Düzce Military Cemetery

The Düzce Military Cemetery is a military cemetery in town Elmalık of Düzce, Düzce Province in Turkey.

Düzce Military Cemetery
Details
Established30 April 1997
Location
Elmalık, Düzce, Düzce Province
CountryTurkey
No. of graves4

History

The cemetery was established on 30 April 1997 for a Turkish Armed Forces troop killed in Kurdish-Turkish conflict. Between years of 1997 and 2002, 3 more troops from Düzce were buried in the cemetery, all died in different places on different dates. Three of the four buried troops were killed in ambushes and attacks while one troop died in a road accident.[1][2][3][4]

References
  1. "Düzce Garnizon Şehitliği – Şehit, Şehitlikler" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. iha.com.tr. "Düzce'de şehitlik ve mezarlıklar bayrama hazırlanıyor". İhlas Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. "düzce şehitliği, Düzce nerede, Otobüs ile nasıl gidilir? | Moovit". moovitapp.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  4. "Düzce Şehir Mezarlığı - Düzce | mezarlık". wikimapia.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-24.

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