Hacı Karay (1950 – June 1994) was a Turkish human rights activist of Kurdish descent.

Hacı Karay
Born1950
DiedJune 1994
Yukarıkaraş, Turkey
Body discovered4 June 1994
OccupationBusinessman
Known forBeing kidnapped and subsequently murdered

He was born in Yüksekova, Hakkari, to Fehim Karay (father).

On 13 February 1993, he participated in the action of closing shops in Yüksekova in support of the hunger strikes staged at Diyarbakır Prison.

He had connections to Savaş Buldan. Along with fellow businessmen Savaş Buldan and Adnan Yıldırım,[1] he was abducted by armed persons from Çınar Hotel in Yeşilyurt, Istanbul, on 3 June 1994.[2] The abducted persons were found dead on 4 June 1994 on the road of Yukarıkaraş village of Yığılca district in Bolu.[2][3] They were buried at Avcılar cemetery, Istanbul.[4]

In March 1995, his sisters Gülcan and Gülsen Karay traveled to a rural area in southeastern Turkey to join the PKK.

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  1. ^ Gunes, Cengiz (2012). The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From Protest to Resistance. Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-415-68047-9.
  2. ^ a b Soner Yalçın (6 June 2009). "15 yıllık bir faili meçhul cinayetin tanıklığı". Hürriyet. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ "BULDAN v. TURKEY". echr.ketse.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Pervin Buldan'ın 23 yıl önce katledilen eşi Savaş Buldan mezarı başında anıldı". BirGün (in Turkish). 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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