It happened in 2018 and shocked millions of people in Turkey. It is regarding the tragic death of Mina Basaran – a 28-year-old millionaire – together with her 7 friends, following a plane crash, when the plane in which they were returning following celebrating their bachelorette party in Dubai crashed.
The protagonists of this sad story were young women who belonged to some of the wealthiest families in the area and who also had their own businesses linked to the fashion and luxury industry.
It was the first days of March 2018, when Mina Basaran, along with 7 friends and 3 female crew members, boarded a private plane to travel from Istanbul to Dubai, to celebrate her bachelorette party.
The 28-year-old millionaire was going to get married on the following April 14, with her boyfriend of more than 6 years of relationship, Murat Gezer, owner of a technology company, according to what was reported at the time by the local media, Hurriyet.
According to reports, the plane was owned by the private company of his father, Turkish businessman Huseyin Basaran, who was vice president of the Trabzonspor soccer club.
Thus, following a week celebrating her bachelorette party in Dubai, on March 11, Mina Basaran and her 7 friends, all also well-known in Turkish high society, boarded the same plane that took them to the United Arab Emirates, to return to your country.
However, following taking off, the plane crashed in the Zagros mountains in southern Iran, which was confirmed shortly by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, along with the information that none of the passengers survived.
Mina Basaran was one of the most recognized ‘socialites’ in Turkey, she had more than 58,000 followers on her Instagram and there she recounted her tastes for luxury clothing brands, her trips to Paris fashion week and vacations.
In her social network account -which was closed following her death- the deceased was reporting her activities at her bachelorette party, which included a Rita Ora concert and treatments at the hotel spa, along with the other 7 victims. of the plane crash.
According to El Comercio, following the tragic death following the bachelorette party, Basaran was baptized as a “tragic bride” by the Turkish press.
Prior to his death, the ‘socialité’ was on several magazine covers; as in Grazia and the Huffington Post, in 2015; and at Harper’s Bazaar, where she was interviewed and highlighted “her unique style of hers” regarding her.
According to Univisión, not only Mina Basaran belonged to the Turkish elite, but also her 7 friends, who worked in fashion or jewelry or in companies related to the world of luxury.
One of them was Burcu Urfalim, the first Turkish student of textile and fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, to receive a ‘Critic’s Award’. In Istanbul she had her own company designing uniforms for local companies and institutions.
Also on the fatal flight was Liana Kalma, creator of the luxury swimwear brand Lili and Rose, highly sought following by local celebrities.
Jasmin Baruh Siloni, another of the deceased, had her own jewelry company called Baguette Jewellery, while Zeynep Coskun, daughter of businessman Orhan Coskun, owner of a Toyota dealership in Bursa, also died following the bachelorette trip.
Similarly, Asli Izmirli and Sinem Akay lost their lives on March 11. The first was a designer for a jewelry brand in Istanbul, and the other was the daughter of Çetin Akay, owner of the luxury firm Mavi jeans.
Finally, Ayse And, also regarding to get married, was another of the 8 friends who died in a fatal plane crash following flying to Dubai and having fun at an innocent bachelorette party.