Turkey- Wounded soldier passes two weeks after PKK attack
Date
2/24/2016 9:21:12 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) A Turkish soldier has succumbed to wounds sustained in a Feb. 8 attack by the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK) while being treated at the Gülhane Military Academy (GATA) in Ankara.
An official statement released by the Turkish Armed Forces announced that a soldier who was wounded in the Sur district of southeasternDiyarbakrprovince had succumbed to his wounds at 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 23 despite all medical efforts to save him.
While the statement did not disclose the soldier’s identity a Doan News Agency report suggested he was specialized sergeant Yetkin Eran.
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