ISTANBUL—An organized crime boss serving a prison sentence in Turkey was set free April 16 as Turkish authorities continued releasing thousands of inmates to ease overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic while moving to keep government critics behind bars.
Mob boss Alaattin Cakici was released from an Ankara prison and planned to “sequester” at a friend’s hotel in western Turkey, defense lawyer Zeynep Ciftci wrote on Twitter. The private DHA and IHA news agencies filmed Cakici’s convoy leaving the prison.
