Hikmet Fidan

Hikmet Fidan (1955? – 6 July 2005) was a Kurdish politician in Turkey.

Political career

Democratic People's Party Fidan was the former deputy leader of the Democratic People's Party (HADEP) until it was banned by the Constitutional Court in 2003. He was also the founder of the party.

Assassination He was assassinated on 6 July 2005 around noon in Diyarbakir's Baglar district by two armed murderers who shot him once in the back of the head with a silencer.

Hikmet Fidan's son, Zınnar Tarık Fidan, claimed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was responsible for the assassination of his father. According to a Milliyet daily report, Tarık Fidan said his father was against political interference coming from Abdullah Öcalan or the PKK groups in the north of Iraq, adding: “It's obvious who committed the murder. When one puts the pieces together, it points in one direction.” He said his father supported democratic efforts instead of armed confrontation, adding, “My father was a threat to them. He was dividing the organization. I was a witness to many threats made against him.”