Hüseyin Velioğlu

Hüseyin Velioğlu
Born
Hüseyin Durmaz

January 1, 1952
DiedJanuary 17, 2000 (aged 48)
Cause of deathShootout
EducationFaculty of Political Science, Ankara University
Occupation(s)Islamic bookstore owner, later militant leader
OrganizationKurdish Hezbollah
MovementKurdish nationalism

Hüseyin Velioğlu (born Hüseyin Durmaz; January 1, 1952  January 17, 2000) was the founder and leader of the Kurdish Hezbollah, a Kurdish separatist and Islamist group which was designated as a terrorist group by the Turkish government. He was killed by Turkish police during the raids in Istanbul in 2000.