Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises

In 1994 there were evidence that Turkish counter-guerrilla organizations targeted Kurdish businessmen, including Tatlises, Idris Ozbir, Halis Toprak, and Necdet Ulucan. In 1998 it was reported that Tatlises offered to be an intermediary between the government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the armed conflict. He recorded an track album with Iranian kurdish musicians Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir.