Putting Names To Faces: A brief introduction to the nine Turks murdered by Israel on the Mavi Marmara

Sarah Colborne from Palestine Solidarity Campaign gives eyewitness account of Mavi Marmara massacre

www.vivapalestina.org

There are 20 deaths confirmed, Israel is trying to hide this fact. This was confirmed by the head of the NGO I.H.H (38 people injured were at the hospital in Ashdod, only 21 persons were returned to the turkish government). 9 were martyrs, shouhadas, Israel is hiding the remaining deaths.... for how long ?

Here are the names and pictures of the first 9 martyrs :

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, a journalist from Kayseri. Married with two children. See his Flickr photos here. (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)

5. Necdet Yildirim, 32, from Malatya. Married with a three-year-old daughter. (Dogan News Agency)

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 seven children. (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)

(This post liable to change as more details become available).

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