Hacı Karay (1950 – June 1994) was a Turkish
human rights
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activist of
Kurdish descent.
He was born in
Yüksekova
Yüksekova (; ) is a municipality (belde) in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey and is the largest city in the province. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds including non-tribal and is considered p ...
, 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, he was abducted by armed persons from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt,
Istanbul
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, on 3 June 1994.
The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of
Yığılca
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district in
Bolu
Bolu is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,[Turkey
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to join the
PKK.
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 ...
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List of unsolved murders
References
External links
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(contains the Susurluk reports in English)
1950 births
1994 deaths
1990s missing person cases
Formerly missing people
Kidnapped Turkish people
Missing person cases in Turkey
People from Hakkâri
Turkish drug traffickers
Turkish murder victims
Turkish people of Kurdish descent
Unsolved murders in Turkey
1994 murders in Turkey
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