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Furkan Doğan

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american citizen and turkish permanent resident”. Today it says “turkish american who was residing in turkey permanently”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american citizen and turkish permanent resident”. Today it says “turkish american who was residing in turkey permanently”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Furkan Doğan (20 October 1991 – 31 May 2010) was a Turkish American who was residing in Turkey permanently. He was shot to death by the Israeli Defense Forces on the MV Mavi Marmara , in the Gaza flotilla raid . Doğan was the youngest person killed in the raid, and became a political symbol after his death.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american citizen and turkish permanent resident”. Today it says “turkish american who was residing in turkey permanently”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

american citizen and turkish permanent resident

Now

turkish american who was residing in turkey permanently

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