Fidan Doğan (17 January 1982 – 9 January 2013) was a Kurdish activist, who worked at the Kurdish information centre in Paris and also represented the Brussels-based Kurdish National Congress in France.
Born in Elbistan in southern Turkey, Doğan moved to France when she was young. She grew up in Strasbourg, where she completed her university education.[1]
Death
BearbeitenShe was assassinated in Paris on 9 January 2013, along with Sakine Cansız and Leyla Şaylemez.[2][3] On the 17 January in Diyarbakir tens of thousands of Kurds remembered the three women in a ceremony.[4] Her funeral was conducted by an Alevi dede.[5] She was buried in her family's village in the province of Kahramanmaraş's Elbistan district.[6]
Aftermath
BearbeitenTributes after her death revealed that she was well known in political circles, as well as being close to Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, made a point of receiving her family to pay his condolences in person. The rapporteur for Turkey of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Josette Durrieu, also paid tribute in glowing terms.[7][8]
François Hollande's statement that he knew one of the three women assassinated in Paris (which provoked a strong reaction from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan), raised speculation that Doğan was also in regular contact with the French president.[9][10]
After her death, there was considerable speculation that the killing of the three women was an attempt to derail the fledgling peace process that had recently begun between the Turkish authorities and Öcalan.[11][12]
See also
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[[Category:Unsolved murders in France]]
- ↑ Fidan Dogan, l'une des trois militantes kurdes assassinées à Paris a vécu à Strasbourg. France 3, 10. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 23. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris. The Guardian, 10. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 12. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Turkish PM: killing of 3 Kurdish activists in Paris seems like feud among Kurds. The Washington Post, 10. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 12. Januar 2013.
- ↑ James Reynolds: Calls for peace at slain PKK activists' funerals, 17. Januar 2013. Abgerufen am 27. Juli 2019 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ Paris killing victim buried with participation of thousands, Doğan News Agency, dated 18 January 2013.
- ↑ Paris killing victim buried with participation of thousands. Hurriyet, 18. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 17. Februar 2013.
- ↑ FIDAN DOGAN’S FAMILY INVITED TO EU SESSION IN STRASSBURG. Mesop, 15. Januar 2013, archiviert vom am 17. Februar 2013; abgerufen am 23. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Assassinat de trois femmes kurdes. The Guardian, 17. Januar 2013, archiviert vom am 17. Februar 2013; abgerufen am 23. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Erdogan queries Hollande links with dead Kurd. Al Jazeera, 12. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 23. Januar 2013.
- ↑ ERDOĞAN CALLS ON HOLLANDE TO EXPLAIN WHY HE MET WITH A PKK TERRORIST. Sabah, 14. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 23. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Kurdistan’s Female Fighters. Roj women, 15. Februar 2013, archiviert vom am 16. März 2013; abgerufen am 17. Februar 2013.
- ↑ 3 Kurdish women political activists shot dead in Paris. CNN, 11. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 17. Februar 2013.