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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Hürriyet file photo
The funerals of three Turkish soldiers killed in recent alleged terrorist attacks were held in their hometowns on Wednesday, after another soldier was killed and three more wounded in southeastern Anatolia late Tuesday.
The soldiers were on watch late Tuesday outside their station in a rural area in Batman province when they came under fire from suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Agence France-Presse reported. Mustafa Tekgül was killed during the Tuesday attack and was buried in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat. The other soldiers Erdal Akar, Sinan Özdemir and Talat Güçlüer were wounded and have been hospitalized in Diyarbakır province.
The three soldiers killed Monday night in an alleged terrorist attack on a military station in the southeastern province of Hakkari's Şemdinli district were buried in their hometowns after official funeral ceremonies were held in the province.
The body of Erkan Akdeniz was buried near the grave of his late brother Mehmet Akdeniz, who was killed in a land mine explosion while doing his compulsory military service in 1997, CNNTürk news website reported Wednesday. Göget Akdeniz, their mother, lamented in Kurdish during her second sons funeral. The health unit helped the mother to calm down as her laments worsened during the funeral.
Many people gathered in the mosque and chanted slogans denouncing the PKK during the funeral of soldier Mahmut Yalçındağ, which was held in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. Volkan Yulalıs funeral was held in the eastern province of Kars on Wednesday.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
One soldier killed, funerals of three others held around Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Hürriyet file photo
The funerals of three Turkish soldiers killed in recent alleged terrorist attacks were held in their hometowns on Wednesday, after another soldier was killed and three more wounded in southeastern Anatolia late Tuesday.
The soldiers were on watch late Tuesday outside their station in a rural area in Batman province when they came under fire from suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Agence France-Presse reported. Mustafa Tekgül was killed during the Tuesday attack and was buried in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat. The other soldiers Erdal Akar, Sinan Özdemir and Talat Güçlüer were wounded and have been hospitalized in Diyarbakır province.
The three soldiers killed Monday night in an alleged terrorist attack on a military station in the southeastern province of Hakkari's Şemdinli district were buried in their hometowns after official funeral ceremonies were held in the province.
The body of Erkan Akdeniz was buried near the grave of his late brother Mehmet Akdeniz, who was killed in a land mine explosion while doing his compulsory military service in 1997, CNNTürk news website reported Wednesday. Göget Akdeniz, their mother, lamented in Kurdish during her second sons funeral. The health unit helped the mother to calm down as her laments worsened during the funeral.
Many people gathered in the mosque and chanted slogans denouncing the PKK during the funeral of soldier Mahmut Yalçındağ, which was held in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. Volkan Yulalıs funeral was held in the eastern province of Kars on Wednesday.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
One soldier killed, funerals of three others held around Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
