DIYARBAKIR — 2001 · Murder
Assassination of police chief Gaffar Okkan
Diyarbakır police chief Gaffar Okkan was killed on 24 January 2001 in an armed attack on his official car in the city. Six people died in total, including five police officers. The attack took place while operations against Turkish Hezbollah were under way, and members of the organisation were tried. The defendants received aggravated life sentences. According to reports, the convicts were released in later years under various legal provisions. Many institutions and places in Diyarbakır have been named after Okkan.
- Date
- 2001
- Place
- Centre, Diyarbakır
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 37.9250, 40.2100 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 24 January 2001Gaffar Okkan and five officers were killed in an armed attack.
- 2001Operations against the organisation intensified.
- TrialDefendants received aggravated life sentences.
- Later yearsThe convicts were released under legal provisions.
Sources
- BBC – Turkish police chief killed news.bbc.co.uk ↗
- CNN – Turkey police edition.cnn.com ↗
- Vikipedi – Gaffar Okkan tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- BBC
- CNN
- NTV
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.