This photo, taken in Kandil in June, 2002 of the KCK's most influential leader Murat Karayılan, depicts a ten year-cycle of deaths in the PKK terrorist organization.
The sole survivor out of the 19 high-level members of the terrorist organization present in the photo taken near Süleymaniye Kalediz is Murat Karayılan, the owner of the shelter the photograph was taken in front of.
While the upper level administration for the PKK remains in the back ground, it is those that are made team leaders and militant council members that are being killed one by one.
This photograph, which was obtained in a shelter detected by intelligence units, is of 19 terrorists, all but one since killed or missing. Thirteen of the terrorists depicted were killed in conflict, three were executed by the terrorist organization itself and one has been missing for four years now.
The following is a list of the 19 individuals present in the photo:
1- Botan aka Ayhan: Killed in conflict in Dörtyol, Hatay in 2003.
2- Cudi aka Abuzer Çelik: Killed in Batman's Sason in 2007.
3- Gorsi aka Hasan: Killed on April 22, 2004 in the rural region of Erzin, Hatay.
4- Erdal aka Engin Sincer: While he was the organization's sole member in charge of European financial sources, because he supported the 'Return Home' law, he was executed on July 9th, 2007 by Karayılan's security detail in Kandil.
5- Mazlum Goyi aka Münir Kilim: Killed on April 20th, 2011 in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş.
6- Cudi aka Zeki Tatar: In 2010, the terrorist organization announced that Tatar had been killed in a cross-border operation, however it turns out that all eight were actually executed by the organization itself.
7- Azat Nemrut aka İmam Hüseyin Taşkıran: Killed on June 8th, 2004 in Amanoslar.
8- Cemal aka Murat Karayılan: Still residing in Kandil.
9- Çektar aka Nedim: Executed in 2009 after being accused by Cemil Bayık of spying.
10- Nurhak Engizek aka Mazlum Gök: Killed in June, 2004 in Amanoslar.
11- Ekrem aka Hıdır: Draws attention due to the fact that he resembles DTP Deputy Fatma Kurtulan's husband in the mountains. He took part in the Başbağlar massacre and was later killed in Denmark after being at odds with Karayılan.