Mahmut Yıldırım
Mahmut Yıldırım | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mahmut Yıldırım 3 May 1953 Yenidal, Bingöl, Turkey |
| Disappeared | 1998 Damascus, Syria |
| Other names | Ahmet Demir Yeşil (from Turkish, meaning "green") |
| Citizenship | Turkey |
Mahmut Yıldırım (born 3 May 1953) is a Turkish counter-guerrilla and spy of Zaza origin. Yildirim, who identified himself to the public as Ahmet Demir but was called by the code-name Yeşil among intelligence, disappeared in 1998. In 1999, he was the subject of an Interpol red notice. In 2013, security guard Korkut Eken claimed that he was still alive. Among the murders he is accused of is that of Cem Ersever in 1993.