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Mesut Yılmaz, one of the former prime ministers, died at the age of 72 from cancer in the hospital where he had been treated in Istanbul for a time. The funeral ceremony for Yılmaz, whose death occurred on Friday, took place today at 12 noon at the Mosque of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Marmara in Üsküdar. Mesut Yılmaz’s coffin, wrapped in the Turkish flag, was carried to the mosque on the shoulders of the police parade. Mesut Yılmaz’s wife Berna Yılmaz, his son Hasan Yılmaz and his brother Turgut Yılmaz accepted his condolences. The ceremony was attended by the 11th President Abdullah Gül, Communications President Fahrettin Altun, CHP President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Good Party President Meral Akşener, former Prime Ministers Tansu Çiller, AK İzmir Party MP Binali Yıldırırı , Muharrem İnce, the Governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerikaya, the Speaker of Parliament. and Fatih Terim, and many businessmen and politicians.
UNION, OUR TOGETHER WILL BE OUR GREATEST WEALTH
Speaking at the funeral, President Erdoğan said:
We send the funeral prayer along with our eternity. May my Lord forgive your taxes.
Every soul will taste death. Just as we are sending Mesut into eternity, the same fate will undoubtedly befall us. May my Lord allow us to come prepared for this harassment. We are going through a very different period. We all know about the incident that took place off the coast of Izmir, we have about 1000 injured, almost 50 dead. It is not clear where and how it will be. It’s about being prepared. We need to be prepared for the afterlife as if we never died, as if the world died at any moment. May my Lord be our helper. Let Mesut Bey’s place be heaven. My condolences to his entire family. Our union, union will be our greatest wealth. I wish my condolences to our nation. ”
After the funeral prayer held here, Yılmaz’s funeral was interred at the Beykoz Kanlıca Cemetery.
