Fahri Yaldiz

Fahri Yaldiz, on the fleet participation form, specified his areas of expertise as electricity, search and rescue, and firefighting. Before embarking on his journey, he met with loved ones, close friends, and relatives to seek their forgiveness. The family photo they took together became his final photograph.

Born in 1967 in the village of Besni-Başlı in Adıyaman, Fahri Yaldız was the eldest of five brothers. He lost his father at a young age and took on the responsibility of caring for his mother and siblings from a young age. Growing up as an orphan, Yaldız worked to support his family. Working as a firefighter at Adıyaman Municipality and owning a small-scale pastry and phyllo dough workshop, he used part of his workshop's income for charitable purposes. Yaldız joined the aid fleet to Palestine to deliver aid to orphans in Palestine. He organized a charity bazaar in Adıyaman to support the "Our Route is Palestine, Our Load is Humanitarian Aid" campaign organized by IHH, collecting donations from generous citizens to join the fleet.

Fahri Yaldız, in the fleet participation form, indicated his areas of expertise as electricity, search and rescue, and firefighting. Before setting off on the journey, he met with his loved ones, close friends, and relatives to seek their forgiveness. The family photo they took together became his final photograph. Before boarding the bus from Adıyaman to Antalya, he asked his mother to embrace him tightly and parted by saying, "Forgive me for my shortcomings!" Fahri Yaldız lost his life in the attack on the Mavi Marmara ship, part of Israel's attack on the humanitarian aid fleet, leaving behind four sons.