Asım Safitürk, the 80-year-old father of District Governor Muhammed Fatih Safitürk, who was martyred in the attack carried out by terrorist organization (PKK)’s terrorists with a hand-made explosive in his office in Derik district of Mardin on November 10, 2016, passed away after getting sick at his home yesterday after leaving the mosque.
A funeral prayer was held for father Safitürk in the Ottoman Mosque in the Cumhuriyet District of Arifiye district.
The funeral prayer led by his son, Ali Haydar Safitürk, was attended by Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, President of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş, Governor of Sakarya Çetin Oktay Kaldirim, Governor of Kocaeli Seddar Yavuz, deputies, district mayors and many citizens.
After the prayer, father Safitürk was buried next to his martyred son in Arifiye Kalaycı Cemetery.