Hacı Karay

Hacı Karay (1950 -June 1994) was a Turkish person of Kurdish descent.

He was born in Yüksekova, Hakkari, to Fehim Karay (father).

On 13 February 1993, he participated in the action of closing shops in Yüksekova in support of the hunger strikes staged at Diyarbakır Prison.

He had connections to Savaş Buldan. Along with fellow businessmen Savaş Buldan and Adnan Yıldırım[1], he was abducted by armed persons from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt, İstanbul, on 3 June 1994.[2] The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of Yığılca district in Bolu.[2][3]

In March 1995, his sisters Gülcan and Gülsen Karay went to rural area in southeastern Turkey to join the PKK.

References
  1. Gunes, Cengiz (2012). The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From Protest to Resistance. Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-415-68047-9.
  2. Soner Yalçın (6 June 2009). "15 yıllık bir faili meçhul cinayetin tanıklığı". Hürriyet. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. "BULDAN v. TURKEY". echr.ketse.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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