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Mustafa Karasu

Counter-sanctioned entity

Mustafa Karasu is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mustafa Karasu · مصطفی کاراسو · মুস্তাফা কারাসু				[sources]
Other name	Huseyin Ali				[sources]
Birth date	1950-01-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Gürün · KARAPINAR · Karapınar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
First name	Mustafa				[sources]
Last name	Karasu				[sources]
Matronymic	Haniy				[sources]
Passport number	`31007320488`				[sources]
Patronymic	Hıdır				[sources]
Program	Türkiye Ministry Of Interior Terrorist Wanted List - red List				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q616137				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-22	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2024-04-03

Descriptions

Senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-22

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Türkiye	Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation Board		-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
PKK/KCK	-	-	-

Data sources

Türkiye Ministry Of Interior Terrorist Wanted List2,657

List of people considered wanted for terrorism by the Türkiye Ministry of Interior

Türkiye · Türkiye Ministry of Interior

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,250

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

External databases

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Wikidata354,065

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: tr-fcib-dfe647fd5186be76b16b4c9b59ea0436aeba5955 · tr-wanted-3f61f4b7136faa888023fccb80c29e8c8b02e1c9

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