Mustafa Yaman was an imam in the Ankara Special Operations Department Headquarters. On the night of the July 15th coup attempt he left his house to help the police officers, after the bombing attack on the headquarters and was martyred by FETÖ members.
He heard news of the special operations headquarters being bombed as he was tucking his kids in to bed. He left his house with the intention of helping his police friends and instead, he never came back.
He was 31 years old, from Bartın and was working as an imam in the Ankara Special Operations Department Mosque. He had been married for 8 years to Dilek Yaman, who works as a Quran teacher in the same place. Yaman had two sons, ages 2 and 5. He graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Theology.
“We always missed each other”
Dilek stated that they heard about the bombing on the headquarters after they tucked their kids in to bed, “My husband rushed to the headquarters without saying goodbye. I tried to catch up but I couldn’t. She described her husband as a helpful, hardworking, and sharing person who loved his family. She stated that her husband was the person people called when they needed something. They met when they were studying in the Ankara University Faculty of Theology years ago. “We got engaged after we graduated. We both started working. We had a wedding one year later but we weren’t able to live together until 2 years later. We always missed each other.”
Working as an imam for police officers and performing their funeral prayers, Yaman used to tell his colleagues, “I wish I could die a martyr like you, in Mardin or Nusaybin.”
Mustafa was buried in his hometown on Monday, July 18th. The name Martyr Mustafa Yaman was given to an imam hatip high school in Bartın and İzmir.
