Mesut Yılmaz, one of the former prime ministers who died last Friday, was sent off on his last trip. A funeral ceremony was held for Yılmaz at Marmara İlahiyat Mosque in Üsküdar, Istanbul.
Their condolences were accepted by Mesut Yılmaz’s wife, Berna Yılmaz, her son Hasan Yılmaz and her brother Turgut Yılmaz.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, İYİ Party Chairman Meral Akşener, 11th President Abdullah Gül, AKP İzmir Deputy Binali Yıldırım, former Prime Ministers Tansu Çiller, former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar, businessperson Aydın Doğan and Galatasaray Teknik attended the funeral ceremony. Names such as its director Fatih Terim participated.
ERDOĞAN: WE ARE GOING FROM A VERY DIFFERENT PERIOD
Speaking at the ceremony, President Erdoğan said: ‘With the funeral prayer, we are going to die. May my Lord forgive your taxation. Every soul will taste the death. Just as we are sending Mesut Bey to eternity, the same fate will undoubtedly happen for us. May my Lord allow us to come prepared for this harassment. We are going through a very different period. The incident that took place off the coast of Izmir is known to all of us, we have nearly 1000 injured, nearly 50 dead. It is not clear where and how. It’s all about being prepared. We need to be prepared for the hereafter as if we will never die, as if the world will die at any moment. May my Lord be our helper. May Mesut Bey’s place be heaven.
Funeral prayers were performed for Mesut Yılmaz in his hometown of Rize and his father’s hearth Çayeli district.
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