Putting Names To Faces

June 3, 2010

A brief introduction to the nine Turkish people shot dead on 31 May 2010, by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara, as it attempted to transport humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip.

1. Furkan Dogan, 19, student at Kayseri High School; planned to become a doctor. Son of Dr. Ahmet Dogan, Assoc Prof at Erciyes University. A Turkish-American dual national, with two siblings.

Furkan Dogan

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2.

Ibrahim Bilgen, 61, an electrical engineer from Siirt. Member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey. Married with 6 children. (linklinklinklink)

Ibrahimbilgenn2

3. Ali Haydar Bengi, 39, from Diyarbakir. Graduate of Al-Azhar University,
Cairo (Department of Arabic literature). Married with 4 children. (link)
Ali haydar bengi
4. Cevdet Kiliçlar, 38, from Kayseri. Originally a journalist, later an aid
worker with the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). Married with two
children. See him participating in an IHH African relief project here. See his Flickr photos here. (linklink)

Cevdet Kiliçlar

5. Çetin Topçuoglu, 54, from Adana. Former amateur soccer player and taekwondo champion, who coached Turkey’s national taekwondo team. Married with one son. See his Facebook page here. (linklink)

Çetin Topçuoğlu

6.Necdet Yildirim, 32, an IHH aid worker from Malatya. Married with a three-year-old daughter. (link)
Necdet yildirim
7. Fahri Yaldiz, 43, a firefighter who worked for the Municipality of Adiyaman. Married with four children. (link)
Fahri Yaldiz
8. Cengiz Songür, 47, from Izmir. Married with seven children. (linklink)

Cengiz songur

9. Cengiz Akyüz, 41, from Iskenderun. Married with children aged 14, 12 and nine. (link)

Cengiz Akyüz

(This post liable to change as more details become available). Go to http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/

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