Ayşe Abdurrezzak, her children Halil Munir (3) and Abdulkadir Enes (11) and her husband Ugur Abdurrezzak died when the boat that they boarded capsized in the Meric River.

Turkish teacher Ayşe Abdurrezzak, who was expelled by decree-law(KHK), was caught to the cold waters of Meric when their boats capsized with 8 people who wanted to cross to Greece. The incident was heard after a woman on the boat capsized in the military forbidden zone shouting “Save my child” in Turkish. The lifeless bodies of (37) year old Teacher Ayşe (Soyler) Abdurrezzak, who were dismissed by the number 657 decree-law, were found on the same day, and the dead bodies of their children (3) year old Halil Munir and (11) year old Abdulkadir Enes on February 13, 2018. The lifeless body of father Ugur Abdurrezzak could not be found. Ugur Abdurrezzak, who was among those who lost their lives and who was the husband of Ayşe Abdurrezzak, was also a teacher, was dismissed by decree, was released in January 2018 after being detained in Izmit Kandıra Prison for (11) months, and was dismissed by decree just like his wife. It was learned that he had difficulty finding a job for himself.