2000 Istanbul raids

Turkish raids on safehouses operated by the Kurdish Hezbollah 2000 Istanbul raids Main raid: Kavacık, Beykozother raids: Üsküdar and Ümraniye Turkish victory Death of Kurdish Hezbollah's leader Arrest of around 75% of Kurdish Hezbollah's membership, and a decline of the group Kurdish Hezbollah flag.svg Kurdish Hezbollah Turkey Turkiye Bülent EcevitTurkiye Niyazi Palabıyık Kurdish Hezbollah flag.svg Hüseyin VelioğluKurdish Hezbollah flag.svg Edip GümüşKurdish Hezbollah flag.svg Cemal Tutar General Directorate of Security PÖH Intelligence Directorate Military wing the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, the Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency January 17, 2000 Turkish police raiding the Beykoz villa, engaging in a shootout with Hüseyin Velioğlu The 2000 Istanbul raids (tr 2000 İstanbul baskınları) were Turkish raids on safehouses operated by the Kurdish Hezbollah on January 17, 2000. The raids resulted in the death of Hüseyin Velioğlu, and severely weakened Hezbollah. The main raid was in Beykoz, while other raids were done in Üsküdar and Ümraniye.Aydıntaşbaş, Aslı June 2000 Murder on the Bosphorus http://www.meforum.org/57/murder-on-the-bosporus Middle East Quarterly VII 2 15–22 26 July 2012 The raids were described as being the events that marked the beginning of Hezbollah's “decline”.Hizballah in Turkey Revives: Al-Qaeda’s Bridge between Europe and Iraq? The Washington Institute https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/hizballah-turkey-revives-al-qaedas-bridge-between-europe-and-iraq 2024-01-22 www.washingtoninstitute.org en Background Following increasing tensions between the Hezbollah and Turkey, Niyazi Palabıyık, who was the Deputy Chief of Police, of the Intelligence Branch Directorate of the Turkish General Directorate of Security during the premiership of Bülent Ecevit, was the leader of the raid. A few days before the raid, he spoke against rebel groups and stated “look at a person's hand, after the hand comes the fingers. If the PKK is the thumb, the index finger is Hezbollah! The main purpose of these is to establish a state through Kurdish nationalism.” A villa on Mühendis Street in Kavacık in Beykoz was found before the operation, and it was confirmed to be an operations center operated by Hezbollah, it was also confirmed that in the house were Hüseyin Velioğlu, the general leader of Hezbollah, as well as Edip Gümüş, the leader of Hezbollah's military wing, and Cemal Tutar, a high-ranking member of the military wing. It was the main target of the raid.https://t24.com.tr/haber/beykoz-daki-hizbullah-operasyonunu-yoneten-emniyet-muduru-ilk-kez-konustu-250-insanin-katili-hizbullahci-edip-gumus-u-tahliye-ettiler,1101379 Beykoz’daki Hizbullah operasyonunu yöneten emniyet müdürü ilk kez konuştu: 250 insanın katili Edip Gümüş'ü tahliye ettiler! T24An online edition of the Annual Report 2000 of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey https://web.archive.org/web/20120226204605/http://www.tuerkeiforum.net/enw/docs/hrft2000report.pdf 2012-02-26 is available on the website of the Democratic Turkey Forum According to Palabıyık, Gümüş alone was responsible for the deaths of over 250 Turkish civilians, businessmen, law enforcement, and activists.https://www.veryansintv.com/hizbullahin-karargah-evini-basan-emniyetci-ilk-kez-konustu/ Hizbullah'ın karargah evini basan Emniyetçi ilk kez konuştu March 30, 2023 Raids Niyazi Palabayık announced that the Turkish police “pressed the button” on January 17, 2000 and raided the Beykoz villa. They had a meeting at the police station before the raid. After coming to a conclusion that it was a cell house belonging to Hezbollah, they started the operation. The police were instantly met with heavy bullets as they came near the house. Velioğlu engaged in a shootout with the police as they entered the house, and was shot to death alongside another Hezbollah member. The police left, while Gümüş and Tutar attempted to destroy the technology in the house in an attempt to destroy evidence. The police returned and arrested them.2024-06-03 Gümüş, Beykoz'da Yaşananları Anlattı https://hurseda.net/gundem/76378-gumus-beykoz-da-yasananlari-anlatti.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240323190130/https://hurseda.net/gundem/76378-gumus-beykoz-da-yasananlari-anlatti.html March 23, 2024 2024-03-07 hurseda.net en The police later took out the memory cards, which were undamaged, and, with the help of IBM, extracted 180 thousand pages of documents, which included Hezbollah's future plans against Turkey, as well as previous crimes which included murders, kidnappings, and tortures. It also included information on Hezbollah's structure.The real challenge to secular Turkey, The Economist, 31 Aug 2006The Kurdish Ḥizbullāh in Turkey. Oxford Islamic Studies Online. By: Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Nader Entessar, Martin Kramer, Joseph A. Kéchichian, Emrullah Uslu. Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World After questioning Gümüş and Tutar, the Turkish police raided a Hezbollah cell house in Üsküdar, finding bomb-making materials, and 10 dead bodies buried by making a pig bond and covered in concrete. One of the bodies had a nail in his skull, some bodies had their arms and legs broken or removed, and all showed signs of torture.Istanbul shootout leads police to house of horrors World news The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/20/1 2024-01-22 amp.theguardian.com2011-01-05 DOMUZ BAĞI VAHŞETİ 10 YILDA UNUTULDU https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/domuz-bagi-vahseti-10-yilda-unutuldu-1334906 2024-01-22 Milliyet tr At a raid on a Hezbollah cell house in Ümraniye, the body of İzzettin Yıldırım was found. On a separate raid on April 27, 2009, Turkish police found a video of the murder of İzzettin Yıldırım, which showed signs of his torture for days before his murder. Yıldırım was murdered by the pig bond method as well.Hizbullah'ın öldürdüğü İzzettin Yıldırım kimdir? İzzettin Yıldırım kaç yaşında? İzzettin Yıldırım nerelidir?İzzettin Yıldırım'ı kim öldürdü? - https://www.ankaranethaber.com/hizbullahin-oldurdugu-izzettin-yildirim-kimdir-izzettin-yildirim-kac-yasinda-izzettin-yildirim-nerelidirizzettin-yildirimi-kim-oldurdu haymanagazetesi.orgFebruary 18, 2010 İzzettin Yıldırım cinayetinde sır çözüldü https://www.risalehaber.com/izzettin-yildirim-cinayetinde-sir-cozuldu-72968h.htm Risale Haber After the raids, more than 200 graves were found in Hezbollah cell houses.2016-01-17 17 Ocak 2000 - Hizbullah'a yapılan operasyonda örgüt elebaşı Hüseyin Velioğlu öldürüldü https://yurtsever.org.tr/2016/17-ocak-2000-hizbullaha-yapilan-operasyonda-orgut-elebasi-huseyin-velioglu-olduruldu-16485/ 2024-01-22 Yurtsever tr Aftermath On April 2, 2019, the house was put up for sale for 2,142,000 Turkish lira after being abandoned for 19 years.https://dostbeykoz.com/hizbullah-in-beykoz-daki-villasi-satisa-cikiyor Hizbullah'ın Beykoz'daki villası satışa çıkıyor dostbeykoz.com References Category:Military history of Istanbul Category:2000 in Turkey Category:January 2000 in Turkey Category:2000 conflicts Category:Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency Category:Law enforcement operations against Islamist groups