Savaş Buldan
Savaş Buldan (1961 - 3 June 1994) was a Turkish citizen of Kurdish descent involved in the Susurluk scandal. He was kidnapped and killed in June 1994.
Life
Savaş Buldan was born in Yüksekova to Şükrü Buldan (father). His brother, Nejdet Buldan, is one of the former mayors of Yüksekova for now defunct Democracy Party.[1][2]
Since 1979, he carried out activities in Yüksekova in line with the PKK. The Public Prosecution Office launched a trial against him in connection with the incidents that took place in Yüksekova, Hakkari, in March 1979.
In 1980, Savaş Buldan sheltered some members of the PKK in his house after the clashes that took place between the PKK organization and the Kurdistan National Liberators (KUK) in Kızıltepe and Diyarbakır. In the same year, he and some other sympathizers carried out propaganda activities in the neighboring villages on the issue of "tribes". In 1986 he married his cousin Pervin Buldan.
He was among the persons, who provided lawyers for the persons, who were detained in connection with the Nevroz incidents in March 1992.
In June 1992, when he was living in Istanbul, he got involved in drug trafficking and transferred most of the income to the PKK.
Savaş Buldan was detained on 28 July 1992 in connection with certain arms seized in Haznedar neighborhood of İstanbul, and he was arrested by the SSC he was referred to.
Along with Adnan Yıldırım and Hacı Karay, he was abducted by armed persons from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt, İstanbul, on 3 June 1994.[3] The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of Yığılca district of Bolu.[3]
Following Savaş Buldan's murder, his brother, Nejdet Buldan, fled Turkey[1] and settled in Germany.[3]
References
- ^ a b Aliza Marcus (1 April 2009). Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence. NYU Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8147-9587-3. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Nejdet Buldan 19 yıl sonra Yüksekova'ya döndü". Radikal (in Turkish). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "judgment in the case of Buldan v. Turkey". European Court of Human Rights. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- "1998 Report" (PDF). Human Rights Foundation of Turkey. (contains the Susurluk reports in English)
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