1 Infantry Lieutenant Loses His Life in Afrin Operation

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Infantry Lieutenant Oğuz Kaan Usta (30) has lost his life in the military offensive launched into Afrin by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF).

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu announced the death of Usta on Twitter. Doğan News Agency stated that Usta’s teacher wife lives in Antalya.

Funeral ceremony for the worker and soldier who lost their lives

Master sergeant Musa Özalkan lost his life during the offensive yesterday (January 22). A ceremony was held for Özalkan in Ankara today.

President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Great Unity Party Chair Mustafa Destici, Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) Speaker İsmail Kahraman and Minister of Family and Social Policies Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya as well attended the funeral performed at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque.

Another funeral was held for TEDAŞ worker Şahin Elitaş, who died in rocket attack launched on Kırıkhan, Hatay yesterday, in Hatay.  (BK/TK)