Turk charity names dead, missing from ship raid

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Reuters
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Thu, 2010-06-03 17:58

The names were given by the Istanbul-based Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), the main organizer of the flotilla.
All the people killed were men. Eight of them were Turkish nationals, while one was an American of Turkish descent, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency.
Not all names have been independently verified.
Three people — Aydin Atac, Celebi Bozan and Osman Kurt — have been reported missing, IHH said on its website.
The names of the dead are:
* , 41, from Iskenderun, southern Turkey.
* , 39, from Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
* , 61, an electrical engineer from the southeastern town of Siirt and the father of one son, Anatolian reported.
* , 19, was a Turkish-American traveling with a US passport, Anatolian said. A forensic report said he was shot at close range, with four bullets in his head and one in his chest, the agency said.
* , 38, a journalist born in the central Turkish town of Kayseri, Anatolian said. He was also employed by the IHH in Istanbul.
* , 47, from the Aegean port city of Izmir.
* , 54, a former European taekwondo champion who later worked as a coach for Turkey's national team, an official from the Turkish Taekwondo Federation said. Topcuoglu lived in the southern city of Adana.
* , 43, a firefighter and father of four from the southern town of Adiyaman, Anatolian reported. His brother Habip told the agency that Fahri had long wanted to die fighting in Israel to become a "martyr."
* , 32, originally from Malatya, worked for the IHH.

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