Ahmet Çiftaslan

An outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant who was identified as one of the suspects that killed two police officers before running down a street just prior to the murder of Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi on Nov. 28, 2015, has been reported to be among those killed in a clash with the security forces in Sur on March 13.

Tens of thousands march in Diyarbak?r as the city lays to rest lawyer Tahir Elçi following his assassination in unclear circumstancesAround 50,000 people gathered in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r for the funeral ceremony of Tahir Elçi, the Diyarbak?r Bar Association head who was apparently killed during clashes that erupted after the killing of two police officers by gunmen.

Tahir Elçi, a human rights activist and the head of the Bar Association in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, was killed in a gun attack following a press statement on Nov. 28, while two policemen were also killed during a clash just meters away.