Susurluk is a small town and a district of Balıkesir Province in northwestern Turkey. It is famous for its production soap and dairy products.^{[citation needed]} İstanbul-İzmir road is passing inside Susurluk, so there are many restaurants in Susurluk. Susurluk is well known with toasted sandwich with tomato paste and bubbly ayran.

[edit] 1996 scandal

In 1996 this township was home to a fatal car accident, after which it was found that among the slain and injured were one parliamentary deputy, a known right-wing gang leader, a former beauty queen, and a senior police officer.^[1]

The resulting political and social turmoil has come to be known as the Susurluk scandal, and the accident was described as definite proof of the link between politics, organized crime and the bureaucracy, referred to in Turkish as the derin devlet ("deep state").

Several people, including three ex-special forces members, were convicted of illegal activities and served prison terms.

[edit] References

1. ^ Lee, Martin A (1998-04-12). "Turkish Dirty War Revealed, but Papal Shooting Still Obscured". Los Angeles Times: p. M-2. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/12/opinion/op-38664. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 

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Coordinates: 39°55′N 28°10′E / 39.917°N 28.167°E / 39.917; 28.167

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