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Esat Oktay Yıldıran was born on 15 February, 1949, is a Turkish military officer (1949-1988). Discover Esat Oktay Yıldıran's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 15 February, 1949
Birthday 15 February
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Date of death 22 October, 1988
Died Place Istanbul, Turkey
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1926

On the 26th of October, he was buried and declared a martyr by the government.

The PKK took responsibility of the attack, after a anonymous man contacted the Cumhuriyet Gazétte later that day and stated that; “Esat Oktay Yıldıran, who was punished in Kısıklı today, was killed by the PKK.

Biji Partiye Karkaren Kurdistan.”

As a result, the two suspects were identified as members of the PKK, but never fully identified and were never caught.

Yıldıran's torture methods were the subject of the Turkish television series “Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?” Various books have also been written about Yıldıran's torture practices.

One of the most famous books is Mehdi Zana's "Hell No. 5. Diary from a Turkish Prison".

Yıldıran was honored as a hero and martyr by Turkish nationalists.

1949

Esat Oktay Yıldıran (15 February 1949 – 22 October 1988) was a Turkish military officer who was appointed governor of the Diyarbakır Prison after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.

Yıldıran became known for his extensive torture of PKK aligned Kurds in the Diyarbakır Prison.

Many inmates either committed suicide or died on hunger strikes in the penitentiary.

1974

After taking part in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Yıldıran was promoted to major.

1980

In 1980, after the military coup which took place the same year, he was sent to the Diyarbakır Prison by Kenan Evren in person.

He tortured inmates in the prison with methods that were compared to Nazi methods, and he viewed the prison as a school in which inmates would be subjected to Turkification.

Yıldıran beat, coerced and tortured the male and female prisoners.

Under his force, inmates were forced to eat human excrement, doused in sewer water, tortured with electric shocks and such other torture methods.

Yıldıran had a German shepherd called "Co" ("Joe"), which was trained to bite the genitals of naked prisoners; all inmates were obligated to salute the dog.

1988

On 22 October 1988, Yıldıran was on a public bus which stopped by at a station, and 2 suspects entered the bus and sat behind him.

After the bus halted at another stop, moments later the doors opened one of the two suspects opened fired.

He was shot dead on the bus in Ümraniye, Istanbul.

According to some reports, his firing assassin yelled "Laz Kemal sends his greetings" (referring to one of the inmates, Kemal Pir) before shooting him.

He died in front of his wife and two children.

2010

In 2010 the Fatih City Council removed his name from a memorial.

2013

In 2013, a Turkish court sentenced the journalist Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı to a suspended prison term of ten months and fined him for writing that Yıldıran was a torturer.