Abdullah Demirbaş Abdullah Demirbaş Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966, Diyarbakir, Turkey) was the former mayor of the municipality of Sur in the city of Diyarbakir, Southeast Turkey, of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). After graduating in sociology at Firat University in Elazig, Abdullah Demirbas worked as a philosophy teacher from 1987 to 2007, contributing to setting up the Mardin Branch of the Turkish Union of Teachers. When he was elected as Mayor of Sur in 2004, he made a commitment to his electorate to serve them in their own languages. On the 6.10.2006 the Sur municipal council decided that since the population
Bilal Abdullah to have been rented by Abdullah. Abdullah was passenger in, and owner of, the Jeep Cherokee that was rammed into the terminal and set ablaze. The driver, engineer Kafeel Ahmed, died from third degree burns on 2 August 2007. Abdullah was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. He was remanded in custody awaiting trial, and was ultimately given two concurrent life sentences, of which he was required to serve at least 32 years in prison. While Ahmed was aflame in the car, Abdullah reportedly attacked Sergeant Torquil Campbell at the scene, to prevent him from approaching the burning vehicle, and