Mehmet Sincar

Mehmet Sincar (1953 in İkipınar, Mardin Province – 4 September 1993 in Batman) was a Kurdish politician from Turkey and a Democracy Party (DEP) member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He was assassinated in September 1993 together with the local chairman of the DEP in Batman. The Turkish Revenge Brigade took responsibility.^[1][2]

Career

Sincar was first elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1991, for the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP). He joined the Democracy Party (DEP) in 1993.^[3][4]

Death

Sincar was murdered in September 4, 1993, while leading a group in an investigation into political murders in Batman.^[5] In the same attack, the provincial HEP chairman of Batman Metin Özdemir was also killed while HEP MP Nizamettin Toguç was wounded.^[5] During the journey from Diyarbakir to Batman Sincar was protected by the police, but not at the time of his murder.^[5] He was buried in the cemetery of Kiziltepe.^[6] He was the first acting Member of Parliament who was killed.^[5]

Recognition

In Siirt^[7] and Kiziltepe^[8] a park was named after him.^[7]

Personal life

He was married to Cihan Sincar, who after his death turned politician and was elected Mayor of Kiziltepe.^[9]

Books

• Aydın Bolkan (2005), Faili Meçhul Bir Milletvekili Cinayetinin Öyküsü: Mehmet Sincar, Istanbul: Aram Yayınları. ISBN 978-958-24-2115-1

References

1. Amnesty International, 7 September 1993, EUR: 44/82/93
2. "Turkey: Condemn Threats on Human Rights Defenders". Human Rights Watch. 2 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
3. Namık Durukan, Milliyet, 25 January 1999, Dosyası kapatıldı
4. Akşam, 5 December 2001, Sincar cinayeti çözüldü Archived 26 July 2013 at archive.today
5. van Bruinessen, Martin (1996). "Turkey's Death Squads". Middle East Report (199): 20–23. doi:10.2307/3012887. ISSN 0899-2851. JSTOR 3012887.
6. "Kurdish politician Mehmet Sincar commemorated on 27th anniversary of his assassination". Bianet. 4 September 2020.
7. Sitesi, Siirt'te Güncel Haber. "Mehmet Sincar Parkı ve Halkevinin Açılışı Gerçekleştirildi". Siirt'te Net. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
8. "Martyrs of the 14 July death fast remembered". Firat News. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
9. Watts, Nicole F. (2011). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey. University of Washington Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-295-80082-0.