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PRESIDENT GUL VISITS TURKISH MARTYRDOM ON BUSAN CITY OF KOREA
BUSAN (A.A) - 16.06.2010 - Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited the Turkish Martyrdom in Busan, South Korea on Wednesday.
Gul proceeded to Busan after meeting with the CEOs of several South Korean companies over breakfast in Seoul.
Gul who laid a wreath at the Turkish Martyrdom in UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, said Turkey not only struggled for its own territory but when necessary rushed to the help of persecuted in other territories.
Referring to mission of Turkish troops in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon and Afghanistan to preserve peace, Gul said, "Turkish Armed Forces struggles to prevent war and restore peace. I am grateful for the bravery of Turkish Armed Forces."
"15,000 Turkish troops had come here and battled in Pacific, which is very far away from Anatolian territories. 1,000 Turkish soldiers were martyred. Turkey's pride is very strong today thanks to the Turkish soldiers who battled in Korea. I am very pleased that Korean people did not forget sacrifices of Turks," he said.
Osman Ozsoy, a Turkish veteran of Korean War, said he battled for two years there, "I was wounded while serving in reconnaissance team but I returned to the front after 25 days. Ten soldiers who were from Corum (province in central Anatolia) with me were martyred."
Yasar Eken, another war veteran said, "We came to Korea in 1953. 147 Turkish soldiers died but they could not defeat us. There were 10 communist Chinese in a Turkish martyr."
There are about 11,000 brave soldiers laid to rest at the memorial cemetery in the years from 1951 to 1954, about 2,300 of them are from Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, Philippines. Some of the countries took back their soldiers like Thailand, US, France and Norway. Currently there are 281 Australians, 378 Canadians, 44 French, 117 Dutch, 34 New Zealanders, 1 Norwegian, 36 Koreans, 11 South Africans, 462 Turkish, 885 British, 36 Americans, 4 unknown, and 11 non-combatants-each graves has an epitaph of the person's history.
Gul proceeded to Busan after meeting with the CEOs of several South Korean companies over breakfast in Seoul.
Gul who laid a wreath at the Turkish Martyrdom in UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, said Turkey not only struggled for its own territory but when necessary rushed to the help of persecuted in other territories.
Referring to mission of Turkish troops in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon and Afghanistan to preserve peace, Gul said, "Turkish Armed Forces struggles to prevent war and restore peace. I am grateful for the bravery of Turkish Armed Forces."
"15,000 Turkish troops had come here and battled in Pacific, which is very far away from Anatolian territories. 1,000 Turkish soldiers were martyred. Turkey's pride is very strong today thanks to the Turkish soldiers who battled in Korea. I am very pleased that Korean people did not forget sacrifices of Turks," he said.
Osman Ozsoy, a Turkish veteran of Korean War, said he battled for two years there, "I was wounded while serving in reconnaissance team but I returned to the front after 25 days. Ten soldiers who were from Corum (province in central Anatolia) with me were martyred."
Yasar Eken, another war veteran said, "We came to Korea in 1953. 147 Turkish soldiers died but they could not defeat us. There were 10 communist Chinese in a Turkish martyr."
There are about 11,000 brave soldiers laid to rest at the memorial cemetery in the years from 1951 to 1954, about 2,300 of them are from Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, Philippines. Some of the countries took back their soldiers like Thailand, US, France and Norway. Currently there are 281 Australians, 378 Canadians, 44 French, 117 Dutch, 34 New Zealanders, 1 Norwegian, 36 Koreans, 11 South Africans, 462 Turkish, 885 British, 36 Americans, 4 unknown, and 11 non-combatants-each graves has an epitaph of the person's history.
