Çetin Topçuoğlu
Taekwondo practitioner · died at 54
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| Age at death | 54 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | May 1, 1956 |
| Birthplace | Adana |
| Died | May 31, 2010 |
| Place of death | Akdeniz |
| Profession | Taekwondo practitioner |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Spouse | Çiğdem Topçuoğlu |
Çetin Topçuoğlu — Biography
Çetin Topçuoğlu was a Turkish athlete who was born and lived in Adana and built his sporting life around taekwondo. He was travelling on the Mavi Marmara, a ship of the flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and died during the Mavi Marmara raid on 31 May 2010, in international waters of the Mediterranean.
He took up taekwondo in 1973. In 1979 he began working as a civil employee at Çukobirlik and retired in 1998, after which he played amateur football for two years at Adana Demirspor. He volunteered with humanitarian aid organisations in Adana. In 2009 he joined the "Filistin'e Yol Açık" convoy, and in May 2010 he was among the people aboard the flotilla that set out to take aid to Gaza.
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