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{{Short description|Kurdish businessman (1964–1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Savaş Buldan
| birth_date = 6 May 1964
| birth_place = [[Yüksekova]], Hakkari, Turkey
| death_date = {{dda|1994|6|3|1964|5|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Yığılca]], Bolu, Turkey
| resting_place = Avcılar cemetery, Istanbul
| occupation = Businessman
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Pervin Buldan]]|1987}}
| children = two
}}

'''Savaş Buldan''' (6 May 1964 – 3 June 1994) was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] businessman in Turkey. He was arrested by Turkish security forces<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/court-case-to-shed-light-on-turkeys-past-political-murders--68993|title=Court case to shed light on Turkey's past political murders - Turkey News|website=Hürriyet Daily News|date=13 July 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref> and was found dead on 4 June 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/782ab840-cba3-4782-ad20-05ac4844016c|title=Turkey police violently disperse Kurdish mothers' sit-in for the disappeared, arrest scores|last=|first=|date=|website=www.kurdistan24.net|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

==Life==
Savaş Buldan was born in [[Yüksekova]] on 6 May 1964<ref>{{cite news|title=HDP Eş Genel Başkanı Buldan: Savaş'a, Adnan'a ve Hacı'ya minnet ve saygıyla…|url=https://pirha.org/hdp-es-genel-baskani-buldan-savasa-adnana-ve-haciya-minnet-ve-saygiyla-378501.html/03/06/2023/|access-date=4 June 2023|work=Pirha|date=3 June 2023|language=tr|quote=His birth date can be seen on his grave}}</ref> to Şükrü Buldan (father). His brother, Nejdet Buldan, is one of the former mayors of Yüksekova for the now defunct [[Democracy Party (Turkey)|Democracy Party]].<ref name=aliz>{{cite book|author=Aliza Marcus|title=Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rcUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA234|access-date=9 April 2016|date=1 April 2009|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9587-3|page=234}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nejdet Buldan 19 yıl sonra Yüksekova'ya döndü|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/nejdet-buldan-19-yil-sonra-yuksekovaya-dondu-1212923/|access-date=9 April 2016|work=Radikal|date=15 September 2014|language=Turkish}}</ref>

He was accused of carrying out activities in line with the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|Kurdistans Workers' Party]] (PKK) since 1979. The Public Prosecution Office launched a trial against him in connection with the incidents that took place in Yüksekova, [[Hakkâri Province|Hakkari]], in March 1979.
In 1986, he married [[Pervin Buldan]].

He was among the persons, who provided lawyers for the persons, who were detained in connection with the [[Nowruz|Newroz]] incidents in March 1992.

In June 1992, when he was living in [[Istanbul]], he got accused of supporting the PKK by the Turkish authorities.

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

==Death and aftermath==
Along with [[Adnan Yıldırım]] and [[Hacı Karay]], he was abducted by the Turkish security forces from Çınar Hotel in [[Yeşilyurt, Istanbul|Yeşilyurt]], İstanbul, on 3 June 1994.<ref name="echr">{{cite web|title=Judgment in the case of Buldan v. Turkey|website=Parlament
|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vhchxba37dya/nieuws/man_verdenkt_turkse_geheime_dienst_van|date=|publisher=European Court of Human Rights|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of [[Yığılca]] district of [[Bolu]].<ref name="echr"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|website=serkancengiz.av.tr|access-date=2020-03-02|url=https://serkancengiz.av.tr/judgements-and-decisions-of-the-echr/buldan-v-turkey/|title=Serkan Cengiz Avukatlık ve Danışmanlık Bürosu Legal and Consultancy Services: Buldan v. Turkey}}</ref> On the 3 June, Pervin Buldan gave birth to their daughter Zelal Buldan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Katharsis: Film über einen nie gekannten Vater|url=https://anfdeutsch.com/kultur/katharsis-film-ueber-einen-nie-gekannten-vater-19554|access-date=2021-09-02|website=ANF News|language=de}}</ref> Savaş Buldan and his two friends were buried at Avcılar cemetery, İstanbul.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pervin Buldan'ın 23 yıl önce katledilen eşi Savaş Buldan mezarı başında anıldı|url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/pervin-buldan-in-23-yil-once-katledilen-esi-savas-buldan-mezari-basinda-anildi-162659|access-date=4 June 2023|work=[[BirGün]]|date=3 June 2017 |language=tr}}</ref>

After several investigations by the [[European Court of Human Rights]] (ECHR), Turkey was seen guilty for his death and the Turkish government was sentenced to pay Buldan's wife [[Pervin Buldan]] 10,000 Euros and to his brother Nejdet Buldan 16,000 Euros.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, the Turkish crime boss [[Sedat Peker]] accused [[Mehmet Ağar|Mehmet Agar]] of being responsible for Buldans death.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 May 2021 |title='Let the wall come down': Assassinations in '90s come under spotlight again after Peker's claims|website=[[Bianet]]
|url=https://bianet.org/english/politics/244552-let-the-wall-come-down-assassinations-in-90s-come-under-spotlight-again-after-peker-s-claims}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Buldan was married to Pervin Buldan, and they had two children: Neçirvan and Zelal. On the 3 June, his wife gave birth to their daughter Zelal.<ref name=":1" /> Zelal would release a movie in memory of her father called ''Katharsis'' in June 2020.<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kepenek|first=Evrim|date=3 June 2020|title=Zelal Buldan: En Çok Babama Teşekkür Ederim|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/yasam/225611-zelal-buldan-en-cok-babama-tesekkur-ederim|access-date=2 September 2021|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref> Following Savaş Buldan's murder, his brother, Nejdet Buldan, fled Turkey<ref name="aliz" /> and settled in Germany.<ref name="echr" />

==See also==
*[[List of kidnappings]]
*[[List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000|List of solved missing person cases]]
*[[List of unsolved murders (1980–2000)|List of unsolved murders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf |title=1998 Report |publisher=[[Human Rights Foundation of Turkey]] |ref=CITEREFHRFT1998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205022400/http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-05 }} <small>(contains the Susurluk reports in English)</small>

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:1990s missing person cases]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:Formerly missing people]]
[[Category:Kidnapped Turkish people]]
[[Category:Missing person cases in Turkey]]
[[Category:People from Hakkâri]]
[[Category:Arms traders]]
[[Category:Turkish drug traffickers]]
[[Category:Turkish murder victims]]
[[Category:Turkish people of Kurdish descent]]
[[Category:Unsolved murders in Turkey]]
[[Category:Turkish crime bosses]]
[[Category:1994 murders in Turkey]]
[[Category:Kidnapped businesspeople]]

Savaş Buldan - Revision history

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