Musa Anter
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Musa Anter, also known by nickname "Ape Musa" , (1920, Nusaybin—September 20, 1992, Diyarbakır
), was a dissident Kurdish
-Turkish
writer and activist. He was a nationalist
intellectual and murdered in September 1992.
He was born in the Eskimağra (Zîvîng ) village (Nusaybin District of the Mardin Province
). He completed his primary education in Mardin, and then studied at junior and senior high school in Adana. When he was a student, he had been to Syria during his summer holidays and got acquaintance with Kurdish nationalist intellectuals such as Celadet and Kamuran Bedir Khan, Kadri and Ekrem Cemilpaşa, Dr. Nafiz, Nuri Zaza, "Baytar" Nuri (Dersimi), Kadri Can, Osman Sabri
, Haco Axa and his son Hasan, Emînê Perîxanê's son Şikriye Emîn, Mala Elyê Unus, and Cîgerxûn.
Abdülkadir Aygan, who was PKK militant and surrendered in 1985, then recruited as part of the first staff of JİTEM (the Turkish Gendarmerie's Intelligence and Counter-terrorism Service), said he had been part of a JİTEM unit, along with a "Hamit" from Şırnak
, which had assassinated Musa Anter.
Other sources claim that the perpetrators were PKK defectors Murat Ipek, on orders from Mahmut Yıldırım
(alias "Yeşil"),
or Yeşil himself.
Turkey was found guilty of this murder in 2006 by the European Court of Human Rights
(EHCR), who sentenced Turkey to a fine of 28,500 euros.
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
), was a dissident Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
-Turkish
Turkey
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writer and activist. He was a nationalist
Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish nationalism is the political movement that holds that the Kurdish people are a nation deserving of a sovereign homeland, Kurdistan out of the territories where Kurdish people form a majority...
intellectual and murdered in September 1992.
He was born in the Eskimağra (Zîvîng ) village (Nusaybin District of the Mardin Province
Mardin Province
Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 744,606. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin...
). He completed his primary education in Mardin, and then studied at junior and senior high school in Adana. When he was a student, he had been to Syria during his summer holidays and got acquaintance with Kurdish nationalist intellectuals such as Celadet and Kamuran Bedir Khan, Kadri and Ekrem Cemilpaşa, Dr. Nafiz, Nuri Zaza, "Baytar" Nuri (Dersimi), Kadri Can, Osman Sabri
Osman Sabri
Osman Sabri , , a Kurdish poet, writer and journalist. He was born in Narînç or Narinc in what was then the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire...
, Haco Axa and his son Hasan, Emînê Perîxanê's son Şikriye Emîn, Mala Elyê Unus, and Cîgerxûn.
Abdülkadir Aygan, who was PKK militant and surrendered in 1985, then recruited as part of the first staff of JİTEM (the Turkish Gendarmerie's Intelligence and Counter-terrorism Service), said he had been part of a JİTEM unit, along with a "Hamit" from Şırnak
Sirnak
Şırnak is a town in southeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Şırnak Province, a new province that split from the Hakkari province...
, which had assassinated Musa Anter.
Other sources claim that the perpetrators were PKK defectors Murat Ipek, on orders from Mahmut Yıldırım
Mahmut Yildirim
Mahmut Yıldırım, better known as Yeşil , was a Turkish contract killer of Zaza origin. He worked for Mehmet Eymür, former chairman of the National Intelligence Organization's defunct Counter-Terrorism Department. He also used the alias Ahmet Demir.He is wanted for the killing of eight people.He...
(alias "Yeşil"),
or Yeşil himself.
Turkey was found guilty of this murder in 2006 by the European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...
(EHCR), who sentenced Turkey to a fine of 28,500 euros.
External links
- ECtHR judgment
- Ahmet Alış, "Üç Devrin" Tanığı: Modern Kürt Siyasi Tarihinin İçinden Musa Anter'i Okumak, Birikim, September 20, 2010.