Mustafa Sayğı (Saygı)
person- Image
- Sex
- Male
- Civil status
- Married
- Occupation
- Workers
- Dependants
- 6
- Event description
Per ECHR case file, on 3rd June 1994, twenty-five-year-old Mustafa Sayğı left the Yoğurtçu village to go to the Suruç district of Urfa and disappeared. According to witness accounts, he had been stopped at a provisional military checkpoint; however, the authorities denied setting up a checkpoint at the said location and placing Mustafa Sayğı under custody. In 2009, a motorcycle and bones were discovered near Bilgin village in Suruç. The authorities claimed that the bones belonged to animals and dismissed the case. In 2015, the ECHR ruled that Turkey had violated article 2 (right to life) of the Convention.
- Geolocation
Latitude: 36.9751199
Longitude: 38.424287
- Geolocation
- City
- Şanlıurfa
- District
- Suruç
- Date of disappearance
- Jun 3, 1994
- Year of disappearance
- 1994
- Age at the time of disappearance
- Yaş:25
- Status of the victim
- Still missing
- Type of source material
- Book or newspaper article
- ECHR decision
- Press release or report of human rights organisations
- Printed or online news
- Decision by the prosecution office
- Unknown
- Verdict of ECHR
- Violation of the right(s)
- Articles violated according to ECHR verdict
- Article 2: Procedural violation of the right to life
- Summary of the legal proceedings
Per ECHR case file, until 2005 the family of Mustafa Sayğı, who had disappeared on 3rd June 1994 after living home to go to the Suruç district of Urfa, had refrained from initiating a legal process due to fear. In 2006, the Suruç Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled that the Suruç Gendarmerie Command had unlawfully placed Mustafa Sayğı but there was no evidence pointing to death under custody. Moreover, due to statute of limitations, the case was dismissed. In 2009, a motorcycle and bones were discovered near Bilgin village in Suruç. The authorities claimed that the bones belonged to animals and dismissed the case. In 2015, the ECHR ruled that Turkey had violated article 2 (right to life) of the Convention.