Gülen extends condolences to families of deadly airstrike victims

Today's Zaman

Well-respected Turkish intellectual and scholar Fethullah Gülen has conveyed his condolences to the families of 35 people who were mistakenly killed by the military last week in an airstrike that targeted the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

“I wish God's mercy upon our 35 citizens, brothers and sons who tragically died in the incident and extend my condolences to their grieving families, and I hope that God grants patience to them,” Gülen said in message he issued on Saturday.

Fethullah Gülen (Photo: Cihan)

He said the incident comes at a time when Turkey was moving towards being a balancing power in the world and that expectations were high for Turkey's star to shine. Gülen noted that it is a source of consolation that the authorities have pledged to prevent any cover-up of the incident and that investigations into it have been launched.

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