G.U.P. Leader Yazicioglu buried

[ 31 Mar 2009 19:30 ]
Ankara – APA. Leader of Turkey’s Great Unity Party (BBP), MP Muhsin Yazicioglu, who died in helicopter crash on March 25, has been buried in Ankara today, APA reports.

Yazicioglu’s coffin was taken to Turkish parliament and an official ceremony was held there. Chairman of parliament Koksal Toptan, parliamentarians, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ministers, chairman of the Constitutional Court Hashim Kilic, chief of Turkish General Staff Ilker Basbug, deputy chief Hasan Igsiz, leader of Republican People’s Party Deniz Baykal, leader of Nationalist Movement Party Devlet Bahceli, leader of Felicity (Saadet) Party Numan Kurtulmush, ex-president Suleyman Demirel, former Prime Minister Tansu Chiller, Muhsin Yazicioglu’s mother, sister, wife, son, daughter, close relatives, members of BBP from various parts of the country attended the ceremony.
Following this, the coffin was taken to Kocatepe mosque. Tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony. Chairman of Religious Affairs Directorate Ali Bardakoglu performed the funeral salat. After the ceremony the coffin was taken to the office of BBP. BBP leadership and party members bid farewell to their leader. In accordance with his will, Muhsin Yazicioglu was buried in “Tacettin Dergah”. Famous Turkish poet, author of the hymn’s words Mehmet Akif Ersoy was also buried there.