Yekta Uzunoglu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yekta Uzunoglu
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1953(1953-05-10)
Age	71
Birthplace	Silvan, Diyarbakır
Country	Turkey
Birth City	Diyarbakır Province
Horoscope	Taurus

Yekta Uzunoglu Biography

Yekta Uzunoglu is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on May 10, 1953 in Silvan, Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Yekta Uzunoglu (Kurdish: Yekta Geylani) (b.1953, Silvan, Diyarbakir (Kurdish: Farqin / Diarbekir), doctor, writer,human rights fighter, translator and entrepreneur.

Uzunoglu was released from custody in 1996 and received German citizenship. During the trial, it was revealed that “Goksel Otan”, a false identity, was used and that a fake passport under that name had been in use for at least 25 year. In court, “Goksel” confessed that his real name was “Gurkan Gonen”. Ministry of interior inquiry says that Gonen was a communist STB informer and worked for cpt. Horak, the policeman who led the prosecution against Uzunoglu.

In April 2006, Yekta Uzunoglu was presented the František Kriegel prize for civic courage.

On 3 March 2006, important figures of the Czech public life published an open letter called “Žalujeme” (“We accuse”, similar to Émile Zola’s “J’accuse …!”, which helped end the infamous Dreyfus affair in France 100 years before), namely Pavel Dostál, Táňa Fischerová, František Janouch, Karel Jech, Květa Jechová, Svatopluk Karásek, Jaroslav Kořán, Dana Němcová, Karel Schwarzenberg, Jiřina Šiklová, Věněk Šilhán, Libuše Šilhánová, Jaromír Štětina, Petruška Šustrová.

All allegations were deemed false except for one count of torture. The case was argued until April 10, 1995. Uzunoglu allegedly tortured Goksel Ola on September 9th, and then another two people (one being his cousin) on the date he was taken into custody. According to court records, Uzunoglu’s nephew was already in custody and had been for several hours at the time. The responsible court rejected this version of the lawsuit.

Yekta Uzunoglu Net Worth

Yekta Uzunoglu is one of the richest Physician from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yekta Uzunoglu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He co-founded an illegal publishing house in the communist Czechoslovakia period with Vladimir Korensky and Prof. Dr. Pavel Martasek. They published many books about Kurds from 1976 to 1979, including a map of Kurdistan, and Joyce Blau’s works. Blau was also a professor at Paris’ Sorbonne University.

On September 13, 1994, Yekta Uzunoglu was detained by Czech police. Josef Opava, the officer in charge, received a fourteen-year sentence as a member of the infamous “Berdych’s gang”. On September 13, 1994, Yekta Uzunoglu was detained by Czech police. Josef Opava (the officer in charge) received a 14-year sentence for being a member the notorious “Berdych’s gang”. His unlawful detention (Czech law allows maximum 24 hours detention) lasted almost 72 hours and no charges were laid. According to Jiri Gregor’s press release, Uzunoglu was taken into custody and accused of “illegal drugs and arms trading”.

A final version of the lawsuit, literally same as the one rejected in 1995, was filed on 18 January 2000. In January 2003, the charge moved to Turkey’s jurisdiction, which subsequently returned it to the Czech court 9 months later. On 25 September 2003, the Czech court stopped prosecution of Uzunoglu for humanitarian reasons, but both the prosecutor and Uzunoglu would not accept this decision; the latter demanded to be cleared of all accusations.

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Yekta Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Yekta Uzunoglu celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.