Munzur University Democratic Student Council members commemorated Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for 3 years. The students hung a banner in the university saying “We have not forgotten Gülistan Doku, we will not let her be forgotten”.

Students chanted slogans such as“Where is Gülistan Doku”? and “Jin, jiyan, azadi”.

Born in Amed (Diyarbakir), the 22-year-old university student disappeared without a trace in Dersim three years ago.

Background

Immediately after Gülistan Doku's disappearance, on 5 January 2020, it was feared that she might have been the victim of a violent crime. Only one day before she disappeared, her ex-boyfriend Zainal Abakarov had forcibly tried to drag the young woman into his car. Doku resisted and passers-by who had witnessed the incident informed the police. However, the police ruled out the man, whose stepfather - now suspended - was a police officer in Dersim, as a suspect relatively early on in the investigation.