Şemdin Sakık
Şemdin Sakık (born Muş Province, Turkey 1959), nicknamed "Semo" or "Parmaksiz Zeki" (fingerless Zeki) for having lost a finger while firing a rocket, is a former commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s military forces. He is best known for ordering the May 24, 1993 PKK ambush. He has been imprisoned since his capture in Iraqi Kurdistan by Turkish forces in 1998, shortly after his defection to the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was a key witness in the Ergenekon trials.
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Muş Province
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Kurdistan Workers' Party
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May 24, 1993 PKK ambush
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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Kurdistan Democratic Party
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Ergenekon trials
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Şemdin Sakık
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1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1959
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1993-05-24T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
May 24, 1993
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1998-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1998
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