Film

The Assasination of Gaffar Okkan

200147mDocumentary History

Director: Bülent Çaplı
Year: 2001

Today marks the 19th anniversary of the martyrdom of former Diyarbakır Police Chief Gaffar Okkan and five of his colleagues.

Today marks the 19th anniversary of the martyrdom of former Diyarbakır Police Chief Gaffar Okkan and five of his colleagues. Okkan—who was married and a father of two—was martyred in an ambush set up on Sezai Karakoç Boulevard in the Şehitlik district while he was traveling toward the governor's office around 5:40 PM on January 24, 2001. Police officers Mehmet Kamalı, Sabri Kün, Mehmet Sepetçi, Atilla Durmuş, and Selahattin Baysoy also fell as martyrs in the attack alongside Okkan...

Top cast

Mehmet Ali Birand

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Rıdvan Akar

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Faik Bulut

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Abdülaziz Tunç

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İrfan Yıldırım

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Edip Gümüş

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Ali Gaffar Okkan

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Uğur Mumcu

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Directed by

Bülent Çaplı

Written by

Rıdvan Akar