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11 NOVEMBER 1992, WEDNESDAY
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The Turkish press reported today that the town of Hani in Diyarbakır was
assaulted the other night by about 200 PKK terrorists with rockets and bombs.
During the assault, a non-commissioned officer, 2 police officers and 10
civilians were killed and 2 were wounded. 4 of the murdered citizens were
children and 5 of them were women. The terrorists also set fire to public
buildings, the teachers' houses, numerous private houses and vehicles as well
as the electricity transformers in the town.
During the assault on the houses of the staff of the Military Drafting Office,
the wife and the son of the non-commissioned officer as well as their six
guests were killed.
Two police officers were shot dead with automatic guns. A shopkeeper was also
murdered with the same gunfire while trying to close down his shop.
The assault started around 19:30 and lasted nearly four hours. The gunshots
caused panic among the people in the streets who tried to take shelter in their
houses.
Mr. İbrahim Şahin, Governer of Diyarbakır, went to Hani yesterday to make
inquiries about the attack. Addressing the people of Hani, Mr. Şahin stated
that prior to the attack, the terrorists had hidden themselves in some of the
houses in the town where they had planned their assault.
The names of the citizens who were murdered in this assault are as follows:
Kemal Ay
Nesrin Ay
Mustafa Ay (child)
Süleyman Dalga
Fatma Dalga (26)
Sedef Dalga (5)
Sevda Dalga (4)
Sebahat Aslan (50)
Hülya Aslan (18)
Mensure Aslan (14)
Ufuk Akgüneş
İhsan Sak
Yaşar Aktay
One of the terrorists was captured dead with his machine gun after the attack.
07/07/1993 ERZİNCAN / Death of 30 civilians in an attack on Kemaliye -
Başbağlar village
7 JULY 1993, WEDNESDAY
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The Turkish press reported that the village of Başbağlar in Erzincan was raided
in the evening hours of 5 July 1993 by a large group of terrorists who murdered
30 civilians. 3 villagers were seriously wounded. The terrorists also set some
50 village houses on fire.
The Head of the Village Administration Ali Akarpınar who survived the massacre
with three bullet wounds told the reporters, "In the evening hours, a crowded
group of terrorists including men and women came to our village. They gathered
all the men at the entrance of the village and the women in another area. The
terrorists delivered a propaganda speech and told us that they would certainly
not harm anybody. We could not guess what was going to happen, because it was
the first time that terrorists were in our village. All the people they
gathered were unarmed and were not in a position to do anything against them.
Then they suddenly lined up all of us like sheep about to be slaughtered and
opened automatic gunfire on us. Simultaneously, they set the village houses on
fire. Most of the villagers died instantly with the first wave of fire. After
the execution, the terrorists checked the bodies one by one to make sure that
nobody was left alive, shooting those who were still alive. Fortunately, I
survived as the terrorists thought that I was dead."
Başbağlar is the smallest village of Erzincan. Because the terrorists destroyed
the single telephone of the village, communication between the village and the
outside world was completely cut off after the attack. The Governor of
Erzincan, Mr. Recep Yazıcıoğlu, stated that they had heard about the attack
only when one of the villagers arrived in the province of Kemaliye after a
7-hour walk and informed the authorities of the massacre.
President Süleyman Demirel defined this massacre as "complete barbarity" and
stated, "if there is still anyone either at home or abroad who continues to
remain indifferent to the fact that the Turkish State and Nation are facing
such cruelty and bloodthirst, they should be regarded as parties to this
savagery."
The names of those who were murdered in this massacre are as follows:
Süleyman Akpınar Mehmet Taşdelen
Kamil Akpınar Mehmet Ali Taşdelen
Ali Baltacı Adil Torun
İbrahim Baltacı Ali Kucur
Mehmet Baltacı İbrahim Çelik
Rıfat Aydın Hüsnü Öztürk
Aydın Aydın Feridun Dikkaya
Şaban Türkücü Hüseyin Güler
Ali Rıza Türkücü Celal Demirci
İbrahim Parto Fehmi Aydınlı
Salim Parto Hasan Sandıkçı
Recep Parto İbrahim Gülcan
Mehmet Parto Ahmet Yıldırım
Ali Özdemir Süleyman Orhan
Yahya Özdemir İbrahim Baltacı
20/07/1993 VAN / Killing of 25 nomads in an attack on the plateau of Bahçesaray
- Sündüz
20 JULY 1993
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"PKK barbarity against defenceless nomads: PKK riddled 14 children and 9 women
with bullets in the most abhorrent massacre of its history" was the headline of
one of Turkey's major newspapers.
7 PKK terrorists came to the Sündüz plateau on the slopes of the Mount Agiruf
near Bahçesaray, Van, around 01:00 on 18 July 1993. Saying "make us tea, we
will talk to you," the terrorists gathered 26 nomads, all of them women and
children of Kurdish origin, in a tent.
Taking advantage of the absence of the men, who were out to graze their sheep
and cattle, the PKK terrorists made PKK propaganda to the nomads and had a
wireless talk with some other PKK militants. Upon the orders received through
the wireless, the terrorists started shooting at the women and children in the
tent with Kalashnikov rifles from close distance, killing 25 people. The
terrorists then burned down the tent.
One nomad, named Ahmet Sevgili, survived the massacre with wounds, while 3
others managed to hide from the terrorists.
Hicret Güzel, a 35-year-old woman who survived the massacre, still unable to
contain her shock, said that "it was late at night. 7 armed people came to the
plateau. "Gather in the tent, we'll talk to you," they said and they wanted us
to make them tea. At that moment one of them had a wireless talk. They opened
fire on us right after that talk. I threw myself behind the stone bank around
the tent. I passed out after they had left."
It has been found out that the the terrorists executed the attack under the
command of Şemdin Sakık, known as PKK's "second man." The head of the PKK
group, however, was not determined.
President Demirel condemned the massacre with these words: "The responsibility
of those who sympathize with or provide support to this brutal terror
organization inside or outside (Turkey) is grave. This murder has profoundly
distressed our nation."
The names and ages of the nomads killed by the PKK terrorists are as follows:
Gül Turan (1) Eylem Elmalı (3)
Bahar Turan (2) Nezahat Elmalı (5)
Suzan Turan (6) Elzime Elmalı (6)
Hediye Turan (20) Sedef Elmalı (30)
Feryat Sevgili (5) Serla Sabırlı (20)
Baygun Sevgili (40) Devlet Söylemiş (20)
Yıldız Güzel (11) Azat Sabırlı (8)
Mahmut Yaşar (1) Hidayet Sabırlı (17)
Hami Yaşar (4) Muhteber Sabırlı (30)
Münice Yaşar (20) Şükrü Sabırlı (6)
Müzeyyen Yaşar (30) Sevim Ağaç (5)
Zehra Ağaç (1) Naşide Ağaç (3)
Huri Sansar (43)
06/10/1993 SİİRT / 23 killed and 10 injured in an attack on Daltepe and
Kalkancık villages of Silvan
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6 OCTOBER 1993, WEDNESDAY
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The Turkish press reported today that the village of Daltepe in Siirt was
raided by nearly 70 PKK terrorists on the night of 4 October 1993. The
terrorists came to the village around 21:00 and forced the villagers to gather
in the courtyard of the village mosque. They called out to the people who were
not willing to come out of their houses, "come and surrender. We are your
brothers." When the people gathered outside the mosque, the terrorists opened
automatic gunfire on the villagers, killing 23 people and wounding 10.
11 of the executed villagers were children, one of whom was a nine-month-old
baby. After the massacre, the terrorists set 19 houses in the village on fire
with rockets and fled away.
The names of the citizens who were murdered in the massacre are as follows:
Übeyit Kavçin (40) Selahattin Kavçin
Şevket Kavçin (33) Mehmet Kavçin (42)
Ali Kapar (45) Perihan (22)
Saniye Kavçin (12) Elife Kayır (15)
Nafiye Kapar (80) Mehmet Kavçin (65)
Yener Kayır (2.5 months) Hediye Kavçin (9)
Ahmet Kayır (19) Memiha Kavçin (30)
Hülya Kavçin (1.5 months) Nedim Kavçin (10)
Gülcihan Kavçin (9) Mehmet Sabir Kayır
Fatih Kayır (7) Hanife Kayır (9 months)
Semra Kavçin (3) Hülya Kavçin (18 months)
Mehmet Sabir Kaygiç (8)
Around the same hours, another group of PKK terrorists raided the hamlet of
Kalkancık in the vicinity Daltepe, killing 10 civilians, 3 whom were women.
The State of Emergency Area Governor Mr. Ünal Erkan, declared after the two
massacres: "What the terrorists have done (in Daltepe and Kalkancık) has
nothing to do with humanity. I am inviting those who say that they are
concerned with human rights to this place and see this massacre .... see how a
house of god has been stained with blood."
09/10/1993 TUNCELİ/ Killing of 4 teachers in Pertek
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9 OCTOBER 1993, SATURDAY
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In an effort to hinder and disrupt education in east and southeast Anatolia,
the PKK militants attacked teachers, killing 4 and wounding 2 in Pertek, in the
province of Tunceli, reported the Turkish press.
With the end of the summer holiday and the beginning of the academic year, the
PKK once again targeted teachers who have often become victims of the PKK's
brutal violence. The terrorists attacked Pertek's Pınarlar district primary
school just outside the village on 7 October 1993 and made PKK propaganda to
the teachers before shooting at and throwing grenades on them.
The names of the 4 teachers killed in the attack are:
Ünal Atlı,
Fevzi Katar,
Orhan Bakış, and
Taşkın Zenger.
2 other teachers, named Cemal Ünlü and Şahin Tümer, were wounded. The
terrorists set fire to the school before leaving the village. The attack
aroused public indignation all around the country.
23/10/1993 SİİRT / 22 civilians killed in PKK’s attack in Derince hamlet of
Baykan - Günbulak village
23 OCTOBER 1993, SATURDAY
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22 civilians were killed in a PKK raid on Derince Village of Siirt on the night
of 21 October 1993, say Turkish press reports.
The PKK terrorists entered the village around 21:30 from three different
directions, according to the State of Emergency Area Governor. The terrorists
called on the village guards to surrender and attacked the village with rockets
and long-range weapons when they got a negative response from the guards.
The terrorists ordered the villagers to gather inside the village's primary
school and shot 5 children who refused to submit to them. Another victim was
45-year old Hasibe Erdem who got her throat slashed by the terrorists.
The terrorists then opened fire on the villagers who had gathered inside the
school, killing 16 and wounding 8.
Those who lost their lives during the assault are as follows:
Nevrettin Erdem (10)
Anıl Erdem (60)
Merdiye Erdem (25)
Seime Erdem (30)
Emniyettin Erdem (8)
Kevser Erdem (12)
Zaruh Erdem (55)
Saki Erdem (10)
Bedriye Erdem (25)
Serkan Erdem (3)
Barış Erdem (4)
Cumhuriyet Erdem (8)
Mürivet Erdem (24)
Raife Erdem (60)
Emine Erdem (28)
Hasibe Erdem (45)
6 other children aged 1-6.
What was so revealing about the PKK attack was the wireless conversation taking
place among the terrorists during the assault. The recording of the
conversation between a terrorist code-named "Habur" and others have shocked
millions in Turkey. Excerpts from the above-mentioned conversation are
presented below :
Habur (to another terrorist codenamed "Zağros"): "Keep rocketing. Keep bombing
that place. Enter the houses with "Berger" and "Gabar" and burn them down. Kill
them all. Don't show mercy to anybody...."
Zağros: "OK. I got it."
Habur (to "Lolan"): "Lolan, have you entered those houses? Have you killed
those people?"
Lolan: ....
Habur: "Well done .... Don't leave the village until you have killed all of
them..."
...
Habur: "Comrade, why can't you kill? Stop showing mercy."
Habur: "Comrade, Lolan is not able to kill. He pities them. You finish the
job."
Habur: "Check all the houses in turn and kill them all .... women and children.
Kill the children in particular .... Comrades, hurry up. The armoured vehicles
are coming."
Zağros: "...."
Habur: "Comrades, how many have you killed so far?"
Lolan: "...."
Habur: "Fifteen? That's not enough. (Kill) Some more. See that house where the
lights are on? Enter that house. Don't leave anybody (alive)."
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The Minister of Interior, Mehmet Gazioğlu, pointed out after the attack that
the village guards were away when the PKK terrorists assaulted the village. He
noted that 4 houses had been hit with PKK rockets and remarked that the
terrorists could only "attack defenceless and innocent citizens and avoided
encountering the security forces."
13/02/1994 ISTANBUL / 5 military school students killed and 13 students injured
in the bomb explosion at Tuzla Train Station
13 FEBRUARY 1994, SUNDAY
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It was reported in the Turkish press that the blast from a high explosive bomb
placed by PKK's "Metropol Revenge Team" inside a waste-basket at Tuzla Train
Station in Istanbul caused the death of 5 reserve lieutenant students. 50
students were wounded during the bloody incident.
The students of Tuzla Military Infantry School were waiting at the Tuzla Train
Station early in the morning for the train which would take them to their
families or friends with whom they would spend the weekend when the bomb
exploded.
The explosion took place at 09:07 with a deafening sound, turning the area into
a bloodbath with mutilated victims, maimed arms and legs of the young students.
The dismembered pieces of flesh from the young victims spread all over the
walls and floors of the station.
The wounded students were taken to hospitals with buses, taxis and private cars
of the citizens.
Upon the announcements made on TV and radio channels, thousands of citizens
flooded the hospitals to donate blood to save the lives of these young people.
Two of the cadets unfortunately could not be saved despite all the efforts of
the medical staff and lost their lives at the hospital.
The bodies of the young victims were searched for identification. Over one of
the mutilated bodies of the students was his picture with his fiancee. The next
day was St. Valentine's Day.
Yüksel Demir, a journalist who happened to be in the train which arrived at the
station at the moment of explosion, told his colleagues in tears, "First, I
thought two trains had collided with each other. Then I noticed the screaming
people outside. I jumped out of the train and tried to help the people. The
area was full of blood and was surrounded with mutilated bodies. I collected
pieces of fingers, wrapped them into a newspaper and delivered it to a
hospital."
Mr. Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Governer of Istanbul, told the reporters in a press
statement, "Placing bombs in crowded areas is a very easy and effortless way.
This bloody act during the Ramadan has unmasked the objective of the PKK
terrorist organization."
The names of the young students who were killed in this cowardly assault are as
follows:
Cüneyt Güden
İsmail Kaya
Osman Bozdağlıoğlu
Murat Tuncer
Ekrem Okutan
05/04/1995 HATAY/ 7 civilians killed by the PKK terrorists in the village of
Dörtyol-AhmetçedüzüS
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5 APRIL 1995, WEDNESDAY
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PKK terrorists raided a house in Dörtyol province of Hatay on the night of 3
April 1990, putting to death 7 people, reported the Turkish press.
The Governor of Hatay, Mr. Utku Acun, stated that a group of PKK terrorists
burst into the house of Mustafa Şimşek in Ahmetçedüzü plateau around 18:00. The
terrorists, Mr. Acun noted, took 8 of the residents of the house to a nearby
forest, brought them to their knees and, saying "we have a lot of casualties in
northern Iraq, so we have to take revenge," started firing at them from behind.
Niyazi Yılmaz (18),
Ahmet Yılmaz (56),
Osman Kaya (44),
Ali Kozan (59),
Hüseyin Polat (25),
Mehmet Polat (18), and
Mehmet Kızıl (65)
were killed, while 55-year-old Mehmet Polat escaped death with wounds.
25/07/1995 VAN / 12 civilians massacred in an attack on the village of
Gürpınar-Atabinen
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25 JULY 1995, TUESDAY
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The PKK has once again directed its violence against women and children while
slaugtering 12 people, including 6 women and 3 children in Van, reported the
Turkish press.
The PKK terrorists came to the hamlet of Atabinen near Akdoğu village of
Gürpınar, Van, around 22:30 the other night and started shooting at the village
guards who were on duty. The terrorists entered the village from two different
directions and assaulted 4 houses belonging to the village guards with hand
grenades, shooting whoever came their way.
Two village guards, Cemil Şapkacı (26) and Dırbaz Kalkan (55), who clashed with
the terrorists, were killed.
The following are the names of the civilians massacred by the terrorists that
night:
Bigehan Şapkacı (1)
Selim Şapkacı (10)
Zehra Şapkacı (20)
Hazal Şapkacı (21)
Telli Şapkacı (32)
Sürme Şapkacı (25)
Kaya Şapkacı (23)
Besna Şapkacı (26)
Zübeyde Kılıç (30)
Neriman Kılıç (14)
13 others were injured as a result of the assault and were hospitalized at the
Van State Hospital and the military hospital.
During the operations initiated by the security forces after the attack, 5 of
the terrorists who had taken part in the massacre were captured dead with their
weapons.
İsa Kalkan, one of the village guards, who was wounded in the attack, described
their clash with the terrorists as follow:
"The clash lasted 4 hours. They (the terrorists) were opening fire around with
machine guns and rockets in a random way. The terrorists burned down the houses
belonging to the village guards by throwing grenades at them. The terrorists
had casualties, too, but they took the dead bodies of the terrorists with them.
The security forces arrived after the sunrise."
The terrorists who executed the assault were believed to have entered Turkey
through the Turkish-Iranian border.
05/08/1995 HATAY/Hassa - 8 killed and 10 wounded in a PKK attack on the village
of Gazeluşağı
5 AUGUST 1995, SATURDAY
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8 were killed and 10 were wounded as a result of PKK's rocket attack in the
village of Gazeluşağı near Hassa, Hatay. 15-20 PKK terrorists, taking advantage
of the departure of the village guards to watch a soccer game on TV in a nearby
village, raided Gazeluşağı on the night of 4 August 1995. The terrorists'
initial attack was with rockets followed by automatic gunshots. The terrorists
then entered into 5 houses in the outer parts of the village and burned, shot
or slashed the residents of the houses. A total of 8 people were killed, 6 of
whom were from the same family. 4 of those killed were children aged 5-14 and 2
were women, press reports say.
08/09/1995 HATAY/ 8 miners killed in a PKK attack near the village of
Samandağ-Seldiren
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8 SEPTEMBER 1995, FRIDAY
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The Turkish press reported that an estimated number of 15-16 PKK militants
raided a chrome mine near the village of Seldiren in Hatay, executing 8 miners
and wounding 1.
According to the news, the terrorists came to the mine around 22:00 on
September 5 and took 11 miners hostage. The terrorists later released two of
the miners to bring them food and clothing from a nearby town called Samandağ,
threatening them that the remaining 9 miners would be put to death if they did
not return to the mine soon or told the security forces anything. With the
passing of time, the security forces, having been informed of the incident,
started to encircle the mine. The terrorists then indiscriminately opened fire
on the remaining miners and fled away. The names of the 8 miners who were
slaughtered in this massacre are as follows:
Mustafa Kaygısız
Alaaddin Gören
Mustafa Yurtseven
Halil Ceren
Mithat Yılmaz
Orhan Kahraman
Veysel Yıldız
Yaşar Adam
Ahmet Polat (28), the only miner who survived the massacre with wounds
described the incident as follows: "After they sent our friends to bring them
food and clothing, there was 9 of us left in the mine as hostages. A couple of
hours after our friends left, they started to argue among themselves. They had
probably heard a conversation of the security forces on the wireless. They
gathered us and opened fire. I was shot from my arm and my left leg. I hid my
face and pretended I was dead. Then they left."
10/09/1995 SIRNAK/ Killing of 9 villagers in the village of Bulakbaşı
10 SEPTEMBER 1995, SUNDAY
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The Turkish press reported today that the village of Bulakbaşı in Şırnak was
raided by a group of PKK terrorists around 22:00 the other night. As a result
of the fire opened on the villagers by the terrorists, 9 villagers, including 2
children and 2 women, were shot dead and 13 were wounded.
The names of those who lost their lives in this assault are as follows:
Nadire Tong
Hatice Tong
Hıdır Tong
Şivan Tong
Mehmet Tong
Cihangir Tong
Ömer Tong
Ekrem Tong
Sıddık Ferkan
24/04/1996 KAHRAMANMARAS/ Murder of 3 teachers in the Karatat hamlet of Ekinözü
village
24 APRIL 1996, WEDNESDAY
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It was reported in the Turkish press that 3 primary school teachers were shot
to death by PKK militants in the Karataş hamlet of Ekinözü village in
Kahramanmaraş.
According to the information given by Mr. Saim Cotur, the Governor of
Kahramanmaraş, the terrorists first took Nurettin Arslan (22), teaching at the
Karataş Primary School of Altınyaprak village, with them and went to the Kale
Primary School in the hamlet of Çiftlik. There the terrorists shot Nurettin
Arslan, the Sarıgöl hamlet teacher Aydın Yılmaz (25) and the Davutlar hamlet
teacher Hacı Ömer Serin (23) with long-range weapons. It was believed that the
shootings took place around midnight and that the gunshots may not have been
heard because of the distance of the teachers' residences to the settlements of
the hamlet.
The dead bodies of the three teachers were found by the students who came to
the school the next day in the morning to celebrate the anniversary of 23 April
1920, the date of the founding of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, which
for years has been celebrated as the "children's day" in Turkey. Two of the
bodies were found in front of the teachers' residence and one was inside the
building.
After receiving the detailed news of the killings from the relevant authorities
in the district, Mr. Saim Cotur stated the following:
"The hamlets of Karataş, Sarıgöl and Davutlar are close to each other. All of
the three teachers were staying at the residence of the Karataş hamlet primary
school. The teachers were taken from the residence to the office of the
school's administrator, their hands were tied and they were executed. The way
the murders have been committed reveals that it was the work of the PKK.
It was learned that the three young primary school teachers Nurettin Arslan,
Hacı Ömer Serin and Aydın Yılmaz were from Kahramanmaraş, İçel, and Edirne,
respectively.
Security forces started operations to capture the terrorists. President
Demirel, Prime Minister Yılmaz, Minister of State Ülkü Güney and the Chairman
of the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kalemli strongly condemned the terror
act.
24/06/1996 DİYARBAKIR/ 8 civilians killed and 11 civilians injured as a result
of the PKK attack on a tourist establishment in Altındağ locality
24 JUNE 1996, MONDAY
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The Turkish press reported that a group of PKK terrorists raided the Altındağ
Recreational Facilities off the Diyarbakır - Elazığ highway some 10 kilometers
from Diyarbakır in the evening hours and opened fire on the people sitting
outside the buildings with long-range automatic weapons, killing 8 persons who
were dining in the garden. 3 of the victims were women and 2 were children, one
of whom was a two-year-old boy named Uğur Sarı. 11 civilians were heavily
wounded during the assault.
The PKK claimed responsibility for the massacre, asserting that the facilities
were being used for the training of military personnel. PKK militants had also
accused the owner of the facilities, Mehmet Ali Altındağ, of disseminating
anti-PKK propaganda through his private radio named "The Voice of Tigris" which
broadcast in Kurdish.
The facilities also housed Mehmet Ali Altındağ's private TV station, called
"Söz TV." During the PKK assault, the announcer of the TV interrupted a live
program and said in panic: "We are being attacked. We need help." The broadcast
was then cut off.
The names of the 8 citizens who were murdered in this massacre are as follows:
Burhan Turna
Elif Turna
Tamer Nuray
Kürşat Nuray
Murat Sarı
Aynur Sarı
Uğur Sarı
Hatice Övünç
14/08/1996 SİVAS/ 8 civilians killed in a PKK attack on Kangal-Demiriz Train
Station
14 AUGUST 1996, WEDNESDAY
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A group of PKK militants consisting of 7 men and 2 women raided the Demiriz
train station some 35 kilometers from Kangal, Sivas, say Turkish press reports.
The attack took place around 01:00 on 13 August 1996. The terrorists cut off
the telephone wires and cables to prevent the station personnel from warning
the security forces of the attack. Just then a cargo train coming from Malatya
and bound for Ankara entered and stopped at the station. The terrorist put
Bedrettin Gümüştepe, the mechanic of the train and 4 other personnel of the
train, together with the 3 people that were at the station at the time of the
attack in the office of the station chief and executed them by shooting with
automatic rifles.
The following are the names of the people killed in the attack:
Bedretting Gümüştepe
Abuzer Sağnak
İsmail Berber
Aziz Ekici
İsmail Eryiğit
İbrahim Yavan
Cumali Çiçek
Kubilay Fidan (station chief)
The terrorists wanted to set fire to the station, but they were obliged to run
away with the approaching of some armed villagers to the station.