Sami Hoştan

{{Short description|Turkish suspected criminal (1947–2015)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sami Hoştan

| birth_date = {{birth-date|1 July 1947}}

| birth_place = Skopje, North Macedonia

| death_date = {{death-date and age|11 May 2015|1 July 1947}}

| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| occupation = Mafia Boss

}}

Sami Hoştan (1 July 1947 – 11 May 2015{{Cite web|url= http://www.milliyet.com.tr/sami-hostan-topraga-verildi-gundem-2058533/ |title= Sami Hoştan toprağa verildi |accessdate= 4 June 2015}}), also known as Arnavut Sami Sami the Albanian, was a Turkish suspect in the Ergenekon trials.Ergenekon indictments, [http://tr.wikisource.org/wiki/Ergenekon_iddianamesi/%C5%9E%C3%9CPHEL%C4%B0LER#35-SAM.C4.B0_HO.C5.9ETAN Ergenekon İddianamesi/ŞÜPHELİLER] He was a former partner of casino king Ömer Lütfü Topal; he was acquitted of Topal's murder in 2001.Hurriyet Daily News, 9 November 2001, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/suspects-in-the-topal-murder-case-are-acquitted.aspx?pageID=438&n=suspects-in-the-topal-murder-case-are-acquitted-2001-11-09 Suspects in the Topal murder case are acquitted] 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.Hurriyet Daily News, 3 February 1998, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=is-the-susurluk-key-name-hostan-1998-02-03 Is the Susurluk key name Hostan?] He was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation in January 2008.Hurriyet Daily News, 28 January 2008, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/untouchables-nabbed-in-raid.aspx?pageID=438&n=untouchables-nabbed-in-raid-2008-01-28 'Untouchables' nabbed in raid]