Yakup Kürşat Yılmaz (born 3 March 1961) is a Turkish mob boss with links to the ultranationalist (Grey Wolves) Turkish mafia. He was arrested in Bulgaria in July 1998, having escaped from prison in Turkey three times (1994, February 1997 and February 1998).Turkish Daily News, 19 April 1999, Mafia boss Kursat Yilmaz brought back to Turkey He had been sentenced to 19 years for arranging the 1995 murder of former Kuşadası Mayor Lütfi Suyolcu.Turkish Daily News, 20 April 1999, Special protection for Kursat YilmazTurkish Daily News, 23 September 1998, Imprisoned godfather Kursat Yilmaz breaks silence with statement to TDNSabah, 18 February 1998, Kürşat Yılmaz yine kaçtı He claimed that he had been told his sentence would be annulled if he killed businessman Halil Toprak, and that he had been given Hepatitis C in Bulgaria in order to prevent him speaking about his connections.Turkish Daily News, 8 June 1999, Kursat Yilmaz claims that 'bats' want to kill him with hepatitis-C
After he escaped to Bulgaria, he was detained in Varna in 1998 and subsequently extradited back to Turkey in April 1999.
He was released on October 30, 2021, after his lawyers requested a retrial in 2021.
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