The 586th week of the action "Find the disappeared, judge the perpetrators" organized by the IHD Amed Branch was held on social media as meetings are prevented to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.

IHD Branch Secretary Yüksel Aslan Acer told the story of Gülmez in video he published on the social media account of the association. "We want justice for Nazım Gülmez and for all the disappeared."

The story of Nazım Gülmez

61-year-old Nazım Gülmez disappeared after being taken into custody in Hozat district of Dersim.

Nazım Gülmez, father of 9, was 61 and lived in the village of Taşıtlı (Hozat, Dersim). He was working in agriculture and animal husbandry and was much loved.

On 13 October 1994, the soldiers of the Bolu Commando Brigade, during an operation they were carrying out in the region, entered the village of Taşıtlı. The soldiers forced Nazım Gülmez out of his house telling him he should guide them on the field. Gülmez and three more villagers were taken. Eventually the village headman and all the villagers confirmed the events. The three people who had been taken with Gülmez, were released after a while and returned to the village.

Nazim Gülmez did not return.

The response of the military authorities to his wife, Garip Gülmez was: “Soldiers took him to Tunceli and left him there”.

The Gülmez family applied to Hozat Prosecutor's Office, but no progress was made in the case because the prosecutors' office did not show the effort and diligence required for the enlightenment of the incident.

The Gülmez family not getting any results in domestic courts, carried the case to the European Court of Human Rightson 26 March 2016 through their lawyers. The application was not accepted on the grounds that the 6-month deadline for the ECtHR has not been complied with.