Per press statement released by Cumartesi İnsanları on 12th October 2013 and news article published by the Cumhuriyet Newspaper on 1st February 1992, Süleyman Atalan was a married shepherd with nine children living in the Toptepe village of Mardin’s Midyat district. On 16th September 1991, he left his house to tend to his animals. Per witness accounts, he was abducted by armed men near the Sarıkaya village, which was controlled by village guards. His wife searched for him, applying to authorities to no avail. Süleyman Atalan has not been heard from or seen, nor have his bodily remains been found.