Tragically, Aykut died on 1 February 2002 from injuries suffered in a car accident five weeks earlier. He was 50 years old and leaves a wife and two young children. His death is a great loss to his family, nis nation, and to earth science. Below is a eulogy written by Ross Stein on the day of his death, and several photographs taken at a memorial dinner in his honor of his S.F. Bay area friends on 20 February 2002.

Eulogy

Aykut Barka's Homepage at Istanbul Technical University