Per Human Rights Association’s (İHD) human rights abuse report for year 1997 and news article entitled “Batman’da bir kayıp daha” (Another missing person in Batman) Ali Uçar was married with eight children and living in Hermes (Yakıtlı) village in Batman’s Gercüş district. After the majority of his village accepted to serve as village guards, he moved to the city center of Gercüş. On 9th July 1997, at around 10 am, he left his house. According to witness accounts, he was abducted by unknown men while shopping at a store. For days, nothing was heard from him. About a month later, on 13th August 1997, his body was found near the Acırlı village in Mardin’s Midyat district.