Fidan Doğan

Fidan Doğan, born in 1980 in Elbistan, in southern Turkey, was a Kurdish activist, who worked at the Kurdish information centre in Paris and also represented the Brussels-based Kurdish National Congress in France.

Her family moved to France when she was young and she grew up in Strasbourg, where she completed her university education. [1]

She was assassinated in Paris on 10 January 2013, along with Sakine Cansiz and Leyla Söylemez. [2] [3] Her funeral was conducted by an Alevi dede.[4] She was buried in her family's village, in the province of Kahramanmaraş’s Elbistan district. [5]

Tributes after her death revealed that she was well known in political circles, as well as being close to Ocalan. 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. [6] [7]

Francois 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 Dogan was also in regular contact with the French president. [8] [9]

After her death, there was considerable speculation that the killing of the three women was an attempt to derail the fledgling peace process recently set in motion between the Turkish authorities and Ocalan.[10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fidan Dogan, l'une des trois militantes kurdes assassinées à Paris a vécu à Strasbourg". France 3. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris". The Guardian. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  3. ↑ "Turkish PM: killing of 3 Kurdish activists in Paris seems like feud among Kurds". The Washington Post. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  4. ↑ Paris killing victim buried with participation of thousands, Doğan News Agency, dated 18 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Paris killing victim buried with participation of thousands". Hurriyet. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  6. ↑ "FIDAN DOGAN’S FAMILY INVITED TO EU SESSION IN STRASSBURG". Mesop. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  7. ↑ "Assassinat de trois femmes kurdes". The Guardian. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  8. ↑ "Erdogan queries Hollande links with dead Kurd". Al Jazeera. 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  9. ↑ "ERDOĞAN CALLS ON HOLLANDE TO EXPLAIN WHY HE MET WITH A PKK TERRORIST". Sabah. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  10. ↑ "Kurdistan’s Female Fighters". Roj women. 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  11. ↑ "3 Kurdish women political activists shot dead in Paris". CNN. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-02-17.