تغمدهم الله بواسع رحمته
ابطال تركيا و غزة وشهداء فلسطين
Please make dua today for these martyrs. May Allah (swt) bless them with high stations in Paradise. Ameen.
03 June 2010
Putting Names To Faces
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. Ibrahim Bilgen, 61, an electrical engineer from Siirt. Member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey. Married with 6 children. (link - link - link - link)
2. Ali Haydar Bengi, 39, from Diyarbakir. Graduate of Al-Azhar University, Cairo (Department of Arabic literature). Married with 4 children. (link)
3. Cevdet Kiliçlar,
38, from Kayseri. Originally a journalist, worked for the past year as
webmaster for the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). Married with
two children. See him participating in an IHH African relief project here. See his Flickr photos here. (link - link)
4. 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. (link - link - link)
His wife, Çigdem Topçuoglu, was also aboard the Mavi Marmara, but survived. (link - link - link)
5. Necdet Yildirim, 32, an IHH aid worker from Malatya. Married with a three-year-old daughter. (link)
6. Fahri Yaldiz, 43, a firefighter who worked for the Municipality of Adiyaman. Married with four children. (link)
7. Cengiz Songür, 47, from Izmir. Married with six daughters and one son. (link - link - link)
8. Cengiz Akyüz, 41, from Iskenderun. Married with children aged 14, 12 and nine. (link)
9. 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. (link - link - link)
ابطال تركيا و غزة وشهداء فلسطين
Please make dua today for these martyrs. May Allah (swt) bless them with high stations in Paradise. Ameen.
03 June 2010
Putting Names To Faces
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. Ibrahim Bilgen, 61, an electrical engineer from Siirt. Member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey. Married with 6 children. (link - link - link - link)
2. Ali Haydar Bengi, 39, from Diyarbakir. Graduate of Al-Azhar University, Cairo (Department of Arabic literature). Married with 4 children. (link)
3. Cevdet Kiliçlar,
38, from Kayseri. Originally a journalist, worked for the past year as
webmaster for the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). Married with
two children. See him participating in an IHH African relief project here. See his Flickr photos here. (link - link)
4. 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. (link - link - link)
His wife, Çigdem Topçuoglu, was also aboard the Mavi Marmara, but survived. (link - link - link)
5. Necdet Yildirim, 32, an IHH aid worker from Malatya. Married with a three-year-old daughter. (link)
6. Fahri Yaldiz, 43, a firefighter who worked for the Municipality of Adiyaman. Married with four children. (link)
7. Cengiz Songür, 47, from Izmir. Married with six daughters and one son. (link - link - link)
8. Cengiz Akyüz, 41, from Iskenderun. Married with children aged 14, 12 and nine. (link)
9. 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. (link - link - link)
