Known in the underworld as 'The Turk', he is an intelligent, calculating, and very dangerous drug trafficker. With the secret support of the Tattaglia family, he requests political and legal protection from Don Corleone to establish a drug market. When the Don rejects this offer, he arranges a ruthless ambush to eliminate him. Upon Vito Corleone's survival, he makes new plans by collaborating with Captain McCluskey, but his life ends when Michael Corleone unexpectedly shoots him in a restaurant.
He has spent significant time in Türkiye and has a Turkish wife and children. He is known for his skill with a knife. He set up the entire logistics, from the cultivation of poppies to processing them into heroin in Italy and smuggling them into America. He has a dark but highly skilled record, including time served in prison.
A dark-skinned, medium-built, strong man. He has a crooked nose and black, cruel, piercing eyes.
Tom Hagen
The diplomat he kidnapped and blackmailed to convince the Corleone family to make peace.
Vito Corleone
An enemy whose power he needed, but whom he did not hesitate to try to kill when rejected.
Michael Corleone
The young man he thought was harmless but who ended up killing him.