13 soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Turkey’s Şırnak

[Endurance]

Thirteen people were martyred Wednesday in a crash of a Cougar-type military helicopter in the southern province of Sirnak, according to the Turkish General Staff.

The crash occurred after hitting a high-voltage power line three minutes after take off, the province governor’s office said in a statement.

All 13 military personnel aboard perished in the crash, said the Turkish General Staff.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was informed about the accident and conveyed his condolence to Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar, who went to scene, according to presidential sources.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and his wife visited the family of Maj. Gen. Aydogan Aydin who was martyred in the crash. "May Allah rest their souls of our heroes who were martyred in this painful event that grieved us deeply,” he said in a statement.

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also arrived in Sirnak to examine the scene.

The leaders expressed their sympathies via their social media accounts.

“The sorrow of our hero martyred in the helicopter crashed have torn my heart out. May God rest their souls,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on his Twitter account.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus also took to the social media platform to offer his condolences to families of the martyrs. “May God rest their soul in peace,” he wrote.

Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu conveyed his condolences “to all Turkey,” by way of his Twitter account.

http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/13-martyred-in-military-helicopter-crash-in-turkey/832098

 

[Targon]

This isnt an accident. A major-general, two colonels, a lieutenant colonel, a major,, three captains all in the same goddamn helicopter and out of all the helicopter this particular one decides to have a damn accident? They just cant tell the public that PKK, which they claimed they would destroy in this spring has wiped out half of the command structure in the region.

Why the hell they would put so much high ranked soldiers in one helicopter in the middle of terror zone?

 

[Yatağanlı]

This isnt an accident. A major-general, two colonels, a lieutenant colonel, a major,, three captains all in the same goddamn helicopter and out of all the helicopter this particular one decides to have a damn accident? They just cant tell the public that PKK, which they claimed they would destroy in this spring has wiped out half of the command structure in the region.

Why the hell they would put so much high ranked soldiers in one helicopter in the middle of terror zone?

Also, wouldn't there be atak or Cobra helicopters escorting such an helicopter??

 

[Endurance]

Other Couger Accidents

 

[Giant XI]

May the fallen ones rest in peace.

 

[Endurance]

 

[[TR]AHMET]

it is so sad event, may Allah accept their şehitlik/martyrdom

 

[Daghalodi]

Inna lillahe wa inna allahe rajeeon

 

[Endurance]

 

[Big Tank]

Rest in Peace

 

[mike2000 is back]

Thirteen people were martyred Wednesday in a crash of a Cougar-type military helicopter in the southern province of Sirnak, according to the Turkish General Staff.

The crash occurred after hitting a high-voltage power line three minutes after take off, the province governor’s office said in a statement.

All 13 military personnel aboard perished in the crash, said the Turkish General Staff.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was informed about the accident and conveyed his condolence to Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar, who went to scene, according to presidential sources.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and his wife visited the family of Maj. Gen. Aydogan Aydin who was martyred in the crash. "May Allah rest their souls of our heroes who were martyred in this painful event that grieved us deeply,” he said in a statement.

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also arrived in Sirnak to examine the scene.

The leaders expressed their sympathies via their social media accounts.

“The sorrow of our hero martyred in the helicopter crashed have torn my heart out. May God rest their souls,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on his Twitter account.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus also took to the social media platform to offer his condolences to families of the martyrs. “May God rest their soul in peace,” he wrote.

Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu conveyed his condolences “to all Turkey,” by way of his Twitter account.

http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/13-martyred-in-military-helicopter-crash-in-turkey/832098

What's the real meaning of a martyr?

RIP to the victims.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

They died during Ramzan. This means they will automatically attain heaven. Regards to the families.

 

[Yatağanlı]

What's the real meaning of a martyr?

RIP to the victims.

The origins of the definition of Martyr, or sehit in Turkish, lay in Islam. However, the meaning is broader in the modern Turkish sense. It refers to everyone who has given their lives for the sake of the nation. it thus includes soldiers, policemen, civilians etc, who have given their lives for the country. Indirectly also for Islam, as a lot of Turkish people see the republic as a representation of what real Islam should be.

 

[-SINAN-]

The origins of the definition of Martyr, or sehit in Turkish, lay in Islam. However, the meaning is broader in the modern Turkish sense. It refers to everyone who has given their lives for the sake of the nation. it thus includes soldiers, policemen, civilians etc, who have given their lives for the country. Indirectly also for Islam, as a lot of Turkish people see the republic as a representation of what real Islam should be.

Maybe, we should discuss the "Martyr concept." Is it good or bad....

 

[Cthulhu]

RIP to the victims.