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Turkish dailies covered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech after an iftar program (fast-breaking meal) hosted by Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas on Monday. Erdogan made a speech after thee dinner, where he talked about the current issues and expressed wishes for unity and fraternity. He said that history repeated itself and that they had to take a lesson from the recent events.
Daily MILLIYET headlined "What are we fighting for?" and quoted Erdogan as saying 'Even if we are president, or prime minister, or else deputy, the final destination for all of us is a 2 cubic meters pit. After death, if your relatives visit your grave even on religious days, you should feel grateful. Well, what are we fighting for?"
Daily SABAH covered Erdogan's statement about an airstrike in December, 2011 in the northeastern border town of Uludere by the Turkish army that killed 34 citizens on account of erroneous intelligence that they were terrorists infiltrating Turkey.
The daily headlined "Those killed in Uludere and also in Hantepe (where Turkish soldiers were killed) are our brothers," saying that Erdogan criticized the understanding which discriminates against those killed, adding there would be equal judgment on both sides.
Turkish dailies covered the funeral ceremony of a Turkish security guard killed in a suicide attack on Turkish Embassy building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
Daily VATAN titled "Farewell to hero," saying his three children wrenched people's hearts during the funeral held for the martyr Sinan Yilmaz. The two sons of the police officer, Muhammet (16) and Mustafa (14) and his daughter Meleknur (4) attended the funeral wearing police uniforms, which moved those in attendance.
Daily ZAMAN headlined "A somber farewell to the martyred father" and published Sinan Yilmaz was given a military funeral in Amasya which was his last place of duty and his family hugged the coffin with tears which made people feel woeful. Daily STAR's headline was "Farewell to Somalia's Turkish martyr" and said Yilmaz’s 14-year-old son cried for minutes, hugging his father’s coffin. His 4-year-old daughter Meleknur looked around, not knowing what was going on, the daily said.
Turkish dailies covered Assad forces' retaking Homs from opposition fighters.
Daily ZAMAN headlined "Syrian opposition loses Homs, too” and said Assad forces supported by Iran and Hezbollah managed to take control of a large part of Homs which was captured by opposition forces for over 1 year. Daily VATAN's title was "He (Assad) destroyed his country" publishing Assad forces killed 100,000 dissidents during the crisis lasting for two years and Assad who poured bombs on his people with aircraft converted Homs into a ghost city. Assad declared on Monday that he retook Homs from opposition groups and it was seen that the city was heavily destroyed.
Turkish dailies covered a mysterious accident in which a Turkish judge was killed in Sivas in central Anatolia.
Daily HURRIYET headlined "A judge killed in mysterious accident". The daily said the body of Yasar Yilmaz, who hails from southeastern province of Siirt, was found in a car that apparently fell off a cliff. Gendarmerie forces found 25 kg of hashish and illicit drugs in the car, which the daily described as “mysterious”. Yilmaz's relatives claimed the judge did not have a driving license and did not know how to drive, the daily said.
Daily CUMHURIYET’s headline was "A judge killed in accident full of secrets", and said the 34-year-old was killed in a car accident that occurred in Gurun district of Sivas. The daily said the reason of his death would be ascertained after autopsy results were released.
