Akçayurt, Hani
Akçayurt (Kurdish: Derno[1]) is a village in the Hani District of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[2]
Akçayurt | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Akçayurt Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38.4852°N 40.3685°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır Province |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 78 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Disappearance of the village muhtar Mehmet Gürkan in 1994
A Kurdish muhtar (elected village head) after being released stated in a press statement that he had been tortured by Turkish gendarmes while in custody and forced to tell television journalists the PKK had burned his village, he stated when in fact it was the Turkish military who burned the village. On 18 August 1994 when returning to his village an eye-witness stated he was detained and taken via helicopter. He has not been seen since.[3]
References
- "UA 347/94 - Turkey: "disappearance": Mehmet Mustafa Günkan (generally known as Mustafa günkan)" (PDF). Amnesty International. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- "Akçayurt". Koyumuz. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- "UA 347/94 – Turkey: "disappearance": Mehmet Gurkan (generally known as Mustafa Gurkan)". Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
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