Kurdistan Worker's Party

Turkish major dies after seven years in coma

A Turkish soldier, who was injured in an outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Erzincan in 2008, has died after remaining in a coma for seven years.

Maj. Y?lmaz Tankül, who was a Gendarmerie captain at the time, died on March 21 after seven years of treatment in intensive care unit.

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