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The drug trafficker Urfi Çetinkaya, known in the Turkish public as the "Turkish Escobar," has passed away in the prison where he was held. HE WAS ARRESTED LAST YEARÇetinkaya, who had a confirmed 24-year prison sentence for the crimes of "manufacturing and transporting narcotic substances in an organized manner," was captured in Istanbul while being sought with a red notice and was arrested on April 12, 2023. With Çetinkaya's death, secrets remain behind. WHAT HAPPENED?On February 20, an operation named "Cage-44" was conducted against the organized crime group led by Urfi Çetinkaya, known as the "Turkish Escobar," in Istanbul, Izmir, Afyonkarahisar, Malatya, Antalya, Çanakkale, Bilecik, Muğla, and Balıkesir, resulting in the detention of 43 suspects. The suspects, identified as responsible for a total of 37 tons of drugs, including 13 tons seized in Germany, Bulgaria, Spain, Mauritania, Portugal, and Greece, and 24 tons in Turkey, were found to have conducted international drug trafficking using their own ships, commercial containers, and fishing boats. As part of the investigation, a total of 147 plots of land, 56 residences, 8 apartment buildings, 74 businesses, 53 luxury vehicles, boats, shares in 53 companies, 64 bank accounts, 7 rented safes, as well as numerous jewelry items, cash, and cold wallets, valued at approximately 20 billion, were seized from the crime organization. Urfi Çetinkaya, who had a confirmed 24-year prison sentence for the crimes of "manufacturing and transporting narcotic substances in an organized manner" and was captured in Istanbul while being sought with a red notice, was arrested on April 12, 2023. As part of the investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 23 of the 43 suspects captured in the operation coordinated by the Narcotics Crimes Department of the General Directorate of Security and the Istanbul Narcotics Crimes Branch were arrested, while 20 were released under judicial control measures.
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