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the pathology reports, he received a single bullet to his forehead between the eyes. The
bullet followed a horizontal trajectory which crossed the middle of the brain from front to
back. He would have died instantly.
Cengiz Akyüz and Cengiz Songür
Cengiz Akyüz, 41, from Hatay and Cengiz Songür, 46, from Izmir, both Turkish citizens,
were injured on the bridge deck in close succession by live fire from above. They had been
sheltering and were shot as they attempted to move inside the door leading to the stairwell.
Cengiz Akyüz received a shot to the head and it is probable that he died instantly.
The pathology report shows four wounds: to the neck, face, chest and thigh. Cengiz Songür
received a single bullet to the upper central thorax below the neck, shot from a high angle,
which lodged in the right thoracic cavity injuring the heart and aorta. Unsuccessful efforts
were made by doctors inside the ship to resuscitate him through heart massage.
Çetin Topçuoğlu
Çetin Topçuoğlu, a 54-year-old Turkish citizen from Adana had been involved in helping to
bring injured passengers inside the ship to be treated. He was also shot close to the door on
the bridge deck. He did not die instantly and his wife, who was also on board the ship, was
with him when he died. He was shot by three bullets. One bullet entered from the top the
soft tissues of the right side of the back of the head, exited from the neck and then reentered into the thorax. Another bullet entered the left buttock and lodged in the right
pelvis. The third entered the right groin and exited from the lower back. There are
indications that the victim may have been in a crouching or bending position when this
wound was sustained.
Deaths and seriously wounded occurring in unknown locations
Necdet Yildirim
The location and circumstances of the shooting and death of Necdet Yildirim, a 31-year-old
Turkish citizen from Istanbul, remain unclear. He was shot twice in the thorax, once from
the front and once from the back. The trajectory of both bullets was from top to bottom. He
also received bruises consistent with plastic bullet impact
Wounding of Uğur Suleyman Söylemez (in a coma)
The serious nature of wounds to Uğur Suleyman Söylemez, a 46-year-old Turkish citizen
from Ankara, which include at least one bullet wound to the head, have left the victim in a
coma in an Ankara hospital. He remains in a critical condition with a serious head injury.
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Treatment of injured on the Mavi Marmara
129. Whilst the Israeli operation was still under way, efforts were made to tend to
wounded passengers inside the ship by other passengers, amongst whom were around 15
doctors, nurses and others with medical training, including an ophthalmologist and
orthopaedic specialist. Prior to the attack, the doctors had met and agreed to use the ship’s
small medical room, but there was no anticipated or preparation for the nature of injuries
that transpired. The limited medicines and lack of appropriate equipment made it very
difficult to properly treat wounded persons, particularly those who had received live fire
injuries and required immediate surgery. By the end of the Israeli operation more than thirty
persons were being treated inside the cabins, primarily in the lower deck in makeshift
surgery areas, twenty of whom were in a critical condition.
130. The flotilla organizers and other passengers engaged in efforts to request the Israeli
forces to provide the necessary treatment to the wounded persons. One organiser used the
ship’s intercom to request assistance in Hebrew and persons also communicated directly
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