boys from Diyarbakır visited Okkan's grave in Hendek to pay respect to him in a memorial ceremony in presence of Okkan's wife and daughter on the 10th anniversary of his death as part of a project called "Journey of Hearts: Martyr Ali Gaffar Okkan, A Story of Brotherhood". Educational institutions named after him across the country are primary schools in Yüreğir, Adana, Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, and Hendek, Sakarya, a highschool in Yenişehir, Diyarbakır and a police college also in Diyarbakır. Many streets bear his name, including in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Başakşehir, Istanbul, Esentepe, Istanbul, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Buca, Izmir, Ceyhan, Adana, Gürsu, Bursa, Tepebaşı, Eskişehir, Balıkesir, Gebze, Kocaeli, Derince, Kocaeli, Hendek, Sakarya, Turgutlu, Manisa, Atakum, Samsun, Fethiye, Muğla, Çiftlikköy, Yalova, Kars, Siirt and further a neighborhood in Salihli, Manisa. Public parks with his name are found in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul and Kartal, Istanbul. A police station in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir and a sports complex in Kars are named also in his honor. See also List of unsolved murders References 1952 births 2001 deaths 2001 murders in Turkey 2001 murders in Asia 2001 murders in Europe Assassinated police officers Assassinated Turkish civil servants Deaths by firearm in Turkey Male murder victims People from Hendek Turkish police chiefs Turkish police officers killed in the line of duty Unsolved murders in Turkey January 2001 events in Turkey 20th-century Turkish architects