Memories of July 15 Martyrs and Their Families
Crane Operator Onur Ensar Ayanoglu(27) and his brother Emin Oguz AyanogluThey heard about the coup attempt when they were returning to their homes in Kısıklı on the evening of July 15. Meanwhile, with a group of brave citizens, they set out to stop the FETO soldiers, as it was called at the time. Bosphorus Bridgethe one which… July 15 Martyrs BridgeThey walked towards. The brother and sister were shot while trying to save a girl who was injured by gunfire opened by the putschists in front of the toll booths on the bridge.
Onur Ensar, who was seriously injured, died a martyr in the hospital he was taken to. His brother Emin Oğuz became a veteran. The mosque, which is located right across from the Ayanoğlu family’s house in Kısıklı, was renovated by the Üsküdar Municipality after the coup attempt. July 10, 2020‘also Martyr Onur Ensar Ayanoğlu Mosquereopened for worship under the name Mother of the Martyr Ferda AyanogluHe started working as a Quran teacher in the mosque that was named after his son.
Memories of Mother Ferda Ayanoğlu
Mother Ferda Ayanoğlu told AA that she wakes up every morning and starts every day by kissing and greeting her son’s photo hanging in the house. She also said that she always says a prayer when she passes by the sign of the mosque named after her son. Mother Ayanoğlu, who showed the classrooms where she spent most of every day in the mosque, shared her memories of her son with the following words:
“My son was a very valuable child. I didn’t have a daughter, I had three sons. She was as pure as a daughter. She was as close to me as a daughter is to her mother. He was a very social child. He had relationships with everyone. “He would immediately help anyone who had a problem.”
Mother Ayanoğlu, who wears a Turkish flag badge on her chest, expressed her happiness to serve in the mosque named after her son, saying, “This is a very proud moment for me. I have always been proud of my son. He left us a medal of honor; we will carry that honor until we die. Teaching under the dome of the mosque named after him makes me proud. I am very happy. “Not only here, but wherever I pray, my son is in my heart and mind.”
Students and Peace in the Mosque
Ayanoğlu, stating that there are also neighbors among his students, said, “People who take lessons say that they are very inspired by me. They say that they like my teaching technique and that I make it easier. I am happy when I see this. Studying with the mother of a martyr makes them proud.”
Mother Ferda Ayanoğlu said that her sons and husband went to another mosque because FETO traitors gathered there before the coup attempt, and added, “My son took to the streets because he never liked them and felt that there was something wrong with them, and after “That, it is a great pride for this place to be named after him.”
Noting that he finds peace in the mosque, Ayanoğlu said, “At home, you are busy with housework, here you are completely occupied with God’s command. When I come here, my mind is more peaceful and calm. I come here with pleasure, running. “I love my job and I am very happy when I see the reward of my labor.”
Ayanoğlu was last seen with his two sons, one a veteran and one a martyr, during the coup attempt, that night by the President Recep Tayyip ErdoganStating that they met in front of his house in Kısıklı, he said, “Since that day, I am not afraid of anything anymore. I am not afraid of anything other than Allah, nothing affects me.”
