Was Turkish Ammo Explosion That Killed 25 Really an Accident?
We were at first a bit relieved to hear reports only of wounded soldiers from the explosion at the Afyon ammunition depot on Sept. 5. Apart from Burhanettin Coban, the mayor of Afyon, who said, “we might have martyrs,” nobody else mentioned fatalities until the morning.
Then we received a local report that a roll call had been taken and 25 soldiers were missing. Then the chief of general staff issued a written statement that said two non-commissioned officers, two specialist sergeants and 21 privates were killed.The entire country was shaken by the announcement. Here I want to convey the information I got from military officials, Forestry and Hydraulics Minister Veysel Eroglu (who was the first to reach Afyon) and opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy chairman and party spokesman Haluk Koc.
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