Savas Buldan
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Savaş Buldan was a Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 citizen of Kurdish descent
Kurds in Turkey
Ethnic Kurds compose a significant portion of the population in Turkey . Unlike the Turks, the Kurds speak an Indo-European language...

 involved in the Susurluk scandal
Susurluk scandal
The Susurluk scandal was a scandal involving the close relationship between the Turkish government, the armed forces, and organized crime. It took place during the peak of the Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict, in the mid-1990s...

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He was born in Yüksekova
Yüksekova
Yüksekova is a district of Hakkari Province of Turkey, situated close to the border with Iran. Its location on the trade route between Iranian Azarbaijan and eastern Turkey made it an important juncture for travelers and the location of several ethnic groups that were active in regional trade....

 to Şükrü Buldan (father).

Since 1979, he carried out activities in Yüksekova in line with the PKK.

The Public Prosecution Office launched a trial against him in connection with the incidents that took place in Yüksekova, Hakkari, in March 1979.

In 1980, Savaş Buldan sheltered some members of the PKK in his house after the clashes that took place between the PKK organization and the Kurdistan National Liberators (KUK) in Kızıltepe and Diyarbakır. In the same year, he and some other sympathizers carried out propaganda activities in the neighboring villages on the issue of "tribes". In 1986 he married his cousin Pervin Buldan
Pervin Buldan
Pervin Buldan is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin. She was a member of the former Democratic Society Party in Iğdır, Eastern Turkey. She is President of Yakay-Der....

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He was among the persons, who provided lawyers for the persons, who were detained in connection with the Nevroz
Nowruz
Nowrūz is the name of the Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the Persian New Year....

 incidents in March 1992.

In June 1992, when he was living in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, he got involved in drug trafficking and transferred most of the income to the PKK.

Savaş Buldan was detained on July 28, 1992 in connection with certain arms seized in Haznedar neighborhood of İstanbul, and he was arrested by the SSC he was referred to.

Along with Adnan Yıldırım
Adnan Yildirim
Adnan Yıldırım was a Turkish person involved in the Susurluk scandal in 1994.Yıldırım was born in Diyarbakır, the son of Selim Yıldırım....

 and Hacı Karay
Haci Karay
Hacı Karay was a Turkish person of Kurdish descent involved in the Susurluk scandal.He was born in Yüksekova, Hakkari, to Fehim Karay ....

, he was abducted by armed persons from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt
Yesilyurt
Yeşilyurt is a small town in southwestern Turkey at a distance of from the city of Muğla, center of Muğla Province.It is accessed by a turnout at a short distance from Muğla-İzmir highway just before entering Muğla...

, İstanbul, on June 2, 1994.

The abducted persons were found dead on June 4, 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of Yığılca
Yigilca
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 district of Bolu
Bolu
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