IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
0
Donate
Follow
EN
TRY
Close
  • Who are we
  • What we do
  • What can you do
  • Login
Bodies of Yıldız and Aktaş arrive in Turkey
Bodies of two Turkish humanitarian aid workers who died in a plane crash in Afghanistan were brought to Turkey three months after the accident. A funeral will be held at Fatih Mosque on 28 July.
Afghanistan, Turkey 27.07.2010

The bodies of IHH volunteer Bahattin Yıldız, also a member of the Human and Civilization Movement, and IHH Asia Representative Faruk Aktaş, who died in a plane crash in Afghanistan on 17 May 2010, were brought to Turkey three months after the crash.
Family members of the victims and IHH officials were present at the airport to receive the bodies that were brought in an Afghan Airline aircraft. Yıldız’s children Enes, Mustafa, and Sümeyre Yıldız, Aktaş’s wife, his elder brothers Cengiz, Yusuf, and Cahit Aktaş and his elder sisters Fatma, Ferizede, Emine, and Pakize Aktaş wept as the bodies were debarked from the plane.        
The bodies were later taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute.

Bahattin Yıldız on the funeral vehicle.

Funeral prayers will be performed for Yıldız and Aktaş on 28 July at Fatih Mosques and they will be put to rest at Edirnekapı Cemetery.
Yıldız and Aktaş were in Afghanistan for an orphanage project. On the way back from Kunduz Province to the capital Kabul their plane crashed in the Salang Pass on 17 May 2010. Heavy show fall and fog made it impossible to reach the crash site for four days. It took days to identify the victims since the plane was totally destroyed. After the bodies were identified with DNA tests, they were delivered to the families.

Related news
See all
IHH and Qatar Charity’s Food Support for Syria’s Earthquake Victims
IHH and Qatar Charity’s Food Support for Syria’s Earthquake Victims
IHH and Qatar Charity delivered food aid to Syria’s Cinderes town to help families who were affected by the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes that took place on February 6, 2023.
27.09.2023
Flour distribution to 38 thousand 601 families in Somalia
Flour distribution to 38 thousand 601 families in Somalia
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation has been carrying its aid efforts in Somalia, and our effort intensified following the severe drought that has hit the country since 2020, causing millions facing difficulties in accessing clean water and food.
26.04.2023
Mobile soup kitchen from Turkey to Ukraine
Mobile soup kitchen from Turkey to Ukraine
The mobile soup kitchen dispatched by the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation to Ukraine, which is under Russian bombardment, departed from Istanbul. The soup kitchen was intended to provide food to 30,000 people each day. In addition, three truckloads of humanitarian supplies provided to Ukraine by the IHH in recent weeks have been delivered to war victims.
Ukraine
27.01.2023