Foreign Affairs Martyrs Commemorated

39 TURKISH OFFICIALS SERVING ABROAD FELL VICTIM IN TERRORIST ATTACKS

ANKARA - Turkish diplomats, officials and their relatives who fell victim in terrorist acts while serving abroad were commemorated at a ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Martyrdom in the Cebeci graveyard in Ankara.
39 martyrs who were killed in terrorist attacks while serving abroad and their location of duties are as follows:

January 27th, 1973 - Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadir Demir in Santa Barbara
October 22nd, 1975 - Ambassador Danis Tunaligil in Vienna
October 24th, 1975 - Ambassador Ismail Erez and his chauffeur Talip Yener in Paris
February 16th, 1976 - Chief Secretary Oktar Cirit in Beirut
June 9th, 1977 - Ambassador Taha Carim in Vatican
June 2nd, 1978 - Ambassador's wife Necla Kuneralp and retired Ambassador Besir Balcioglu in Madrid
October 12th, 1979 - Ambassador's son Ahmet Benler in the Hague
December 22nd, 1979 - Tourism Counselor Yilmaz Colpan in Paris
July 31st, 1980 - Administrative Attaché Galip Ozmen and his daughter Neslihan Ozmen in Athens
December 17th, 1980 - Consul General Sarik Ariyak and Security Attaché Engin Sever in Sydney
March 4th, 1981 - Counselor for Labor Affairs Resat Morali and Counselor for Religious Affairs Tecelli Ari in Paris
June 9th, 1981 - Secretary Savas M. Yerguz in Geneva
September 24th, 1981 - Security Attaché Cemal Ozen in Paris
January 28th, 1982 - Consul General Kemal Arikan in Los Angeles
May 4th, 1982 - Honorary Consul General Orhan Gunduz in Boston
June 7th, 1982 - Administrative Officer Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay in Lisbon
August 27th, 1982 - Military Attaché Colonel Attila Altikat in Ottawa
September 9th, 1982 - Administrative Attaché Bora Suelkan in Burgaz
March 9th, 1983 - Ambassador Galip Balkar in Belgrade
July 14th, 1983 - Administrative Attaché Dursun Aksoy in Brussels
July 27th, 1983 - Counselor's wife Cahide Mihcioglu in Lisbon
April 28th, 1984 - Secretary's wife Isik Yonder in Tehran
May 20th, 1984 - Counselor for Labor Affairs Erdogan Ozen in Vienna
November 19th, 1984 - International Officer Enver Ergun in Vienna
October 7th, 1991 - Press Attaché Cetin Gorgu in Athens
December 11th, 1993 - Administrative Officer Caglar Yucel in Baghdad
June 4th, 1994 - Counselor Haluk Sipahioglu in Athens.
December 17th, 2004 - Police officers Nihat Akbas, Bilal Urgen, Adem Cicek, Bulent Kiransal and Suleyman Karahasanoglu in Mosul.