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According to the information received, a Cougar-type helicopter belonging to the Land Forces Command, which took off from Bingöl at 1:55 p.m. today, crashed on the borders of Bitlis Tatvan. 11 soldiers in the helicopter were martyred and 2 were injured.
According to the statement of the Ministry, Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş (Yozgat-Yerköy), Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Nazmi Yılmaz (Kahramanmaraş-Afşin), Colonel Şentürk Aydınyer (Kars), Captain Salih Sarıoğlu (Samsun-Bafra), Senior Warrant Officer Sergeant Mehmet Demir (Kahramanmaraş-Onikişubat), Non-commissioned Officer Sergeant Major Ömer Umulu (Kırıkkale), Pilot Captain Tayfun Kureş (Trabzon-Of), Pilot Captain Gökhan Uysal (Afyonkarahisar-Dinar), Non-commissioned Officer Sergeant Major Afyonkarahisarga Sarisgekaris (Specialist Sergeant Major Kayonradkaris Kayonradga) (Specialist Sergeant Major Kayonkaraga) Demirci (Kayseri-Pınarbaşı) and Master Sergeant Hakan Gül (Amasya) were martyred.
Major Alptekin Köprülü (Gümüşhane) and Captain Ender Uzunçakmak (Ordu-Kabadüz) were reportedly injured in the statement.
Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş was also in the helicopter.
One of our martyrs in Bitlis was reported to be Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş, commander of the Elazig 8th Corps.
A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Yiğitalp Erbaş, the son of Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş, who was martyred as a result of the crash of a military helicopter departing from Bingöl to Tatvan, and conveyed his condolences.
In the statement made by the Communications Directorate of the Presidency, Erdogan said that he deeply regretted the death of Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş, who had provided important services to the country and the nation, and expressed his condolences to the martyr commander and his family. and loved ones.
“THEY MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SİHAs”
Baykar’s defense technology leader Selçuk Bayraktar sent a message of condolences to Osman Erbaş, who was martyred in the helicopter crash at Bitlis Tatvan and met during the development of SİHA in 2010, and to the soldiers.
Selçuk Bayraktar used the following statements in his message: “I met Martyr Osman Pasha in Doğubayazıt in 2010 when he was Brigade Commander. He invited our mini UAVs to train the personnel who will use them in operations. At that time we visited the border posts in the east one by one. He was a humble, heroic Commander loved by all and all Mehmetçi. Throughout the years, our friendship has never ended. He has been a great support in the development of our national S / UAV systems. He played a great role in our country reaching this point in the use of S / UAVs in the world, had felt very happy for our country to see the projects of young people.
May your soul be happy, your place is heaven, Commander … You have the martyrdom you longed for …
We were happy as children in the raids of a thousand horsemen, Commander …
The martyr’s fire fell on AMASYA
The painful news of the martyred infantry expert sergeant Hakan Gülün (45) reached his hometown of Amasya.
It was learned that Infantry Specialist Sergeant Hakan Gülün, one of the martyrs, was registered with the population of Amasya. The painful news of Gül, who was married, reached his family in the Doğantepe village of Amasya, the center of the city. It is said that the martyr’s funeral will be buried in Amasya.
ACI NEWS REACHES AFYONKARAHİSAR
The news of the martyrdom was given to the family of Technical Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Şükrü Karadirek in Afyonkarahisar.
Lieutenant Governor Mehmet Partridge, Garrison Commander Brigadier General Osman Alp Family and Social Policies Provincial Deputy Director Yasin Evcin, Turkey Malulü Veterans Martyrs Association of Widows and Orphans Afyonkarahisar Branch President Emre Ozturk, age 29, Senior Helicopter Technician NCO Sukru Karadirek martyrdom news, Osmangazi neighborhood Father İbrahim and mother Şerife, who live in Istanbul, handed it over to Karadirek.
Turkish flags were hung in the martyr’s house and on the street where his house is located.
It became known that Martyr Karadirek was married with a 5-month-old son and visited his family a week ago.
FIRE FALLS IN TRABZON
It was learned that Chief Pilot of the General Staff Tayfun Kureş, one of the martyrs, was registered with the population of the Of district of Trabzon. The painful news of Kureş, who is married and the father of a child, sadly left his hometown of Trabzon. It was said that the body of the martyr Captain Kureş will be buried in Ankara, where his family lives.
The martyr news fell on SAMSUN
It was learned that Captain Salih Sarıoğlu (34), one of the martyred soldiers, was registered in the town of Samsun’s Bafra district.
The body of Sarioglu, who was married, was said to be buried in Ankara.
ACI NEWS REACHES KIRIKKALE
Deputy Governor Ender Faruk Uzunoğlu and his entourage relayed the news of the martyrdom of Warrant Officer Sergeant Ömer Umulu, 40, to Father Muharrem and mother Hafize Umulu, who live in Çalılıöz district.
Kırıkkale Township teams hung Turkish flags at the martyr’s house and on the street where his house is located. It was learned that Martyr Umulu is married and has 3 children. The governor of Kırıkkale also expressed his condolences to the martyr Umulu and his family and relatives.
Martyr’s fire fell on Ankara
News of the martyrdom of Colonel Şentürk Aydınyer (49), a martyr of the gendarmerie intelligence staff, reached his home in Ankara.
The painful news from Gendarmerie intelligence colonel Staffentürk Aydınyer, one of 11 soldiers who were martyred in a Cougar-type helicopter belonging to the Land Forces Command, who were killed on the way from Bingöl to Tatvan, reached his home in the Çankaya district of Ankara. and his father’s house in the Yenimahalle district. Upon receiving the news of the martyrdom from the military who returned home accompanied by medical teams, his family burst into tears. The building where the martyr’s house is located and the father’s house were decorated with Turkish flags by their neighbors.
It was learned that Martyr Staff Colonel Şentürk Aydınyer and his wife Semra Aydınyer (49) had two daughters, aged 20 and 16. The funeral of the martyr Aydınyer, who is registered with the Kars population and is said to have lived in Ankara for 20 years, is expected to be buried tomorrow after the funeral prayer to be held at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque.
2 martyrs fire fell on KAHRAMANMARAŞ
The news of the martyrdom was given to the family of NCO Sergeant Major Nazmi Yılmaz (28), who was martyred, in Kahramanmaraş.
The Afşin District Governor Ahmet Can Pınar, Mayor Mehmet Fatih Güven and military officials relayed the news of Yılmaz’s martyrdom to his father Tayfur and mother Elif Yılmaz, who live in Kuşkayası District. The martyr’s relatives, the military and residents of the neighborhood tried to calm down. Turkish flags were hung in the house and street of Martyr Yılmaz’s father. It became known that Martyr Yılmaz was married and became a father three months ago.
HOUSES EQUIPPED WITH FLAGS
The painful news from Maintenance NCO, Sergeant Major Mehmet Demir, reached the father’s quarry in Kahramanmaraş. Governor Serkan Keçeli and military officials broke the bitter news to his father Yaşar Demir and his mother Hatice Demir, who live in the Hartlap district in the rural district of the central Onikişubat district. The parents of Martyr Demir, who joined the Turkish Armed Forces as a sergeant in 1997, burst into tears with bitter news. While the martyr’s relatives and neighbors who heard the news came home and conveyed their condolences to the family, the Turkish flag was hanging in the house.
Mehmet Demir and Nazmi Yılmaz, who were martyred in the same helicopter, were said to be buried in a ceremony to be held in Kahramanmaraş.
