BATMAN - A Turkish truck driver was killed in a bomb attack in Iraq, said sources on Thursday.
A bomb attack was staged Huseyin Turan's truck (that was carrying fuel to Iraq) near Mosul, and Turan died in the attack.
Body of the 60-year-old Turkish driver was brought back to Turkey, and his funeral was held in eastern city of Batman.
Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said last Monday that a total of 86 Turkish citizens were kidnapped in Iraq and 59 of them were released. ''Our efforts are under way to determine the whereabouts of the remaining 24. The number of Turkish people who were killed in Iraq exceeded 100. Nearly all of them were truck drivers. Some of them were kidnapped and massacred by insurgents while the others were killed in attacks on their vehicles.''