THE SUBLIME PORTAL

For Bilal Şen, it was axiomatic that to take at
face value anything related to the Web was unwise. As an
experienced surfer of criminal boards and a student of
people's Internet behaviour, he knew that people lied,
cheated, exaggerated, deceived and conspired as a
matter of course. But the history of DarkMarket in
Europe, and especially in Turkey, went beyond this
quotidian dissimulation to evolve into a surreal tale of
skulduggery, espionage and betrayal. And one with no
apparent end.