The Susurluk scandal (Turkish: Susurluk skandalı) or Susurluk accident (Turkish: Susurluk kazası), was a 1996 political scandal in Turkey that exposed a close relationship between the Turkish government, the ultra-nationalistic paramilitary Grey Wolves organization and the Turkish mafia. It took place during the peak of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the mid-1990s.
The Susurluk scandal (Turkish: Susurluk skandalı) or Susurluk accident (Turkish: Susurluk kazası), was a 1996 political scandal in Turkey that exposed a close relationship between the Turkish government, the ultra-nationalistic paramilitary Grey Wolves organization and the Turkish mafia. It took place during the peak of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the mid-1990s.
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