddianamesi/ŞÜPHELİLER
  3. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 9 November 2001, Suspects in the Topal murder case are acquitted
  4. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 3 February 1998, Is the Susurluk key name Hostan?
  5. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 28 January 2008, 'Untouchables' nabbed in raid


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