First execution in Istanbul

Dev-Sol had killed general director of the Vinnell company in Istanbul 12 years ago, whose headquarters in Riyadh was the target of suicide attacks committed by Al-Qaeda.Dev-Sol (Revolutionary Left Organization) militants had killed John Milton Gandy on March 22, 1991, during their raid on the Yesilyurt office of the Vinnel Brown Rooty (VBR) company, which was carrying out transfer and customs operations of U.S. soldiers. This raid was launched just when late President Turgut Ozal was preparing to meet then-U.S. President (Father) Bush in Camp David. Another attack on the company took place in Incirlik on December 2, 1993, when one of the vans was bomb-raided in the base. The Mesopotamia Army (Mezor) took on the responsibility of this attack.Â