ISTANBUL - A ceremony has taken place at Istanbul's Harbiye Muhsin Ertugrul Theater out of respect to Kerem Yilmazer, a leading actor who lost his live in Thursday's blasts.
Yilmazer's body was taken from the Forensic Medicine Institute early on Saturday morning and brought to Harbiye Muhsin Ertugrul Theater.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also attending the ceremony.
Yilmazer will be laid to rest in Zincirlikuyu Graveyard following mid-day prayer.
Yilmazer was among 27 people who were killed in Thursday's twin bombings targeting the HSBC Bank headquarters and British Consulate General in Istanbul.
(UK) 22.11.2003