The bodies of Infantry Commando Petty Officer Fatih Güney and Infantry Commando Contract Private Emrah Arslan, who were martyred in Al-Bab, were sent off to their hometowns with a ceremony held at Gaziantep Airport yesterday. The funeral of martyr Emrah Arslan was sent to his hometown Ordu, and the funeral of martyr Fatih Güney was sent to his hometown Samsun.
Martyrs were sent to their hometowns
The bodies of Chief of Staff Sergeant Fatih Güney, who was martyred by the terrorist organization in the Operation Euphrates Shield and Private Emrah Arslan, who was martyred in the Operation Euphrates Shield, were taken to the Asri Cemetery and then to Gaziantep Airport, accompanied by a convoy, after the procedures at the Gaziantep Forensic Medicine Institute. The ceremony held here was attended by Gaziantep Governor Davut Gül, 2nd Army Commander Gen. Metin Gürak, 5th Armored Brigade Commander Brigadier General Hacı Halil Osma, CHP Gaziantep Deputy Bayram Yılmazkaya, Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Hüseyin Bekmez, Provincial Police Chief Mustafa Emre Başbuğ and other protocol members. The martyr's comrades attended.
After a moment of silence, the résumé of the martyrs was read and the prayer read by the Provincial Mufti Hüseyin Hazırlar, Güney's funeral was taken to Ordu to be sent to Ordu, and Arslan's body was taken to a military plane to be sent to Samsun. As a result of the attack on the hedgehog vehicle, which was in transit to a base area in the Euphrates Shield Operation region, yesterday, Chief Engineer Sergeant Fatih Güney and Contracted Engineer Emrah Arslan were martyred.
7 TERRORISTS NEUTRALIZED
The Ministry of National Defense announced that the terrorists who killed 2 soldiers in the Euphrates Shield region were responded to and at least 7 terrorists were neutralized according to the first determinations. The Ministry of National Defense (MSB) recorded on its Twitter account that the blood of the martyrs did not remain on the ground. As a result of effective shots, 7 terrorists were neutralized according to the first determinations. In a statement from the ministry,
In the Euphrates Shield region, the terrorists who martyred our 2 heroic comrades were retaliated, the terrorist positions were destroyed as a result of the effective shootings, and it was determined that at least 7 terrorists were neutralized according to the first determinations.
KARAMOLLAOGLU ISSUED CONDOLENCE MESSAGE
Felicity (Saaet) Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu published a condolence message for our soldiers who were martyred and veteran in the Euphrates Shield Operation region.
In his condolence message, "We wish God's mercy, condolences and patience to our 2 hero soldiers who were martyred in the treacherous attack by terrorists in the Euphrates Shield region; I wish our wounded soldiers a speedy recovery. Sorry for our nation's loss," he said.