Hakan Gülşen went to the Presidential Complex from Kızılcahamam as soon as he heard about the traitorous coup attempt of July 15th. He was martyred after the bombing attack that happened in the morning.
Hakan lived in Kızılcahamam, Ankara. He heard about the coup attempt from TV and went into the streets at 12:30 AM upon the call of President Erdoğan. He left Kızılcahamam with his brother Mehmet Gülşen, and his cousin and brother-in-law Lütfi Gülşen.
The Gülşen family who joined the defense of the country by going the distance of 70 kilometers, arrived at 01.00 AM at the Presidential Complex. They kept watch the whole night to prevent the invasion attempt by FETÖ members.
3 martyrs from the same family
Hakan defended the Presidential Complex until the first lights of the morning. 3 members of the Gülşen family died as martyrs after the second explosion FETÖ members caused with their F-16s at 06:20. Mehmet Gülşen (61), his brother Hakan Gülşen (43), and their cousin and brother-in-law Lütfi Gülşen (63) were all martyred during the attack.
Nizami Gülşen, who lost his 2 brothers and a cousin in the coup attempt, said the following, “We have the pride and pain of losing 3 members of our family as martyrs.” Gülşen stated that his brothers and cousin loved their country and added, “They went to defend their country. They said, ‘We are going to be martyrs.’ They went together, they resisted together, they died together, and they were buried together. That’s what God wanted. May this never happen again. All three of them were loyal people who loved their country. They said, ‘Let’s give them a democratic lesson,’ when they saw the putschists.
Hakan was married, with 2 children. The name Martyr Hakan Gülşen was given to the vocational and technical Anatolian high school he graduated from in Kızılcahamam, and an imam hatip high school in Menemen, İzmir.
