Mehmet Tanrıverdi
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- Sex
- Male
- Civil status
- Married
- Occupation
- Unknown
- Dependants
- 5
- Event description
Per archives of the Human Rights division of the İstanbul Bar Association; Mehmet and Mahrem Tanrıverdi were taken from their homes in Lice district of Diyarbakır, along with two of their brothers and their cousin, by several soldiers and one policeman and placed under custody on 6th May 1994.
When the families asked about their kin at the Gendarmerie Command in Lice they were told, their kin was nor there. In the following days, all the detainees were freed except for Mehmet and Mahrem Tanrıverdi. From that day onwards, the family applied to authorities in search of their sons to no avail.
Mahrem and Mehmet Tanrıverdi have not been heard of or seen since then, nor have their bodily remains been found
A permanent search warrant was issued for the two brothers in 2014 and the investigation is still ongoing.
- Geolocation
Latitude: 38.42495120000001
Longitude: 40.67040889999999
- Geolocation
- City
- Diyarbakır
- District
- Lice
- Date of disappearance
- May 6, 1994
- Year of disappearance
- 1994
- Age at the time of disappearance
- Yaş:26
- Status of the victim
- Still missing
- Type of source material
- Press release or report of human rights organisations
- Printed or online news
- Statement by victim/complainant
- Decision by the prosecution office
- Investigation continues
- Summary of the legal proceedings
Following the disappearance of their two sons under custody, the Tanrıverdi family embarked upon a lengthy search for them, during which the case was transferred between multiple prosecutor’s offices. At one point, the case was dismissed on the grounds that one of the sons had a search warrant issued for him for being a PKK member, only to be re-opened due to the family’s insistence.
In 27th November 2014, the Lice Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a standing search warrant for the two brothers. The investigation is on-going.