İbrahim Bilgen explained

İbrahim Bilgen
Birth Date:2 March 1949
Birth Place:Batman, Turkey
Death Place:On voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Gaza City
Party:Felicity Party

İbrahim Bilgen (2 March 1949  - 31 May 2010) was a Turkish politician, electrical engineer and activist. He was born in Batman, Turkey and killed by the Israel armed forces in the Gaza flotilla raid.[1]

Early life and education

Bilgen was born on 2 March 1949 in Batman to a Kurdish family that had migrated to Turkey from Mosul, Iraq.[2] He graduated from Fırat University, where he studied electrical engineering, and was a member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey.[3] He had been a resident of Siirt, a south-eastern city of Turkey, since 1980. He was married and had six children.[4] [5]

Political career

Bilgen was one of the founders of Virtue Party.[6] After the Virtue Party was banned by the Constitutional Court of Turkey in 2001, he joined the newly formed Felicity Party. He was a candidate for Member of Turkish Parliament in 2007 for that party for Siirt Province, but he was not elected, the Felicity Party receiving 884 votes (0.96%) there.[7] [8] In 2009 Turkish local elections, he was a candidate for mayor of Siirt, but he was again not elected.[9] [10] In a press interview during his 2009 campaign, he said: "I was born a Felicity man, I will die a Felicity man. Because Felicity is the only national party of Turkey. This party has neither come under the yoke of America, nor of any other country."[11] Since then, he had been serving as a provincial inspector for the Felicity Party.[9]

Business career

After working as an electrical engineer in various companies, İbrahim Bilgen founded an electrical engineering company called Bilgen Mühendislik, in 2004.[12] In addition, he founded the first local television channel in Siirt, Selam TV.[13]

Death

As a volunteer for IHH in Siirt,[14] Bilgen joined the Gaza flotilla of May 2010 on board the MV Mavi Marmara, which set sail from Istanbul for the Gaza strip on 23 May 2010. He died on 31 May 2010, during the Gaza flotilla raid.

According to an autopsy Bilgen died from four gunshot wounds to temple, chest, hip and back.[15]

Reactions to his death

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Booth. Robert. Gaza flotilla attack: Autopsies reveal intensity of Israeli military force. 2010-06-04. The Guardian. 2020-03-15. Istanbul. Harriet Sherwood Justin Vela in. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  2. Web site: İbrahim Bilgen Mavi Marmara Association. mavimarmara.org. 2020-03-15.
  3. Web site: Zaman. tr. Zaman. 26 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120229132736/http://www.zaman.com.tr/wap.do?method=getMansetHaber&haberno=990887&sirano=3&sayfa=. 29 February 2012.
  4. Web site: Siirtli İbrahim Bilgen İsrail saldırında öldü. Internet Haber. 26 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100604023829/http://www.internethaber.com/siirt/siirtli-ibrahim-bilgen-israil-saldirinda-oldu-257196h.htm. 4 June 2010. dead.
  5. News: 3 of dead wanted to be'martyrs'. National Post. 2 June 2010.
  6. Web site: Siirt Manşet – Siirt Haber – Siirt Haberleri – Son Dakika Siirt Haberleri – Siirt Haberler – Siirt Kurtalan Haberler – Siirt Haber – Siirt Son Dakika Haberleri – Siirt Son Dakika – Siirt Manşet Haber . Siirtmanset.com . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070723/http://www.siirtmanset.com/yardim-gemisinde-bulunan-hemsehrimiz-ibrahim-bilgen-sehit-oldu.htm . 16 July 2011 . dead .
  7. http://www.saadet.org.tr/worde_aktar/saadet-partisinin-tam-listesi2
  8. Web site: Seçim Sonuçları 2007 SİİRT | Oy Oranları | Genel Seçim Sonuçları SİİRT . Secimsonuclariturkiye.com . 2010-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100902123450/http://www.secimsonuclariturkiye.com/2007/56-Siirt-secim-sonuclari.html . 2 September 2010 .
  9. Web site: Siirtli İbrahim Bilgen İsrail saldırısında öldü. Internethaber. 1 June 2010. 1 June 2010.
  10. Web site: 8 Turkish, One US Martyrs Arrive in Turkey, Together with the 466 Injured and Released After the Israeli Terrorist Attack on the Freedom Flotilla . Aljazeerah.info . 2010-06-03 . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152428/http://www.aljazeerah.info/News/2010/June/3%20n/8%20Turkish,%20One%20US%20Martyrs%20Arrive%20in%20Turkey,%20Together%20with%20the%20466%20Injured%20and%20Released%20After%20the%20Israeli%20Terrorist%20Attack%20on%20the%20Freedom%20Flotilla.htm . 7 June 2011 . dead .
  11. Web site: Terörist İsrail 360 kişiyi rehin aldı . tr . Milli Gazete . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100603192728/http://www.milligazete.com.tr/haber/terorist-israil-360-kisiyi-rehin-aldi-165343.htm . 3 June 2010 . dead .
  12. Web site: Şehit İbrahim Bilgen – Gazze Mavi Marmara . Bilgenmuhendislik.com . 2010-06-18 . 2010-07-26.
  13. Web site: Şehit İbrahim Bilgen İçin, Taziye Evi Kuruldu « Siirt Haber & Anket . Siirtanket.net . 2010-07-26.
  14. Web site: İsrail saldırısında ölen 4 Türkten biri Siirtli Saadet Partili İbrahim Bilgen | Politika | EurActiv.com.tr – Türkiye'nin online AB Gazetesi . Euractiv.com.tr . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100604044608/http://www.euractiv.com.tr/politika-000110/article/israil-saldirisinda-olen-4-turkten-biri-siirtli-saadet-partili-ibrahim-bilgen-010473 . 4 June 2010 . dead .
  15. News: Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range. . Robert Booth . 4 June 2010 .
  16. Web site: Siirt Haberleri . siirtliler.net . Siirt Son Dakika Haberleri . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613035751/http://siirtliler.net/goster.asp?nereye=yazioku&ID=1138&Siirt_haberleri . 13 June 2010 . dead .
  17. Web site: İsrail'İn Saldirisini Lanetle Kiniyoruz! . tr . EMO . 2010-07-26.
  18. News: Gaza Aid Flotilla Activists Arrive in Turkey . Turkish Weekly . 3 June 2010 . 2013-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100702205726/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/102820/gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-arrive-in-turkey.html . 2 July 2010 .
  19. Web site: Vahşete ve barbarlığa karşı: Kararlı millet, cesur devlet | Saadet Partisi | Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş . Saadet.org.tr . 2010-07-26.
  20. Web site: Did Israel try to assassinate Sheikh Raed Salah on Mavi Marmara but kill a Turkish engineer instead? #flotilla – Ali Abunimah . aliabunimah.posthaven.com . 2010-06-04 . 2014-07-26.

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