Seda Dudurkaeva

Seda Dudurkaeva (born 24 April 1993) is a Chechen woman and Russian citizen arrested in Turkey as an alleged terrorist. She is the widow of prominent Georgian-Chechen Islamic State commander, Abu Omar al-Shishani. She is also daughter of the prominent former head of the migration service for Chechnya, Asu Dudurkayev.

Seda Dudurkaeva
Born	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 Grozny, Chechnya
Nationality	Chechen
Citizenship	Russia
Movement	Islamic State
Spouse	Abu Omar al-Shishani ​ ​ (m. 2014; died 2016)​
Children	2 boys
Parent	Milana Dudurkaeva Asu Dudurkayev
Criminal charge	suspected links to ISIS
Wanted by	Interpol
Date apprehended	20 July 2018
Imprisoned at	Turkey

Her immigration to Syria to marry Al-Shishani and her later arrest in Turkey drew widespread press attention. The resulting scandal resulted in her father's removal from his post.

References

• "IŞİD'in Kobani komutanı, Çeçen gelin için arkadaşını öldürmüş!". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 30 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2023. Google translation:[1]

• "مذكرة استفسار روسية إلى سلطات النظام التركي" (in Arabic). 2018.

• "თურქეთში თარხან ბათირაშვილის მეუღლე დააკავეს" (in Georgian). 2018.

• "DEAŞ lideri evlilik teklifini reddeden yengesini intihar bombacısı yaptı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

• "Widow of Omar al-Shishani detained in Istanbul". OC Media. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

• Paraszczuk, Joanna (22 April 2015). "'Upstart Sisters' -- Chechen IS Militant Tired Of Would-Be Brides 'Playing Games'". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

• Kvakhadze, Aleksandre (2020). "Gender and Jihad: Women from the Caucasus in the Syrian Conflict". Perspectives on Terrorism. 14 (2): 69–79. ISSN 2334-3745. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

• Keser, Ahmet; Ulusoy, Bilal (13 July 2020). "Bırakınız Gitsinler, Bırakınız Savaşsınlar (Laissez Jihad): Kafkasya'dan DAEŞ'e Katılım Nedenleri". Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi (in Turkish). 16 (34): 203–243. doi:10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.768605. ISSN 1305-4740. Retrieved 8 November 2023. 20-year-old Seda Dudurkaeva fell in love with a young man who had an Islamic thought outside of traditional Islam. In April 2013, the man she loved left the country to fight in Syria, and Seda, who was waiting for a suitable moment, went to Syria after him... Seda was captured on camera while at the Syrian border, but no one saw Seda again after that. Seda's family asked the officers for help to reach the man from whom Seda ran away. The officer managed to find the brother of the man from whom Seda ran away. His brother agreed to help and went to Syria. He found both the girl and his beloved. He tried to persuade them to return, but they refused to return (to Russia). 'Seda was telling her family that she married her husband according to Islamic rules and that she could not go anywhere without her husband.' quote taken from section 2.5, pp 231-232. Google Translation of the abstract: [2]