Background
Simitko was born 1953 in Urmia (West Azarbaijan province) in Iran as a son of Tahirhan. As of September 1985, he was dwelling in Istanbul, and along with his father he secured communication between members of the Barzani organization.
Simitko was born 1953 in Urmia (West Azarbaijan province) in Iran as a son of Tahirhan. As of September 1985, he was dwelling in Istanbul, and along with his father he secured communication between members of the Barzani organization.
He was found tortured and shot dead by unknown persons in Istanbul. An official report on the Susurluk scandal authored by Kutlu Savaş, a high-ranking civil servant, states that in addition to his illegal activities, he submitted information on the Iranian government"s opponents causing the execution of many. In 1993, he applied for asylum in a third country.
On January 28, 1995, villagers found the corpses of the two in Kerev Creek, Silivri, about 60 km (37 mi) far from İstanbul.
They were tortured, ears cut and shot multiple times to death. According to the "Second Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report" authored by Mehmet Eymür, the incident"s motive was not political but drug trafficking in connection with the Susurluk scandal gang.
In the same period, he had connections to persons from the Iranian intelligence organization (SAVAMA), who requested from him to collect information regarding names and activities of followers of the former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and members of the People"s Mujahedin of Iran.