Cevdet Kılıçlar
Cevdet Kılıçlar | |
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Born | Kayseri, Turkey | 5 May 1972
Died | 31 May 2010 | (aged 38)
Nationality | Turkish |
Education | Marmara University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website | http://www.ihh.org.tr/ne-is-olsa-yaparim--diyerek-gitti/ |
Cevdet Kılıçlar (5 May 1972
Life
Cevdet Kılıçlar was born in Kayseri in 1972, to mother Hatice and father Hüseyin. He completed primary and secondary education in Pınarbaşı, high school education in Adana and graduated from Marmara University's Faculty of Communications.[2]
Umut Operation
Following graduation he worked as journalist for an
To Palestine
After turning back from Germany to
In March 2008 as the correspondent of Vakit newspaper, he was staying in Egypt to cross over into Palestine. When he took the picture of wall built by Egyptian government, near the Rafah Border Crossing, he was arrested and interrogated by Directorate of Military Intelligence Services and Reconnaissance of Egypt (Egyptian military intelligence service) for five hours.[15]
Death
He participated in Gaza Freedom Flotilla as the webmaster for IHH and foreign press coordinator. According to Turkish investigation, he was killed by a single distant shot to the middle of the forehead[16] by Israel Defense Forces's commandos while taking photographs for the IHH on Mavi Marmara ship during Gaza flotilla raid.[17]
The IHH president Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım said:
"Our Cevdet, he is a press member. He has become a martyr. All he was doing was taking pictures. They smashed his skull into pieces. We soon made out that these were real bullets they were firing. Rubber bullets also kill because you shoot at very close range, between one-and-a-half and two meters."[18]
His funeral service was held at the
Demetre Plionis, a Greek activist abroad
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova condemned the killing of Kılıçlar, stating, "I trust that an inquiry that meets international requirements will shed light on the events that led to Cevdet Kılıçlar's death and to the injuring of Indonesian cameraman Sura Fachrizaz."[21]
Ankara Municipality renamed 1433. street at Ankara's Çukurambar neighbourhood to his memory as "Şehit Cevdet Kılıçlar Sokağı".[22]
Sources
- ^ Rotamız Filistin Yükümüz İnsani Yardım Filosu Özet Raporu, p. 33. Archived 21 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
- ^ a b c d "Atalay, Gazeteci Cevdet Kılıçlar’ın öldürülmesini kınadı" Archived 20 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Basın İlan Kurumu Genel Müdürlüğü (Directorate General of Press Advertisement), 4 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ a b "Cevdet Kılıçlar'a..." Archived 7 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Millî Gazete (National Newspaper), 4 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Silah değil, fotoğraf çekmişti" Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Hürriyet, 5 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "10 metre uzaktan lazerle vuruldu" Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Takvim, 3 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Bahattin, Faruk, Cevdet ve diğerleri..." Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Millî Gazete, 6 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Cevdet Kılıçlar için ne dediler" Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Millî Gazete, 18 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- NTV-MSNBC, 16 May 2000, Retrieved 22 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ a b "Selam, İran destekli" Archived 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Hürriyet, 9 May 2000, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- Republic of Turkeyon 6 May 2000.
- ^ "Kimseyle ilgimiz yok" Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Yeni Şafak, 9 May 2000, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ISBN 975-08-0448-1, p. 75. (in Turkish)
- ^ Şükrü Hüseyinoğlu, "Şehidin Arkadaşı Olmak" Archived 16 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, İslam ve Hayat, 11 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Şehid Cevdet Kılıçlar, Yarın Beyazıt'ta Hakka Uğurlanıyor" Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, İsra Haber Ajansı (Isra News Agency), 3 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "VAKİT muhabirine 5 saatlik sorgu" Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Vakit, 14 March 2008, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ USAK Analysis: Turkey's final report on the deadly May 31 Israeli Attack Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "İsrail'de hayatını kaybeden gazeteci toprağa verildi" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Cumhuriyet, 4 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Israel killed more than 9, threw wounded into sea, witnesses say" Archived 6 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Today's Zaman, 3 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in English)
- ^ "Ortak acı ortak öfke" Archived 10 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Milliyet, 4 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in Turkish)
- ^ "FLOTILLA: Greek Witness: Israeli Forces killed Turkish Activist to Stop Media Broadcast", Intifada Archived 10 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 8 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in English)
- ^ Communication and Information Sector's news service, UNESCO, 15 June 2010, Retrieved 21 June 2010. (in English)
- ^ "Gazze şehitlerinin ismi Ankara'da yaşayacak". Haber7. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.