20 Year old Ümit Yolcu was martyred when trying to take a gun from the hands of a putschist lieutenant colonel, in front of the Riot Squad, where he was on the night of the July 15th vicious coup attempt.
On the evening of July 15th, when Ümit returned home from work, he got the news of FETÖ’s coup attempt, and went to the Bayrampaşa Riot Squad. He was trying to take the putschist lieutenant colonel’s gun away during the moments when the incident grew more violent. He was wounded with a bullet from the putschists and was taken to the Bayrampaşa State Hospital, with the help of the people around, and then he was transferred to Bakırköy after 45 minutes. However, it was there that he was martyred, after his state became more serious.
On the same day, Ümit’s older brother Aydın had had a traffic accident, and spent the night at the hospital. Returning home at 23:00, Aydın received the news of his brother’s martyrdom from one of his friends.
20 Year old Ümit, who loved motorcycles and travelling, was buried in the Edirnekapı Martyr’s Cemetery on Sunday, July 17th.
The name Martyr Ümit Yolcu was given to an imam hatip middle school in Bayrampaşa, where he had been residing and was martyred. In addition, originally from Şanlıurfa, Ümit Yolcu’s name was given to a mosque around Maşuk, in his hometown Karaköprü.
