Sedat Edip Bucak (born 31 October 1960 in

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politician and the leader of the Bucak tribe in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He survived the 1996

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which led to the Susurluk scandal over links between police, politicians, the Turkish mafia and the Grey Wolves. In 2004 he was convicted of involvement in the Susurluk criminal gang, overturning a previous acquittal.

Life

He was born in

in 1960. His father is İsmail Hakkı. He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1991, representing Şanlıurfa for the True Path Party. In October 1993 he held a meeting with Democracy Party (DEP) Siirt MP Zübeyir Aydar and Şırnak MP Selim Sadak. In this meeting, he declared that the state had done everything to destroy the fraternity between the Turkish and Kurdish nations. In December 1993 he organized the distribution of a leaflet entitled "Siverek Youth" in the district center of Siverek. He was re-elected in the 1995 general election. He was the sole survivor of the

in November 1996 which led to the Susurluk scandal. The other three crash victims were drug smuggler Abdullah Çatlı and his girlfriend Gonça Us, and the director of the Police Academy in Istanbul

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. The crashed

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belonged to Bucak. Bucak's

parliamentary immunity Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which politicians such as president, vice president, governor, lieutenant governor, member of parliament, member of legislative assembly, member of legislative council, s ...

was revoked, but it was reinstated when he was re-elected in 1999, putting the Susurluk-related trial on hold. Hurriyet Daily News, 14 November 2006
Court announces ruling in Susurluk trial
/ref> In the 1990s he was also in charge of a

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unit of the Bucak tribe which at time 10'000 men. Bucak failed to win a seat in the 2002 general election, and as a result he lost his parliamentary immunity, and a case against him in relation to the Susurluk gang proceeded in December 2002. In 2004 he was convicted of involvement in the Susurluk criminal gang, overturning a previous acquittal.

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, 5 March 2004
Appeals Court Reverses Bucak's Acquital in Susurluk Case
He was sentenced to one year in prison.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bucak, Sedat 1960 births Living people People from Siverek Turkish Kurdish politicians Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Deputies of Şanlıurfa Susurluk scandal Kurdish politicians