Erdinç Tekir

Erdinç Tekir (born November 17, 1966) is a Turkish member of the IHH of Abkhaz origin. He was previously convicted for his participation at the Black Sea hostage crisis. He worked for the IHH since he was released from prison and joined the Gaza Flotilla.

Georgian–Abkhazian and Russian-Chechen conflicts As a member of an Islamic youth organization named Milli Gençlik Vakfı, Tekir joined the group of Shamil Basayev in the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict with code name Hadjarat, in the summer of 1992. but was released after serving three and a half years. He was wounded by the IDF boarding party. Tekir told Hürriyet that the group that hijacked the ferryboat and the Israelis who boarded the Mavi Marmara were both pirates, but they were the pirates of goodness, whereas Israel was cruel.