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- 1995
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42pp
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Report (in Turkish with English translation) written by Dr. Tarık Ziya Ekinci, brother of Yusuf Ekinci, discussing his brother's murder. Dr. Ekinci notes his brother's lack of existing personal, professional, or political disputes with anyone. He writes that the killing of Yusuf was one of hundreds of so-called “unknown perpetrator” killings in 1994. The principal victims included prominent Kurdish businessmen and intellectuals. As pointed out in the report, Yusuf was an intellectual of Kurdish origin from the town of Lice. At the time Yusuf was killed, the focal point of the campaign against terrorism was Lice and its surrounding villages. Moreover, the method used in the killing of Yusuf Ekinci was identical to that used in the murders of intellectuals and businessmen of Kurdish origin in the main Turkish cities in 1994. Ekinci arrives at the conclusion that his brother 'like the others, was killed by a secret organisation nesting within the state.'
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