Gülen extends condolences to families of arsenal blast victims

Well-respected Turkish intellectual and scholar Fethullah Gülen has conveyed his condolences to the families of 25 soldiers who were killed in a huge explosion at an ammunition depot in the western province of Afyonkarahisar on Wednesday.

He said the incident comes at a time when Turkey is mourning the many soldiers who have died in a series of recent terrorist attacks.

“I wish God's mercy upon the 25 soldiers who died in the tragic incident and extend my condolences to their grieving families, to our nation and to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK),” Gülen said in a message he issued on Friday.

Published on Today's Zaman, 07 Friday 2012