Turkey bids farewell to diplomat martyred in N.Iraq

By Zuhal Demirci

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey paid farewell on Thursday to a Turkish diplomat who was martyred in Wednesday's armed attack in northern Iraq.

Osman Kose was laid to rest in Turkey's capital Ankara after a funeral where top Turkish officials were among the attendees.

On Wednesday, Kose, a Turkish diplomat who was serving at Turkey's Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish Regional Government, was martyred in an armed attack at a restaurant.

Speaking to reporters in the capital Ankara the same day, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said three attackers were involved in the incident.

Apart from the Turkish diplomats, one Iraqi sitting at the next table was killed, while another was seriously wounded, he added.

Cavusoglu said Turkey was in contact with Baghdad and Erbil over the incident, adding that efforts are ongoing to capture the culprits and clarify the circumstances of the attack.