Career
On 3 March 2014 Reşat initiated a solitary and peaceful protest against the occupation of Crimea by Russian troops. During his protest in front of the Crimean Council of Ministers building on Simferopol"s Lenin Square, he was abducted by three unidentified men in military uniform from the so-called "Crimean self-defense detachments" who led him to an unknown destination. On 15 March 2014 Reşat"s body has been found by police in a forest near the village Zemlyanychne Belogorskogo about 60 kilometers east of the Crimean capital.
The body was bearing marks of violence and torture, with his head bound with tape and his legs shackled.
A pair of handcuffs was laying near his body. Reşat"s murder remains unsolved.
