Savaş Buldan

Savaş Buldan (1961 – 3 June 1994) was a Turkish citizen of Kurdish descent. He was kidnapped[1] and killed on 3 June 1994.[2]

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 the defunct Democracy Party.[3][4]

He was accused of carrying out activities in line with the Kurdistans Workers' Party (PKK) since 1979. 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 accused of supporting the PKK by the Turkish authorities and labeled as drug dealer in order to create an unfavorable perception of him as they did with many Kurdish activists.

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.

Death and aftermath

Along with Adnan Yıldırım and Hacı Karay, he was abducted by the Turkish security forces from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt, İstanbul, on 3 June 1994.[5] The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of Yığılca district of Bolu.[5][6] Turkey was sentenced to pay Buldan's wife Pervin Buldan 10,000 Euros and to his brother Nejdet Buldan 16,000 Euros.[6]

Following Savaş Buldan's murder, his brother, Nejdet Buldan, fled Turkey[3] and settled in Germany.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Court case to shed light on Turkey's past political murders - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  2. "Turkey police violently disperse Kurdish mothers' sit-in for the disappeared, arrest scores". www.kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. 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.
  4. "Nejdet Buldan 19 yıl sonra Yüksekova'ya döndü". Radikal (in Turkish). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. "Judgment in the case of Buldan v. Turkey". Parlament. European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. "Serkan Cengiz Avukatlık ve Danışmanlık Bürosu Legal and Consultancy Services: Buldan v. Turkey". serkancengiz.av.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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