Sami Hoştan

Sami Hoştan (born 1 July 1947), also known as Arnavut Sami, or "Sami the Albanian", is a Turkish suspect in the Ergenekon trials.[1] He is a former partner of casino king Ömer Lütfü Topal; he was acquitted of Topal's murder in 2001.[2] He was a friend of Abdullah Çatlı's; he was one of the first to arrive to collect Çatlı's body from the scene of the 1996 Susurluk car crash.[3] He was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation in January 2008.[4]

References

  1. Ergenekon indictments, Ergenekon İddianamesi/ŞÜPHELİLER
  2. Hurriyet Daily News, 9 November 2001, Suspects in the Topal murder case are acquitted
  3. Hurriyet Daily News, 3 February 1998, Is the Susurluk key name Hostan?
  4. Hurriyet Daily News, 28 January 2008, 'Untouchables' nabbed in raid

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