Askar Simitko
Askar Simitko, alternative spellings use "Asghar Smitko", or "Asghar Simko" (1953 – January 28, 1996){{Cite web|url=https://eksisozluk.com/askar-simitko--1150512|title=askar simitko|website=ekşi sözlük|language=tr|access-date=2019-12-01}} was a Kurdish Iranian heroin smuggler and intelligence contractor operating in Turkey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newturkey.today/Gladio-B/Susurluk-scandal/index.html|title=Susurluk scandal|website=www.newturkey.today|access-date=2019-12-01}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was found tortured and shot dead by unknown agents.
Background
As of September 1985, he was dwelling in Istanbul.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
At the same time, he was threatened by the Iranian Intelligence Organization.
In 1993, he applied for asylum in a third country.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
On January 15, 1996, he and his partner Lazım Esmaeili, were abducted by unknown persons when they left the casino of Polat Renaissance Hotel in Yeşilköy, İstanbul at local time 03:45 or 03:30. On January 28, 1996, villagers found the corpses of the two in Kerev Creek, Silivri, about {{convert|60|km|mi|abbr=on}} far from İstanbul. {{cite news |url=http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2000/05/22/208502.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=İranlı ajanın ölümü |author=Berberoğlu, Enis |date=2000-05-22 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2010-08-30 }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf |title=1998 Report |publisher=Human Rights Foundation of Turkey |ref=CITEREFHRFT1998 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205022400/http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf |archivedate=2009-02-05 }} (contains the Susurluk reports in English)
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Category:Assassinated Iranian people
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