President Erdoğan attends funeral of soldiers martyred in helicopter crash in Bitlis
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the funeral ceremony held at Ankara’s Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque for Lt. Gen. Osman Erbaş, Technical Sgt. Nazmi Yılmaz, Col. Şentürk Aydınyer, Cpt. Salih Sarıoğlu, Chief Master Sgt. Mehmet Demir, Master Sgt. Ömer Umulu, Cpt. Tayfun Kureş, Cpt. Gökhan Uysal, Staff Sgt. Şükrü Karadirek, Specialized Sgt. Tolga Demirci and Specialized Sgt. Hakan Gül, who were martyred in a military helicopter crash in the Tatvan district of Bitlis.
Extending his condolences to the families of the martyrs, the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish people, President Erdoğan wished Allah’s mercy upon all the martyrs and recited Surah Al-Fatiha from Holy Quran.
