Cevdet Kılıçlar: what Wikipedia removed
Cevdet Kılıçlar was a Turkish journalist killed aboard the Mavi Marmara during the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. The 2015 opening quoted his widow that “he was prepared to become a martyr for the Palestinian cause.” Today’s opening describes him only as a journalist, photographer and aid worker killed in the raid, with no mention of martyrdom, though the word survives twice in the article. A reader today does not learn that, by his own widow’s account, Kılıçlar saw himself as prepared to die a martyr for the Palestinian cause aboard the flotilla.
The word “martyr” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| martyr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The widow’s account that Kılıçlar was prepared to become a martyr for the Palestinian cause was dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 370376743):
Cevdet Kılıçlar (1972 – 31 May 2010) was a Turkish journalist and photographer from Kayseri . He had been a correspondent of the Islamist daily newspaper Anadolu’da Vakit . He was an aid worker and responsible for website of The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (Turkish: İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı ) . He was married to Derya Kılıçlar and had two children, Gülhan and Ali Erdem. ^ “Atalay, Gazeteci Cevdet Kılıçlar’ın öldürülmesini kınadı” , Basın İlan Kurumu Genel Müdürlüğü (Directorate General of Press Advertisement), June 4th, 2010, Retrieved June 21, 2010. Template:Tr icon ^ “Cevdet Kılıçlar’a…” , Millî Gazete (National Newspaper), Jun…
2025 (revision 1222575036):
Turkish journalist (1972–2010) Cevdet Kılıçlar (5 May 1972 – 31 May 2010) was a Turkish journalist and photographer from Kayseri . He had been a correspondent of the daily newspaper Anadolu’da Vakit . He was an aid worker and responsible for website of The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (Turkish: İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı ). He was married to Derya Kılıçlar and had two children, Gülhan and Ali Erdem. He was killed in the Gaza flotilla raid . ^ Rotamız Filistin Yükümüz İnsani Yardım Filosu Özet Raporu, p. 33. Archived 21 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish) ^ “Atalay, Gazeteci Cevdet Kılıçlar’ın öldürülmesini kınadı” Archived…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
Wikipedia text is quoted under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is not affiliated with Wikipedia.