Duran Kalkan
Duran Kalkan (born 1954), also known as Selahattin Abbas,[2] is a senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Duran Kalkan | |
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Born | 1954 |
Occupation | Senior commander, Kurdistan Workers' Party |
Military career | |
Nickname(s) | Selahattin Abbas |
Allegiance | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) |
Battles/wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
Duran Kalkan, Murat Karayilan and Cemil Bayik, the three current leaders of the PKK, are wanted by the United States Department of the Treasury and the Government of Turkey for recruiting child soldiers, involving in drug trafficking, targeting Turkish government officials, police and security forces, and indiscriminately injuring and killing civilians.[3][4]
Biography
Kalkan was born in Güzelim, Tufanbeyli, Adana, in 1954 to a family that had migrated from Erzurum.[5]
Initially, serving as a guerrilla commander in the PKK, he succeeded Riza Altun as the PKK's transnational finance manager in the late 1980s and managed the organizations finances in Germany until the early 1990s. After he moved to Iraqi Kurdistan, to evade arrest warrants.[6] There he served as commander in the Arteshen Rizgariya Gelli Kurdistan (ARGK) and member of the PKK's Presidential Council,[7] eventually becoming a member of the Executive Council of the Koma Civakên Kurdistan (KCK).[8]
He publishes articles in the Özgür Gündem newspaper under the name Adil Bayram.[9]
In November 2018 the USA declared, that within their Reward for Justice Program they offered a bounty of 3 million US-dollars for informations that lead to the capture of Duran Kalkan.[10]
References
- Duran Kalkan, Biyografi.net; accessed 4 June 2017.
- Duran Kalkan: The Turk Fighting for Kurdish Irredentism, jamestown.org; accessed 4 June 2017.
- https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/cemil_bayik.html
- https://www.haberturk.com/pkk-elebaslari-kirmizi-listede-de-12-milyon-tl-odulle-araniyor-2209807
- lider51. "Hayaller... - ADANA ILI TUFANBEYLI ILCESI GUZELIM KOYU TARIHI KOY HAKKINDA GENIS BILGILER". lider51.tr.gg. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
- The Militant Kurds: a dual strategy for freedom, books.google.com; accessed 4 June 2017.
- An interview with Duran Kalkan a commander of the ARGK and a member of PKK's Presidential Council, 15 July 1999
- "Executive Council member of the KCK Duran Kalkan, BDP 'Get out of the mountain' proposed".
- "Duran Kalkan'dan HDP yönetimine 'pasiflik' eleştirisi". Radikal (in Turkish). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/duran_kalkan.html