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Police officer Melih Kaygusuz dies after being injured in an on-duty crash

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Police officer Melih Kaygusuz died in hospital after an on-duty traffic crash in Cizre, Şırnak province.
  • Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said Kaygusuz died on Sept. 3 and offered condolences to his family and the police force.

Police officer Melih Kaygusuz died in hospital after suffering injuries in a traffic accident while on duty in Cizre, in Turkey’s Şırnak province.

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said Kaygusuz had been injured in the crash on July 6. Kaygusuz served with the Cizre District Police Department.

In a social-media message, Çiftçi announced that Kaygusuz had died on Sept. 3 and expressed condolences to his family, the police organization and the nation. He referred to the officer as a martyr.

Police officer Melih Kaygusuz, serving with the Cizre District Police Department in Şırnak, was injured in a traffic accident while on duty on July 6 and became a martyr on Sept. 3 at the hospital where he was receiving treatment. I ask God to have mercy on our martyr and offer my condolences to his grieving family, our heroic police organization and our nation.

· Mustafa ÇiftçiTurkey’s interior minister announced Kaygusuz’s death and issued a condolence message.
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