Türkiye: Young fatalities of 2008 terror invasion remembered in ceremony
(MENAFN) The young fatalities of a dreadful 2008 terror invasion in Türkiye were remembered on Tuesday in a ceremony in the nation’s southeast.
On Jan. 3, 2008, a PKK bomb invasion hit a group of students in Diyarbakir, killing Eren Sahin Eronat, Salih Ekinci, Melek Ipek, Ridvan Suer, Ferhat Mutlu and Engin Taskin along with Cengiz Kaya, a parent, and also wounded 73 people.
On the 15th anniversary of the invasion, the commemorative ceremony was joined by the families of the victims, survivors, and local officials.
Flowers were left on a table decorated with the Turkish flag and the photos of the deaths.
Justice and Development (AK) Party Diyarbakır Deputy Oya Eronat, who lost her son Eren Sahin in the invasion, announced at the ceremony: “Apart from here, explosions took place in many parts of Diyarbakir, in many cities of Türkiye. We buried our young. Which of them can we distinguish from the other? All of them were very precious, they were all children of a mother.”
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