Turkey’s unforgettable Chief of Police Gaffar Okkan is commemorated on the 21st anniversary of his death
Gaffar Okan, along with 5 of his colleagues, died 21 years ago as a result of the attack on the Diyarbakır Police Department.
Diyarbakır’s central Yenişehir District Sezai Karakoç Boulevard Diyarbakır Ali Gaffar Okkan, who was martyred in the attack on January 24, 2001, and the guards Atilla Durmuş, Mehmet Kamalı, Sabri Kün, Mehmet Sepetçi, Selahattin Baysoy, death is commemorated for the 21st time.
In addition to the explanations of Gaffar’s grave, the screening, his family and close friends, Sakarya Governor Çetin Oktay Kaldirim, Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem Yüce, Provincial Police Chief Fatih Kaya, Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Aydın Kutlu, Hendek District Governor Halil İbrahim Acır, Hendek Mayor Turgut Babaoğlu, Members of political parties and citizens participated.
Gaff was handed over by a group on January 24, 2001 from the Directorate of Martyrdom to the Governor’s Office in the vehicle of the Martyrs’ Office in Diyarbakir, and would have been handed over with five police officers if he was handed over. Okkan was 49 years old when he was murdered.
Approaching duty in the state of emergency (OHAL) game in Diyarbakır in 1997 Okkan managed to become a popular name in a short time.
For the first time in her life, female police officers took charge in the street. Again, female police officers were assigned to patrols for children and the elderly.
Okkan was influential in the general views on the Hezbollah organization in Diyarbakir and the region.
The aim of the names of the names of the names in the operation carried out in Beykoz, Istanbul, and the target of the target of the target, the target of the target of the target aimed at the target of Hezbollah, which is still unsolved, the target of the leader of the target target, Hüseyin Velioğlu.
The murder of Police Chief Okkan caused something big in Diyarbakır. On the day of Okkan’s meetings, shopkeepers closed their shutters at noon, and protest marches were held in the streets in the kitchen. He went to Hendek district from Diyarbakir with the address, kept the tomb safe. The baby born that year in Diyarbakır was named Ali Gaffar Okkan.
WHO IS GAFFAR OKKAN?
Okkan came to Sakarya’s Hendek by accident in 1952. Graduated from Police College on September 30, 1970, and Police Academy on September 29, 1973, he was appointed as the commissioner of İzmir Police Department. After taking office while on duty, he started to work in the Şan Police Department in 1983.
Gaffar Ok, who took office in the Eskişehir Police Department in 1986, became the Deputy Chief of Police here in 1992. On 6 December 1993, Okkan was promoted to the 1st Class Police Department and appointed as Kars Police Chief. On 18 November 1997, he started his duty as the Diyarbakır Police Department. Meanwhile, he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration.
Okkan, who was martyred in an ambush on Sezai Karakoç Boulevard while cruising towards the Governor’s Office at 17.40 on 24 days, was married and had a child on January 2, 2001. Okkan and police officers Mehmet Kamalı, Sabri Kün, Mehmet Sepetçi, Atilla Durmuş and Selahattin Baysoy were also martyred in the attack.