Adnan Yıldırım (1957 – 2 June 1994) was a Turkish businessman of Kurdish descent.
Yıldırım was born in
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
, the son of Selim Yıldırım.
On 3 June 1994 together with
Savaş Buldan and
Hacı Karay
Hacı Karay (1950 – June 1994) was a Turkish human rights activist 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 ...
, he was abducted by unidentified armed persons from the Çınar Hotel in
Yeşilyurt,
Istanbul
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.
The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994, on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of
Yığılca
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District,
Bolu Province
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.
They were buried at Avcılar cemetery, Istanbul.
See also
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List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
By date
* List of kidnappings befo ...
References
External links
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(contains the Susurluk reports, and material on the Counter-Guerrilla
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)
1957 births
1994 deaths
1990s missing person cases
Formerly missing people
Kidnapped businesspeople
Missing person cases in Turkey
People from Diyarbakır
Susurluk scandal
Unsolved murders in Turkey
1994 murders in Turkey
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