Per press statement released during the demonstration of Cumartesi İnsanları on 15th March 2014, Mehmet Yaşar was taken on 28th February 1994 by plainclothes policemen from a friend’s house where he was chased to by security officers during the funeral of a friend of his, whose body had been discovered shortly after his abduction by armed men. Mehmet Yaşar was not heard from after this incident. His family searched for him to no avail. His family believes the statements made by an ex-PKK militant-turned-JİTEM member, who alleges that Mehmet Yaşar was abducted and murder by the so-called “Yüksekova Gang” comprised of high-rank soldiers and security officers. The family applied to the European Court of Human Rights.