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Turkey: State Ceremony Held For Martyrs From Crash State, military funerals held for 11 soldiers martyred in helicopter crash. The 11 Turkish soldiers martyred by a helicopter crash were honored by state and military funeral services on Friday. Besides the martyred soldiers, including one corps commander, two other soldiers were injured when a military helicopter crashed in the eastern Bitlis province on Thursday. Contact with the Coug...

2021-03-05 11:35:33 GMT2021-03-05 19:35:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday that the military helicopter crash that killed 11 soldiers may have been caused by adverse weather conditions. "According to initial information and witnesses statements, it is considered that the crash occurred due to suddenly changing adverse weather conditions," Akar said at the 8th Corps Command in Elazig Province. He noted that the e...

Soldiers and search & rescue teams arrive at the scene after a Cougar-type military helicopter crashed in the rural area of eastern Bitlis provinces Tatvan district in Turkey on Thursday. — Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL: Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four others wounded when their military helicopter cras­hed in the southeast of the country on Thursday, the defence ministry said. Television images from the crash site showed the ground blanketed in snow and visibility hampered by thick clou...

03/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2021 23:38 Azerbaijan Defense Minister expressed condolences to the Turkish side The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent letters of condolences to the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Hulusi Akar, and Chief of the General Staff, Army General Yashar Guler. The letter says: I am deeply shocked by the news about the death of high-ranking servicemen, in particu...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An army helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey on Thursday, killing 11 military personnel on board and injuring two others, the Defense Ministry said. News reports said

Baku, March 5, AZERTAC Yesterday’s deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday, according to Anadolu Agency. "Based on initial information and witnesses statements, it is considered that the crash occurred due to suddenly changing adverse weather conditions," Akar said at the 8th Corps Command in Elazig province. He said the exact cause of the crash ...

Sunday, 04 April 2021, 13:36 Visit of Turkish parliament’s speaker to Ukraine postponed due to army helicopter crash 05.03.2021 11:30 Ukrinform A visit of Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Şentop to Ukraine, scheduled for March 5-6, has been postponed due to the death of 11 soldiers in an army helicopter crash in eastern Turkey. Ukrinform reported this with reference to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. "Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Şentop postpone...

Turkey's Defense Ministry says a sudden, mid-flight change of weather conditions is likely to have caused a helicopter crash which killed 11 military personnel in eastern Turkey

Baku, March 5, AZERTAC Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent letters of condolences to Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Hulusi Akar and Chief of the General Staff, Army General Yasar Guler, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. The letter reads: “I am deeply shocked by the news about the death of high-ranking servicemen, in particular the Commander of the 8th Army Corps in Elazığ, Corps General Osman Erbas, and the injury of...

Friday, 05 Mar 2021 05:06 PM MYT Rescue workers, soldiers and civilians walk around the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed on March 4, 2021, near the Turkish eastern city of Bitlis. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. ISTANBUL, March 5 — Turkey’s defence minister today blamed bad weather for a military helicopter crash that killed 10 soldiers and a senior commander in the country’s restive southeast. Lieutenant General...