There were 688 participants on the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla from 41 nations. The flotilla was raided and captured by Israeli naval forces on 31 May 2010, when nine participants were killed and seven IDF commandos were injured.
Notable flotilla passengers included Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary-General, Edward Peck, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım, the İHH president, Haneen Zoabi, an Israeli-Arab member of Knesset, Raed Salah, the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Hilarion Capucci, a retired titular archbishop previously convicted by Israel of smuggling arms to the Palestine Liberation Army.
Nationalities These are the nationalities participated:
Nationality No. of participants 28 3 2 4 5 1 1 2 2 1 4 3 9 11 38 12 9 4 6 30 18 3 3 18 3 7 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 11 3 380 31 11 4
Gaza flotilla participants killed in the raid Name Nationality Age Known for Ship İbrahim Bilgen Turkey 61 Turkish politician and candidate for mayor of Siirt. MV Mavi Marmara Çetin Topçuoğlu Turkey 53 Former National level Turkish taekwondo athlete and national coach. Before departing, he left a letter hinting that he expected to die a martyr, and called on others to aspire to a similar death. MV Mavi Marmara Furkan Doğan United States 18 American of Turkish origin traveling with a US passport, high-school student, living in Turkey. His father says that he only holds American citizenship, contrary to some media reports. MV Mavi Marmara Cengiz Akyüz Turkey 41 from Iskenderun, port city of southern Turkey. MV Mavi Marmara Ali Heyder Bengi Turkey 39 a Kurdish man from Diyarbakir, chairman of Aydınlık Yarınlar İçin Hak ve Özgürlükler Eğitim Kültür ve Dayanışma Derneği (AYDER), graduate of Al-Azhar University, owner of a telephone repair shop, married and father of four children. In his funeral in Diyarbakır people shouted "Sehidin Namirin" slogan in Kurdish. His wife said in an interview that he had wanted to reach Palestine for many years, and that he "had an intense desire to die as a shaheed." MV Mavi Marmara Cevdet Kılıçlar Turkey 38 a journalist born in the central Turkish town of Kayseri, Anatolian said. He was also employed by the İHH in Istanbul. In a recorded statement found aboard the Mavi Marmara, Kılıçlar praised militants in Afghanistan and expressed a desire to meet a "happy ending" like the "shaheeds" killed in Afghanistan. MV Mavi Marmara Cengiz Songür Turkey 47 from İzmir. He left a will prior to his departure. MV Mavi Marmara Fahri Yaldız Turkey 43 a firefighter and father of four from the southern town of Adıyaman, Anatolian reported. His brother Habip told the agency that Fahri had long wanted to die fighting in Israel to become a "martyr." Killed by the IDF in the raid. Prior to his departure, he announced that he was going to die as a shaheed. MV Mavi Marmara Necdet Yıldırım Turkey 32 originally from Malatya, worked for the İHH. MV Mavi Marmara
People on board the raided Gaza flotilla ships, excluding those killed