Memduh Ökmen
person- Image
- Sex
- Male
- Civil status
- Married
- Occupation
- Craftsman
- Peasant
- Dependants
- 5
- Event description
Per Yakay-Der’s book on enforced disappearances “Sımsıcaktı Elleri” (How snug were their hands) and his family’s testimony, 36 year-old Mmduh Ökmen was a married father of four living in the Sütlüköy (Ewina) village of Mardin’s Savur district, who was under pressure from the military authorities of the district to leave the village. On 20th April 1994, he was taken into custody by soldiers and on 6th May 1994 appeared before a judge, who released him at the end of the hearing. However, as he was about the exit the courthouse he was stopped by two gendarmes and a plain clothes man and driven off in a white Toros car. He has not been heard from or seen since then, nor have his bodily remains been found.
The investigation that was initiated with the efforts of his family was dropped in 2012 due to statute of limitations.
- Geolocation
Latitude: 37.312903
Longitude: 40.733951
- Geolocation
- City
- Mardin
- Date of disappearance
- Apr 20, 1994
- Year of disappearance
- 1994
- Age at the time of disappearance
- Yaş:36
- Status of the victim
- Still missing
- Type of source material
- Interview with family member (audio and video records)
- Press release or report of human rights organisations
- Printed or online news
- Decision by the prosecution office
- Decision of non-prosecution due to statute of limitations
- Summary of the legal proceedings
36-year-old Memduh Ökmen was a married father of four living in the Sütlüköy (Ewina) village of Mardin’s Savur district, who was under pressure from the military authorities of the district to leave the village. On 20th April 1994, he was taken into custody by soldiers and on 6th May 1994 appeared before a judge, who released him at the end of the hearing. However, as he was about the exit the courthouse he was stopped by two gendarmes and a plain clothes man and driven off in a white Toros car. His family searched for him and applied to various authorities to no avail. It was denied that Memduh Ökmen was taken by security forces. Two men came forward and claimed to be kept in detention with him after 6th May; however ,t did not make a difference.
The investigation that was initiated with the efforts of his family was dropped in 2012 due to statute of limitations.