Sedat Peker (born 26 June 1971, Sakarya, Turkey) is a convicted Turkish criminal leader. He is also known for his political views that are based on Pan-Turkism.Peker was born in Sakarya, Turkey. He spent considerable time in Germany. He is a noted Turanist.Peker was tried for the murder of the drug smuggler Abdullah Topçu, but acquitted. The two other defendants in the same case, considered to be Peker's employees, were sentenced to lifelong imprisonment.After this, he fled to Romania and was sought for, amongst others, protection racketeering, coercion, and incitement to murder. During this time it was reported that Peker had been visited by a minister and a member of parliament from the Motherland Party and guaranteed, in return for an unknown favor, to be only imprisoned for a short period of time. Wikipedia