Aida Shirinova (63), who fought against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh as a female commander in the Azerbaijani army and retired after serving as a police officer for about 28 years, visited the grave of Turkish heroine Nene Hatun in Erzurum.
Young Man Umit Ceylan (35) lost his life by falling into an elevator shaft in DUZCE. The stray dog ??that Umit Ceylan (35) took care of and named 'Comrade', did not leave his grave during the funeral and sat by the young man's grave after the funeral.
Journalist Metin Göktepe who was killed 20 years ago due to police violence was commemorated on Jan. 8 in front of his grave, gathering his mother Fadime Göktepe and his journalist friends as well as many party and union members. Gülsüm Elvan, mother of Berkin Elvan who has died at the age of 15 after being shot on the head by riot police officers during Gezi Protests was also at the commemoration ceremony. Photojournalist Metin Göktepe was beaten to death by police officers while in police custody in 1998. "It has been 20 years since we have lost Metin.
The centenary of the First World War has attracted relatively little attention in the Middle East.
